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Long pending Civic Elections

18 October 2009 - 9:43am — psaram42

The way the BWSSB, in the absence of BBMP elected mayor and his team, is going ahead with its job of planning and maintaining the city infrastructure is not acceptable. Reference is made to the earlier two threads on the subject on SWD.

Bangalore - Governance

17 October 2009 - 1:29am — silkboard

Namma Bengaluru's struggle to manage its growth is partly a result of its broken governance structure. Central area of city had a municipality, which was expanded to cover sorrounding areas much after chaos has crept in on the peripheries. Even after the expansion, certain critical areas like transportation and water are not directly controlled by the local government.

Kiran Bedi and gender bias

16 October 2009 - 6:19pm — psaram42

Kiran Bedi born on June 9, 1949 is a Peshawaria. While studying at the Sacred Heart Convent, Kiran joined the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and took up tennis. After school she studed Political Science at the Government College for Women, Amritsar.

Heat Island Effect

15 October 2009 - 6:44pm — RKCHARI

Dear All,

Storm Water Drain (SWD) Muck / Mud Traps

13 October 2009 - 9:26am — psaram42

“In most countries, sieve/meshes only hold back items which are too big to clog the drains. It is hard to stop mud from entering drains using meshes.” - IDS

Early bird offer - SWD Cleaning

11 October 2009 - 7:41pm — psaram42

The Place is at Indiranagar Double road. Excellent clearing of closed Storm water Drain of muck clogging the drains is almost coming to an end.

Is Bangalore a good place to bring up a child?

11 October 2009 - 4:40pm — s_yajaman

IDS's post on the Olympics set me thinking a bit. Though the title of my post refers to Bangalore, we can substitute "any Indian mega city" in its place.

Bangalore today is very different from the Bangalore in which I grew up (70s and 80s). I won't get into that too much.

Praja Monthly Meet Oct,10 2009 Bypanahalli Metro Station

11 October 2009 - 8:42am — psaram42

We gathered at the Bypanahalli Railway station to day at 9 AM. The following were present:-

soma's view

7 October 2009 - 1:02pm — soma

There are some schools operated illegally in bangalore under the tag of CBSE or ICSE .Bangalore authorities if analysied and posted in news papers ,will be very useful to the parents to select there schools for their kids ..........Also media can help us ..

Mayor not informed about 100 crore development works

5 October 2009 - 10:08pm — belgaumblog

In a written statement to the opposition, Mayor Yallappa Kurubar on Saturday said that, he had no information about the works being undertaken in the city under the Rs.100 crore special funds from the CM.

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