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Whither green activism?

Environment

Green activists and local villagers have taken serious exception to proposals from defence and research institutions to build sensitive projects on the 10,000 acres of Amrit Mahal Kaval land allotted to them in Challakere taluk of Chitradurga district. Among the sensitive projects are a Defence Research Development Organization proposal to start an aeronaut

A strong case for legalising betting

Economy

Nobody knows exactly how big illegal betting is in India. The police estimate that betting on just the IPL — which lasts only six weeks — is Rs 20,000 crore. Betting on all sports and elections is perhaps 10 times higher. If such betting is legalized, and subject to a tax of say 20 per cent, it will generate anything up to Rs 40,000 crore per year in tax revenue.

A New CPWD Project at Domlur Fly over, Bangalore.

Urban Development

The Indian Central Public works Department CPWD [1]; Ministry of Urban Development at New Delhi is currently headed by its Director General Mr. VK Gupta.

Contractor-neta raaj

Governance

A day after 198 corporators condemned the BBMP's decision to freeze 1,970 civic works worth Rs 530 crore based on the report given by the vigilance team, the man behind the investigation tendered his registration and opted for VRS.

Thames revival plan for Arkavathy

Water

Hi All,

 

I hope most of the Prajegalu should be happy to read this plan. ofcourse we have been hearing such promises over the year, yet another hope. I dont know how far our babus will be successful in implementing this ?

Bangalore Metro and Pedestrian rights

Metro Rail

Wanted to review Bangalore Metro's approach to pedestrians.

Pedestrian walkway beneath the metro line

Agenda for our new Chief Minister: What needs to be done for our cities

Governance

Now that we have a new goverement, let us make a vision document and send it to our CM.

Some things about this draft document -

Effective handling of storm water

Infrastructure

 

Effective handling of storm water requires good roads without dirt. Normal dirt can be

Water is elixir of life - Those handling water are only trustees

Dear All,

Have a look at the following cut and paste from Deccan Herald dated 22-5-2013. 

Mammoth bungling BBMP style

Everything else

 

BBMP seems to be bereft of all hopes measuring up to its calling. They outsource the work of salary disbursing to Keonics without crediting any funds.

Someone (BPAC?), please fund a CIO for Bangalore

Governance

"Can't fix it if you can't measure it". That is what a lot of people say. There is a lot that gets measured by BBMP/BMTC/BWSSB/BESCOM/BDA etc. But we just don't get to see. Want GIS data used for creating masterplan to be public? Want to know the city's water consumption, and inflow from each source every day?

Building and Other Debris Dumping

Another face of  keeping city clean is debris management and recycling. I am seeing it equally responsible as garbage.  If we watch carefully we will find debris everywhere. We can manage dry and wet waste somehow, but debris is hard to manage. Some tractor has to come and we should have labour and tools dispose it. Also where to dispose debris is a *big* question.

Mis-carriage of criminal justice

In the midst of the recent Karnataka assembly election campaigning, a member of a certain popular yahoo-group suddenly came up with a posting that Dr Ashwin Mahesh, the LokSatta candidate from Bommanahalli constituency, has a criminal record.

Battle of Good Vs Bad - Autorikshaw Driver Vs Ranbaxy, IPL

Governance

What a week! 3 news items that made headlines are worth taking note of.

Land sharks and problems

Our land in Muniswamy Layout in ward no 195 is under land sharks, though we are the owners of the land , i have been threatened not to enter the layout, we will be beaten up.

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