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Kengeri Station Connectivity Issues Jnanbharathi Station Poor Infra

Commuter Rail

A gang of auto drivers gang up and loot unsuspecting customers who land at Kengeri Station. The station is very remotely located with no last mile connectivity to any of the areas nearby. BMTC hardly runs any services from Kengeri Station. These kind of experiences actually deter people from using the local train services. 

Kengeri Station Connectivity Issues Jnanbharathi Station Poor Infra

Commuter Rail

A gang of auto drivers gang up and loot unsuspecting customers who land at Kengeri Station. The station is very remotely located with no last mile connectivity to any of the areas nearby. BMTC hardly runs any services from Keneri Station. These kind of experiences actually deter people from using the local train services. 

Hulimavu gate main road foot path encroachment

Pedestrian Infrastructure

From Hulimavu Gate (off bannerghatta main road) to Ragavendra Temple (DAYA MK apartment) all the small shops are encroaching the foot path.
Most of the shops keep items in the foot path which is creating problem for traffic also.
Some of the garages repairing bikes/auto in the main road itself.

Emboldened Corporates

Governance

Lokayukta police on Tuesday arrested a chief environmental officer in the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) while he was accepting Rs 50,000-bribe from an employee of a leading instant food manufacturer.

The RMP 2015 PIL is now over

Urban Development

long post :

Avoid if you are not really interested in PILs and masterplans and sorry if last bit sounds like acknowldgement of an oscar award  winner

 

 

The RMP 2015 PIL is now over

 

Monorail or Metro ph III?

BMRCL is buoyed by the approvals they have received for ph II implementation that they have gove ahead to plan for ph III by initiating the study with RITES.

And the other very interesting development that has happened in the last few days is the Mumbai monorail going live..here is a picutre of the train inside:

Namma Metro disconnect

Metro Rail

Namma Metro connectivity to different parts of the city is welcome. But commuters also need good access and facilities to reach stations from their homes. And that's a drawback, finds a recent study by the Indian Institute of Science.

Running Passenger Trains on Western Ghat : Alnawar - Ambewadi ( Dandeli ) finally wll happen after

Complant No : MORLY/E/2013/05091

Refer in this below site, compalint was filed on 21 Jun 2013

http://pgportal.gov.in/ViewStatus.aspx

Details of the Complaint :

BBMP's box drains

The pictures below show what I am referring to as"box drains" under construction, on the east side of the road between Egipura jn and the bridge over the strorm-water (rather sewage) drain, in Koramangala.

Need an Institutional Framework for integration of Different Modes of Transit for Bengaluru

Public Transport

Success of any city's transport depends on how well are they integrated with each other. Worldover, Institutional Framework organizations work towards achieving this. Examples are Transport for London (TFL) for London, Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) for New York, Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore, STIF of Paris etc.

The "Trishanku" Layouts in Bangalore !

Well, we are aware of so many layouts nemely "private" or "gated" layouts in Bangalore. One of my friend happens to live in such a layout. Here is "story" of  his layout.

Few suggestions for KSPCB (PolBoard)

Its hearatening to see Karnata State Pollution Control Board ( I would shorten as PolBoard) much active online. I guess its headed by Mr. Vamana Acharya.

Few good things they already did:

 

Alarming air quality scene in India

Pollution

But for the first three weeks of this year, New Delhi’s average daily peak reading of fine particulate matter from Punjabi Bagh, a monitor whose readings are often below those of other city and independent monitors, was 473, more than twice as high as the average of 227 in Beijing.

akrama sakrama

Urban Development

dear all,

 

not sure how many are aware that the UDD has broadcast rules for the new akrama sakrama regularisation bill ( as attached).

objections need to be filed before end of jan.

in  a nutshell over an dbaove building law violations( far and setbacks) zonal and land use violations are also to be regularised.

Core City - 'Pete' Decongestion Proposal - Making Streets Bus & Bicycle Only

PUBLIC TRANSPORT (BUS) AND NMT ACCESSIBILITY PLAN FOR THE HISTORIC CORE OF BANGALORE CITY by MURALI T V, JOINT DIRECTOR OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, GOVT. OF KARNATAKA

http://www.urbanmobilityindia.in/Upload/Conference/1c5ff3e0-b8fc-4b6e-ba3f-e795e22522ca.pdf

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