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BMTC Bus Day – It’s a date or live-in-relationship?

8 February 2011 - 3:36am — kbsyed61

On Feb 2nd, BMTC observed its first Bus Day anniversary and announced that Bus Day will be observed in other cities/towns like Mysore, Dharwar and Hubli. It was a subtle message that the monthly ritual of Bus day in Bengaluru would continue. I was very curious to know what BMTC is planning for this year as a result of one year learning via 12 Bus Days.

'Commuter rail service for city still in limbo'

7 February 2011 - 11:44am — naveen_blr

The Hindu reports that "Commuter rail service for city still in limbo":

BANGALORE: The proposed commuter rail or circular rail for Bangalore, aimed at decongesting the roads as well as offering speedy journey to harried motorists, appears to be in limbo with the State Government and the Ministry of Railways toeing different lines.

Water From Rainfall in Bengaluru!

7 February 2011 - 9:53am — kbsyed61

Bengaluru city spread over 600 Sq Kilometers (266 Sq. Miles) receives an average rainfall of about 900 mm (35 Inches), Annually. Since rainfall is an important source of replenishing city's water sources, here is an attempt to tabulate the monthly and annual rainfall over a period and compute the same into total water received in terms of Cubic Kilometers (KM3).

Red board and Black board - do we still require this classification?

5 February 2011 - 8:32pm — ss87

Today's Bangalore is quite different from what it was 10 years back. The diameter of the city at that time was lesser than what the radius of the city is at present.

New Karnataka govt notification for continuing to avail gas connection

5 February 2011 - 6:00pm — Ervamanatil Prashant

On 27th January, through our neighbours we found out gas dealers are asking for filing of photo-id and electricity bill. Unfortunately I dont have my electricity bill with me now and the next electricity bill would reach us around the 10th or 12th of the month. As per the govt notification, the last date for filing is 10th Feb, 2010.

Reduced traffic signal timings near Mekhri Circle for vehicles coming from Jayamahal Road

4 February 2011 - 2:06pm — balu036

For the past 15 days for vehicles coming from Jayamahal Road, the timings in the traffic signal near Mekhri signal has been drastically reduced. Earlier, we could cross the signal in 5 minutes maximum but from the past 15 days it is taking between 12 to 15 minutes.

Praja meeting @ City Railway station, Sunday Mar 6, 9 AM

4 February 2011 - 12:24pm — manjari

Start: 6 Mar 2011 09:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Here is a a good opportunity to put faces to the names we read, a Praja.in meeting after a long long time! This is not only a chance to understand the operations of the City Station but also an event/place where everyone from Praja could meet.

Agenda:

New reforms to be implemented(BMTC)

4 February 2011 - 12:15pm — shashi kumar y

Many have already posted about this topic in a different way so as to how make BMTC effective in terms of providing service.

Following are my views mainly in terms of operational:

CRS Campaign - Email and Letters to MPs

4 February 2011 - 2:04am — kbsyed61

Having come this far in the pursuit of camaigning for 'Namma Railu', I have started a 'Email & Letter' campaign to all the MPs from Karnataka specially who belongs to the CRS jurisdication and those who can make things happen.

Driving License - Medical certificate hitches

3 February 2011 - 10:27pm — murali772

My license became due for renewal mid-Dec, and with having learned the ropes at the time of renewal of my wife's license (check this), I thought it was going to be just a half hour's job for me at the Koramangala RTO's office.

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