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Long waiting time for amenities after flat completion

19 October 2013 - 9:08pm — Sumana

In Bangalore, so far it is often seen that builder has delivered the flat but not the amenities like Club house, Commercial etc. Money is taken for them and those are mentioned in advertisement and sale deed. People have started residing in the flats but no sign of getting those essentials which are one of the key factors in the selling point and buying decisions.

Suburban Rail Campaign Meet-Up!

18 October 2013 - 2:32pm — kbsyed61

Start: 27 Oct 2013 07:30

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

On the sidelines of 'Cycle Day' on 27th October at Cubbon Park, there will be a 'Meet Up' on Suburban Rail campaign discussing future advocacy steps that we could plan and take up. Please do come to support the Cycle day and in addition can meet the people who are behind the Namma Railu campaign for last 3 years.

Contact person for this Meet-Up would be Sanjeev.

Bangalore's Development - Who is incharge?

18 October 2013 - 2:08pm — kbsyed61

Since the new government has taken charge, no week passes without hearing some news or the other about new works to develop Bengaluru city.

Source - The Hindu

What has PM to do with 'Binny Mill Land'?

13 October 2013 - 8:27am — kbsyed61

Who owns the Binny mill Land? is it a private land? Is it belongs to Central Govt?

You all must be wondering why I am asking this question. In today's news in TOI, it is reported that CM is taking a all party delegation to PM to get the Binny mill Land.

What purpose does the LokAyukta serve?

11 October 2013 - 11:20am — murali772

Following are the excerpts from the Supreme Court order dt 1st Oct, 2013, in the Anil Kumar & Ors. Vs. M.K. Aiyappa & ANR.(full text of the order may be accessed here), whereby it upheld the Karnataka High Court order quashing criminal proceedings initiated against senior IAS officer M.K.

What purpose does BMTF serve?

11 October 2013 - 11:13am — murali772

Holding that the power of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) is restricted to protecting public property and detecting unauthorized construction/encroachment on such land, the Karnataka high court on Thursday quashed the chargesheets and FIRs filed by BMTF against BBMP engineers for not stopping illegal construction on private properties.

Peter Newman on "Why Do We Need A Good Public Transport System" ?

10 October 2013 - 7:23pm — Sanjeev

By Peter Newman Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute Western Australia

CycleDay Coverage / Publicity

9 October 2013 - 8:58am — Ravi_D

Thread for coverage and publicity. Watch out for media links. Publicity Material.

First step - Announcing the Logo!!!

Update 15/Oct: New CycleDay Logo

Update 23/Oct: New new logo! with background

Bus Day Fever - Petroleum Ministry to observe every Wednesday as 'Bus Day'

8 October 2013 - 8:18am — kbsyed61

Who had thought that one day 'Bus Day' observance will go places. Though in Bangalore it has relegated to a monthly ritual, since Feb 2010, it has been tried in many cities including Chennai, Cochin etc.

Cycle day is truly underway!

7 October 2013 - 10:46pm — deepakar

The Feel Bengaluru Cycle Day is well and truly underway now. On Sunday morning, folks from Praja and DULT, and several cycling enthusiasts met at Cubbon park to plan the event. The details of the event day are starting to fall in place. See our previous post for event day itinerary.