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Was there selective cleansing of Bangalore electoral roles?

Governance

That's in effect what Justice M F Saldanha (Retd), Chairman – Karnataka Chapter, Trnasparency International India, is alleging. His letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Karnataka, is reproduced below:

Easy auto being relaunched

Easy auto, an autorickshaw initiative launched couple of years ago and in spite of very good intentions, failed to gain a critical mass and momentum to sustain the service.

Killing our lakes - Hebbal/Nagavara Lake example

LakesWater

See the image below - it shows the Hebbala and Nagavara lakes. I am told by the locals that the area covered in the red boundary once formed an elaborate and huge lake system. The system first got divided by the Bellary road and the region right to the road subsequently dried out. This region was taken over by the UAS and they used it for rice/paddy crop experiments.

Meeting with Commercial Street (CSt) Merchants Association

Pedestrian Infrastructure

The meeting with Mr. Shyam Melwani and Mr. Nazim Sait the President and Vice presidents of the association respectively, took place at their board room situated at the Dispensary Road.

Bangalore, and water - urgency?

PollutionWater

Building up on their last report, Jayshree Nandi (with S Kushala) had yet another report in TOI yesterday to highlight Bangalore's water woes.

Walk to Vote (Mysore)

28 Apr 2009 10:00
28 Apr 2009 11:00
Asia/Calcutta

COME ONE, COME ALL, JOIN THE WALK TO VOTE CAMPAIGN, MYSOREANS, CREATE HISTORY,

Round Table India has organised a walk for creating awareness in the minds of voters of Mysoreans

Date: 28-4-2009 - Tuesday

Time: 10 AM

Starting point: Kote Anjaneya Swamy Temple (Palace Compound), Mysoru

End point: - DC OFFICE via Devraj Urs Road

Bangalore pedestrianization projects

Project to push for pedestrianization of some popular stretches of roads in shopping districts of Bengaluru.

Voters' apathy? Rubbish!!!

There is much talk about the urban middle class’s apathy and how they intentionally stayed away from the polling booths despite initiatives like Lead India and Jaago Re. But, actually, problem isn’t voters’ apathy - it's the flawed electoral system.

What is the reason for pathetic voting % in Bangalore south?

What is the reason for abysmal voting pattern in Bangalore which must be rated from 'poor' to 'terrible'. Despite tremendous efforts on creating awareness on 'Need to vote' in both electronic and Print media, voters especially the urban  middle and upper middle class , who complain' maximum 'on any issue ,have stayed away from exercising their right to vote.

A dangerous Strain of corruption

Peenya in Bangalore is a renowned Industrial area of the IT city. Being an Industrial area processing of polluting Industrial wastes is a crucial issue. There are set standards for classifying any industry’s pollution factor in three zones A, B, C etc, in decreasing order of polution.

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