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Empower the Police and Depower the Citizens

26 April 2008 - 1:50pm — Vasanth

Police in Karnataka and whole of India is lagging behind in terms of infrastructure and skilled personnel. If we see advanced countries, Police is so powerful. Citizens do not dare to play around the police.

Agara lake conversion stirring up protests

18 April 2008 - 10:27am — pradeep

Hi all friends,

I would like all the members to go through this link. Its sad that our own Govt. is messing up our Paradise.Even the Yediyur lake, agara lake, bellendur,hebbal lakes condition is worst. Soon Prestige Group or Mantri or Kantri paradise will acquire...

Best Practices for Bangalore

8 April 2008 - 11:36am — Bengloorappa

I am trying to enlist here some of the best practices that I have seen/heard about City Management. Please feel free to add, edit/dissect as you may please.

1. Locality based Infrastructure Management - A la Delhi model can be adopted by empowering local Residents' associations, where available, to get Infrastructure like Roads, Parks, Water and Waste management managed and maintained on a locality basis and make engineers and other city corporation employees answerable to such associations as well as to their own management. This can lead to quick addressal of grievances and form power centres for effective infra management. In Delhi, residents' associations are headed by retired govt. employees who have plenty of time on their hands and a vision for their locality.

Urban Bhoomi

24 February 2008 - 7:10pm — tsubba

Bhoomi to get urban makeover
TNN Feb 11, 2008

When Vehicles are Prioritised over Humans (Pedestrians)

9 January 2008 - 8:56pm — asj

I invite everyone to check this slide show http://www.youtube.com/wa... Though I have made an example of Pune, are any of our other small cities different? What we need is a back to the basics approach ''first footpaths, then roads'' only then will we get our urban planning right.

Lakes & Waterbodies

19 October 2007 - 7:33am — tsubba

Lakes in Bangalore likely to be declared reserve forests Swathi Shivanand & Divya Gandhi For The Hindu

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Hebbal Lake: EIH charged with violation of Wildlife Act and Water Act

11 October 2007 - 5:37am — tsubba

The Forest Department has issued a show-cause notice to East India Hotels Ltd. (EIH), the parent company of Oberoi Group of hotels, charging it with violating the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 in the process of developing Hebbal lake.

PPP - Log

17 September 2007 - 3:36am — tsubba

Thought it might be worthwhile to track some PPP projects in BLR. Please log any news on Public Private Partnerships you find, here. --------------------- Hebbal's Brand New Fire Station Source: Deccan Herald

Parthenium

29 August 2007 - 5:31pm — karthink

Hello all, I am a resident of Jayanagar 4th T block. There is a site near my house where a lot of parthenium has grown. As this weed is a very harmful and environmental unfriendly, I wanted the BBMP guys to clean up. But even after several complaints (thru phone calls on the number 22975760)they have not done anything.

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