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The '108 service' conundrum

31 July 2013 - 9:02pm — murali772

Duty calls, but they decided to hold the state on ransom to make their woes heard, by evading duty calls. Hundreds of drivers and paramedical staff of Arogya Kavacha (108 ambulance services) gathered at Freedom Park to press for their demands for job security and wage hikes on Sunday.

Improving Roads and Drains

31 July 2013 - 9:23am — shajit

Dear Prajites,

I would like to suggest to you all to take up the initiative of storm water drain that needs cleaning / de-silting etc and also we will need to change the specifications of the roads manual and also pay the contractors a little more.

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BMTC making losses

31 July 2013 - 9:00am — shajit

Dear Prajaites,

MetreShare - Auto / Taxi Sharing

30 July 2013 - 9:12pm — Vasanth

Mumbai has got a system called Metreshare with people using smartphones sharing their ride and fare in an Auto and Taxi.

Here is the facebook link for the same : https://www.facebook.com/MeterShare

Building Use - Illegal Refreshment/Hotel in Residential Area

30 July 2013 - 1:55pm — apsfriends

There was a time when the area of Basavanagudi especially Police Station Road was peaceful and resident friendly.

However from last 6-8 months there is a lot of commerical activities which are coming up in the residential area and the whole charm of the old bangalore is completely lost.

New York - Disposing of Traffic Related Case via Internet!

29 July 2013 - 9:13pm — kbsyed61

Recently in one of the family trip to New York, I was given a parking violation ticket for not displaying the parking ticket properly. The violation was I had placed the ticket faced down and the parking inspector couldn't see the validity of the ticket. And rightly so, he issued a ticket. This was in place called Jackson Heights, famous for Indian Stores.

LEDs on Vehicles - Regulations = better safety for all?

29 July 2013 - 3:35pm — xs400

With LEDs becoming cheaper, many have started fitting LEDs to vehicles as decorations.

If fitted with care and some common sense they can look attractive and improve the vehicle's visibility.

The problem starts with people using random colors and placing them on random parts of the vehicle.

I saw a taxi cab with flashing blue and red LEDs on the windscreen.

Solid Waste Management - Vision Statement 2030 to BBMP

27 July 2013 - 11:36am — Vasanthkumar My...

The following VISION STATEMENT 2030 for SWM was forwarded to email ID swmbbmp.xc@gmail.com of BBMP on 6-7-2013 in response to its call for public opinion. This is for info of Prajas. How to educate citizens and actions to be initiated are also dealt with.

Waste Management and Road Pot Holes Legislation

26 July 2013 - 9:31am — psaram42

House hold waste management is an important issue in present day cities like our own Bangalore.

Plastics invention was more of a bane than anything else, as it is not bio degradable. Its use and throw concept is thus environment unfriendly. Plastics were waiting to happen after Dhirubhai Ambany reliance “terilene”.

List of ROB's and RUB's within BBMP limits

25 July 2013 - 1:51pm — Sanjeev

List of major RUB's and ROB's within BBMP limit : Total 141 identified by RITES 2012 report as part of Commuter Rail.. Out of that how many will come under BBMP limits ??? Also Volume of Traffic more then 50000 TVU's are level crossing : 55 Nos.

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