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"Come, Cross the Road": Pedestrian Event today (Wednesday), 27th July, 5:30 to 7:00 PM

27 Jul 2011 17:30
27 Jul 2011 19:00
Asia/Calcutta
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

Dear all,

As a continuation of our Come, Cross the Road event to highlight the issues faced by pedestrians across Bangalore, we will be carrying it out at the following places tomorrow, July 27th, Wednesday (5:30 PM to 7 PM):

BBMP does it again!! - Humps on Flyover

Infrastructure

Bangalore has the dubious distinction of some of the worst implementations in infrastruacture..

Growth of Cities

Hi

I came across this TED talk which might be of some interest to some of you.

Bangalore Road Standards [BRS] Preliminary Discussions with DULT - a report

Water

To day I spent a few hours discussing with Shri Shailendra Singh, Special Officer, at Directorate of Urban Land transport, of Urban Development Department, [DULT] govt of Karnataka. Shailender Singh is a Jat from Haryana and not a Sikh Sardar. I found him to be a fine / capable / forthright officer.

CBD NMT DPR - For your comments

Infrastructure

Below is the Final Draft Detailed Project Report for provisioning NMT facilities in the MG road area & surroundings.

This is not an official public consultation but I have taken permission from DULT to put up this DPR for review by Praja members. As a part of the Task force Praja has to provide comments by 28th July, (next Thursday).

 

Rain Water Harvesting on Namma Metro

Metro Rail

Driving along the RV Road, I noticed that many of the Namma Metro Pillars now had largish drain pipes jutting out at the bottom, presumably to allow rain water from the tracks above and possibly the stations to join the city SWD system. Curious to know if anybody has evaluated the feasibility of rain water harvesting as a mandatory requirement for Namma Metro? It is still not too late.

Finally Google Earth for the rescue of BBMP

I have no idea whether BBMP has the willingness, and expertise to provide online:-

For better laws, debate and discuss bills first

Governance

The Lokpal Bill 2011 is one among 67-odd bills listed as pending before Parliament. Is it fair that out of a list of 67, only the Lokpal Bill gets intensive civil society scrutiny? And why should any bill be passed without complete transparency or due diligence?

The only way to make the government work?

Governance

The Karnataka state government’s dilatory tactics during litigation came under flak in the Karnataka high court on Friday, when chief justice JS Khehar observed that the government might abandon its evasive methods only if the chief minister BS Yeddyurappa was asked to pay a fine of Rs1 lakh from his own pocket.

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