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Redesign of Hosur Road as model road : Footpath and cycle tracks

Background: Had an unplanned meeting with BBMP, thanks to Ashiwn/SB. Part of our initiative for better road design. This was at an hours notice on a weekday and was pretty much took half the day, so was not a good candidate for an event. Anyways, we discussed the pedestrian infrastructure, footpaths etc.

sewage and drains

I have nice idea where you can make our roads wider and also at the same time have future planning in managing water .

encroachment of Arakere lake by the Govt. itself???

Though I reside nearby, had not been towards Arakere lake for a long time.

Race Course - argument for tall building and density

I have been looking for some data points to support what very few have said about the Race Course debate. The argument goes like this - a tall building is a better option than doing a green open park. IDS said this, and some opposed, without real data points or arguments for backing.

Comprehensive Policy for Managing Bangalore Water

There is a need for a comprehensive City management policy for Bangalore. The policy should address all aspects of life pertaining to the city, including people and other live stock. Water is one of the important aspects of life. 

MLA Trimurti keep Dil connected will work for development of Belgaum

 Belgaum Cloth Merchants Association had called a special meeting o

BMLTA Pedestrian and parking policy report

BMLTA has come up with a draft pedestrian and parking policy. The vision seams to be in the right direction with emphasis is on pedestrians infrastructure including footpaths and crossings.

BMTC response to Praja's suggestions and feedback

Following is a letter from CTM(O), BMTC with regards to the paticipation and engagement of Praja members with them.

Concrete curing

 Someone asked me this the other day and I did not know for sure.

Again - HSRL Or Metro ?

This report from TOI states that BMRC may build a Metro route to BIAL instead of HSRL due to ongoing recession & lack of interset by private parties - the old debate has res

Next at Praja - the facilitator/EM concept

In addition to the ongoing technology upgrade work (an online "project" concept should go live anytime now, and a better moderation system is being designed), we will like to put some str

A factual account of violence in Mysore city, July 2009

Here is a summary of the events that occurred, it almost catches all the important aspects and, its official. There is always a risk that somebody may pick out of context and write a page on it, but, then, let the people know the facts. Let it be discussed, so that valuable lessons may be drawn from that.

July, 2nd: Thursday

Namma metro reach-1 tracker

Objective tracking of namma metro from the data accumulated from the newsletter given out by BMRCL from feb 2009 upto july 2009 for reach-1.  This will clearly give us trends on the progress of namma metro. I intend to update this data as and  when new data is available. Here are the graphs. 

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