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Dual status for land - fraud on fraud!

14 September 2010 - 5:15pm — murali772

In the letter, a copy of which has been marked to the DG&IGP and the home minister, the city Police Commissioner Mr Shankar Bidari has said there have been irregularities and delays in implementing the land revenue Act and rules, giving scope for serious fraud, forgery and law and order situation.

Volvo becoming Mumbai Suburban trains?

13 September 2010 - 2:23pm — SrikanthLogic

I have written a blog post about overcrowding in Volvo buses here. I am posting the excerpt here, read more on the link. Request your feedback.

Working group on railways - 11th 5-yr plan (2007–2012)

11 September 2010 - 2:54pm — Naveen

“Report of the working group on railway programmes for 11^th 5-year plan (2007–2012)” has the following salient points with regard to suburban rail. Due to file size, the entire report is not attached to this post.

Vajra/Volvos doing well

10 September 2010 - 10:28am — Naveen

Times of India reports that Volvo's are doing well now:

Yeddyurappa will ride high-speed trains in China

10 September 2010 - 9:50am — idontspam

Your chief minister will soon be zooming away in the high-speed trains of Beijing

Elevated Coastal Expressway - Chennai

9 September 2010 - 7:57pm — idontspam

Kicking off topics for our friends in Chennai with this burning issue. An elevated expressway is planned along the coast line. See here for the details. This is causing a lot of heartburn amongst the people who are questioning its utility.

Red Board buses v/s Black board buses

9 September 2010 - 3:08pm — ss87

BMTC's ordinary services are of 2 types-the red board catering to the suburban areas and the black board catering to the city areas. By the way of passes the red board passes have higher fares owing to the distance covered by the buses (Route no. 210 and above covering a minimum 15-20kms from city centre).

Training for Drive-Well Day volunteers, Sep 15

9 September 2010 - 9:56am — silkboard

Start: 15 Sep 2010 14:30

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Training for volunteers for Drive-Well Day is b eing organized on Wednesday 15th September 2010 between 2.30 and 4.30 at TMC. 20+ volunteers from MphasiS are attending. Anyone here wants to go, please leave a comment.

Venue: Bangalore Traffic Police's Traffic Management Center (TMC).

NammaRailu 2010 Roundtable - Press Release

8 September 2010 - 6:12pm — idontspam

Press Release

Monday, Aug 30, 2010: CiSTUP, IISc, and Praja.in organized a round table event, Namma Railu 2010 to discuss Commuter Rail System (CRS) as a mobility solution to enable growth of Bengaluru Metropolitan Region (BMR). The event was chaired by Dr A Ravindra, Advisor to the CM.

Tech savvy policing

8 September 2010 - 12:25pm — murali772

A perennial complaint across cities about auto rickshaws is addressable through this proposed SMS facility. This will be more effective than a few manned auto help centres near bus and train stations since its reach will cover the entire city.

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