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World Bank/ GBWASP - a different conspiracy

19 January 2009 - 10:36am — murali772

There's always been a debate over whether the politician is the bigger problem, or the bureaucrat. I have always held that even bigger than the two, there's another formidable force - the Socialist (the psuedo variety - there are very few genuine ones remaining). And, the solutions to the countries problems lies in tackling him.

Traffic Police Day

16 January 2009 - 1:33pm — murali772
17 Jan 2009
17 Jan 2009
Asia/Calcutta
Traffic

Greetings from CHILDREN'S MOVEMENT FOR CIVIC AWARENESS

You know that………Bangalore is a rapidly exploding city in terms of traffic.

You may know that………More than 33 lakh vehicles are plying on the roads and an additional 1000 new registrations are done every day.

Cross the damn road - Now Feb 7

13 January 2009 - 11:36pm — silkboard
7 Feb 2009 10:00
7 Feb 2009 11:00
Asia/Calcutta
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

Venue: Foot of K R Puram cable bridge where Old Madras Road and Outer ring Road merge

Date and Time: Saturday, 31st Jan, Feb 7, 10:00 AM (I wonder whats the busiest time here on a Saturday)

'Need for innovation in urban road infrastructure planning'

13 January 2009 - 9:07am — psaram42

In to days Times of India article Mr. Praveen Sood Additional Commissioner of Police (traffic) has articulated his concern about the pedestrians and the problems faced by the traffic police in enforcing the traffic rules. In democracy people get what they deserve.

The joys of crossing a road

13 January 2009 - 8:00am — silkboard
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

ORR KR Puram 4The pedestrian chaos at ORR-Old Madras Road interchange can'tt be stated in words, so I tried this video last week (find it below). The place is a live example of collaboration, lack of it rather, between multiple sarkaari bodies. Bring this up with a babu in Bangalore and instead of ideas or initiatives, you will get stories of how things can only fall between NHAI, Railways, BDA, and the Traffic Police but not improve. Oh yeah, the job of taking initiatives is best left to the citizens.

CISTUP

8 January 2009 - 2:55pm — murali772
Urban DevelopmentPublic Transport

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa inaugurated the Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) on the premises of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here on Friday. CiSTUP will focus on issues related to urban transport, planning and infrastructure, besides urban local issues such as water supply, sewerage and solid waste management.

Moving the capital out of Bangalore

2 January 2009 - 8:08pm — ashwin

This is an idea that has been discussed before, including on this forum. I am coming from the view not of the governance structure of Bangalore (autonomy etc) which is an orthogonal issue, but of the power of such a move to take the pressure off Bangalore.

Help - Lets track JNNURM in Karnataka

31 December 2008 - 12:17pm — admin

Want to get deeper into Praja and beyond discussions? Here is your chance. We are looking for some people to join hands in tracking JNNURM reforms and projects at Karnataka. If you didn't know, JNNURM is a reforms-linked investment scheme to help states on urban infrastructure. States get a big fund to tap into, but with a catch - they must commit to implementing some urban governance reforms.

Little known facts about London Bus Services

24 December 2008 - 4:59pm — murali772

London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) that manages bus services within Greater London, UK.

Hasiru Usiru

24 December 2008 - 1:11pm — murali772
24 Dec 2008 19:00
24 Dec 2008 20:00
Asia/Calcutta
EnvironmentTraffic

Today (Wednesday) 7 PM at Koshy's, St Mark's Road, Bangalore to discuss what needs to be done to arrest the indiscriminate felling of avenue trees in the name of road widening.

All are welcome.

Muralidhar Rao

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