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Motorcycles kill more than BMTC buses?

EnforcementTraffic

An interesting stat in the data sets from Traffic police - despite all the negative talk about BMTC drivers (tabloids love it), motor cycles accidents result in more deaths on city roads than BMTC buses. Further, tractors cause more deaths on city roads than taxis and maxi cabs combined. So much for the yellow plate trash talk :)

National Rural Health Statistics!

Public Health

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website has lot of statistics and data on National RuralHealth Mission. Very interesting to find that at thispoint of time, in our beloved country Primary Health Centers are run without water and power supply.

Couresy - Indian Helath Ministry

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Request to KMF society to reduce use of plastic materials for distributing Milk products

Environment

As we climb the Chamundi Hills Banglore, we get to see a warning board requesting us to keep the place free of plastics. I was happy to see it as I drove up. A visit to the temple and then to the exclusive Nandini Shoppe let me down completely. The outlet is selling milk products in plastic sachets which are thrown around by customers after consumption.

Health Indicators of Karnataka State

Public Health

HEALTH INDICATORS OF KARNATAKA            

Driving Schools & Scientific Test Track

Traffic

My wife needed a 2 wheeler license, and went to Jnanabharati / Kengeri RTO yesterday. They don't conduct tests on their Mysore Road location anymore, and are requiring that the test be taken at the new 'electronic / scientific' test track at Mallathahalli.

DriveWell Day Training at TMC - report

Enforcement

I reached venue 30 mins late, as I got confused between old Ashoknagar police station(where I saw board as traffic division). Thats fine. Actually its very near to Garuda Mall.

Session was so nice. The following points were shown, of course lots of Q&As.

Sachidananda Nagara Nyaya Para Andolana

Governance

Paying bribes for issue of khatas has become common place today and it happens in almost every apartment or residence in Bengaluru. Through this fight we want to wipe out CORRUPTION in KHATAS from our layout.. from our city.. and from the entire country itself!

Namma Railu - Terms of Reference

Commuter RailPublic Transport

At the end of the meeting on Namma Railu at IISc on 30-Aug-2010, we had agreed to work on a Terms of Reference (TOR) for raising a demand for DPR (Detailed Project Report) for Namma Railu.

[update] Revised TOR submitted to CiSTUP from Praja

First DriveWell Day, supported by MphasiS - October 15

EnforcementTraffic
15 Oct 2010
Asia/Calcutta

The first Drive Well day is confirmed for September 30th now postponed to October 15. (confirmed). MphasiS is supporting this first event. Based on how it goes, we can sit down with traffic police to plan the next one, and also find sponsors for the next such or similar event.

Meeting with Praveen Sood on Parking issues, moved to Sep 25

TrafficPrivate transport
25 Sep 2010 15:00
Asia/Calcutta

This is a meeting with Additional Commissioner of Police Mr Praveen Sood to discuss Parking & Congestion charging for Bangalore, the challenges in enforcement with current systems and automated systems. RSVP with a comment if you wish to come.

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