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Indiranagar Metro in progress

6 November 2009 - 11:50am — psaram42

We had a nice meeting with Nathan and Kiran of Biome Environmental solutions where a lot of discussions took place about the concept note on Indiranagar Metro project in the context of forthcoming Mobil city Un-conference at IISc. The Metro passes through CMH and 100 ft roads in Indiranagar. We in Indiranagar are quite familiar with the Metro by now.

A total breakdown of urban planning - A microscopic look at the lowest level

4 November 2009 - 12:56pm — blrpraj

When we look at Bangalore and see it's overburdened infrastructure falling apart (be it water, roads, power, footpath etc.) , one cannot help but think how we got to this point in the first place, since recognising the problem and it's causes is one of the first steps in effectively proposing and designing a solution to remedy the problem.

Ecological Roads

27 October 2009 - 3:40pm — psaram42

“Today SM Krishna is having a field day at Leela Palace with the Russian and Chinese counterparts. There may be other very important issues other than ER.”

Drinking water down the drain, Sewage water on the road

25 October 2009 - 11:46am — psaram42

“If anything can go wrong, it will” Says Murphy’s Laws site. It is an Interesting site where all the laws of Murphy are put in one place. It may be worthwhile to browse it more.

BWSSB is no exception. BWSSB provides basic amenities like.

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.

Water and Sewage connections to Mega residential projects

2 October 2009 - 12:06am — ravih

I am curious to know who is expected to approve the provision of Water and Sewage connection to large residential and commercial projects like ITPL; Prestige Shantiniketan; Brigade Metropolis; Tata Xylem; few five start hotels; large number of IT/ITES technology parks hosting thousands of offices etc in the Mahadevpura /whitefield area ?

Relevance of Lakes in Bangalore

29 September 2009 - 2:40pm — psaram42

The topology of the city of Bangalore located at 3000 feet above sea level runs into three valleys

Brainstorming Session on Conservation and Management of Urban Lakes - A Report

27 September 2009 - 5:06pm — sanjayv

The meeting was held in CiSTUP seminar room from 9 am to 5 pm. The room was full with a good complement of students.

We had the initial round of formalities followed by morning tea/breakfast

The morning session had several speakers discusing various aspects of urban lake conservation after which we had an afternoon discussion/brainstorming session

ESG Meet 23 September 2009. A Brief Report.

27 September 2009 - 12:25pm — psaram42

The Conference was from 9:30 AM to about 4PM. Attended by about 50 odd people. The organizers were disappointed a little as their expectations were much more.

Water and Carbon cycle in Nature and how to mange them safely

25 September 2009 - 11:02am — psaram42

Major portion of our body (90%) is water. Water is the elixir of life. Life on earth which is carbon based has lead to the study of biochemistry. There is a speculation about a possible parallel life system elsewhere in the Universe based on silicon [1].

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