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NICE PRR on!

8 October 2008 - 12:29pm — blrsri

From TOI today:

Modi riding the Nano: if Brand Belgaum existed

8 October 2008 - 12:19pm — belgaumblog

Mr.Budhadeb lost it, Mr.Deshmukh and Mr.Yeduraapa tried, but Modi came and he won.

BTRAC - New TMC, 20000 road signs

8 October 2008 - 9:04am — silkboard

As the newspapers reported, work began on a brand new Traffic Management Center for Bangalore on October 6. Its being designed by the same guys who have build Network Operation Centers and Data cnters for IT companies, the facility is going to be similar to those - lots of screens on one big wall and seatings or cubicles besides it for policemen to watch and control cemeras and signals:

"Safe Passage" KR Pura Initiative by Chandrasekar K

7 October 2008 - 5:16pm — psaram42

Start: 11 Oct 2008 15:00

End: 11 Oct 2008 17:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Venue: Greater Bangalore Industrial Association Conference hall #40-J Opposite. N.G.E.F Ancillary Estate, Dodda-nekundi Industrial Area, 2nd Phase, Mahadevapura Post, Bangalore - 560 048.

Date: Saturday 11th Oct 2008

Time: 3.00pm.

Invited: Community leaders of KR Puram Area, Praja members

Organiser: Chandrasekar K

ABIDE invites volunteers

7 October 2008 - 11:45am — blrsri

Start: 7 Oct 2008 11:43

End: 22 Oct 2008 11:43

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

ABIDE is calling for volounteers, they can register from http://rajeev.in site

Sanity Check: Bangalore international airport rail link

7 October 2008 - 1:46am — Devesh

[Cross posted from My Blog]

The Karnataka state government is tripping over itself trying to expedite the High Speed Rail Link (HSRL) to the new Bengaluru International Airport (BIA), conservatively expected to cost Rs. 5,200 - Rs. 5,700 Crore by completion date, somewhere by 2012.

Removing Cars to Create Public Space

6 October 2008 - 3:06pm — murali772

Cars dominate cities, especially in America. But as many cities in other countries have found, removing cars can turn busy streets into lively public places. Now the U.S. is starting to catch on.

New underpasses/flyovers on ORR - a suggestion

6 October 2008 - 10:47am — silkboard

You may have noticed that Outer Ring Road upgrade work is picking up serious momentum. Work on service lanes is in full swing, and it seems like survey work is on for the new underpass/flyovers as well. So if all goes well, we should have a nice six lane "corridor" from Hebbal to silk board junction. Good show indeed! At the same time, it'll be good to look ahead at the impact of this ORR upgrade project.

Belgaum is Ideal for Nano Plant

5 October 2008 - 10:21pm — belgaumblog

2,611 acres of land available at Vantamuri’Belgaum has good infrastructure, says Abhay Kumar Patil, MLA

Tata Motors can take a look at an “ideal site” in Belgaum before taking any decision on relocating its Nano car manufacturing plant said Mr.patil.

Fund Children; not Schools

5 October 2008 - 7:25pm — murali772

The most striking lesson for India is from Sweden’s education reforms in the early 1990s. Sweden has decentralised its system - shifting the control of schools from the centre to municipalities - and has given parents a choice whether to send their children to state or private schools (but paid by the state with a voucher).