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Utter callousness

23 May 2009 - 9:38am — murali772

The BBMP's negligence has cost a two-wheeler rider his life. Palike workers left a storm water drain in Fraser Town open after cleaning plastic waste from it on Thursday.

7.5 meters of Magic

21 May 2009 - 6:13pm — srinidhi

News report: 

Power distribution to be privatised

21 May 2009 - 11:56am — murali772

Taking a cue from its counterparts in Delhi and Mumbai, the state government is toying with the idea of handing over distribution of
power to private parties on a franchise basis. Currently, electricity supply companies (escoms like Bescom in Bangalore) do it.

"We are studying the Delhi and Mumbai models where private parties have been given franchises to distribute power. We propose to adopt such a model as part of power sector reforms,'' a senior energy department official said.

The move is seen as a bid to ensure better power supply at the consumer end and better revenue realization. "Once it's implemented, consumers will get uninterrupted power and it'll also lead to quicker repair of faults," the official claimed.

According to sources in the energy sector, the franchisee will purchase power from the state government (Karnataka Power Corporation) and sell it to consumers and will strengthen and maintain the distribution network. This system will not only address consumers' grievances but will also cut down the massive power pilferage, pegged at 22-27%.

Say no to corrupt Ministers

21 May 2009 - 9:31am — psaram42

 “Corruption has become endemic.

Bt-Brinjal

20 May 2009 - 6:32pm — thampan

 I saw this campaign about Bt-Brinjal and thought will ask the opinion of the learned Prajagel. Request you to check out the following links. The campaign talks about Bt-Brinjal and why it should not be allowed to enter India. With the new government swearing in, this would indeed be one of the matters on which a policy decision has to be taken.

Mysterious series of BBMP ads on a DLF complex

19 May 2009 - 6:51pm — murali772

On 26th April, DLF homes published    this   full page ad in Times of India (I expect in other papers also) announcing the launch of their new project "Westend Heights".

A really nice workable idea.

19 May 2009 - 5:50pm — shekhar_mittal

Hi

Check this out: http://beta.fixourcity.org/

I may have shown it to some of you before but that time it was not done for any Indian City.

Now this version is ready for Chennai. I think it is really interesting and if some public agency takes it up, it can have a deep impact.

What do you guys think?

Kudos to Distinguished Prajegalu!

19 May 2009 - 5:20pm — srinidhi

 It isn’t just ‘plain’ watching

 

These aviation enthusiasts admire an aircraft’s finer features, discovers 
Sherry Mary Jacob

 

City Planner - Metroquest

19 May 2009 - 5:18pm — Vasanth

I found an interesting tool on the cityfix.com on urban planning. You can plan the real city for 40 years.

Our city agencies like BBMP, BMLTA etc can use tools like this and we praja can explore the possibilities. I could not get a chance to get into the tool in detail. Just wanted Praja members to know about this.

Here is the link:

Early Bangalore as seen from Bus Route # 11

19 May 2009 - 11:09am — E.R. Ramachandran

Bangalore in Fifties and Sixties was still a Pensioners’ Paradise and very much a sleepy town. It was mostly divided into City and Cantonment with Basavanagudi and Malleshwaram well known among its residential areas. Jaya Nagar or its famous mosquitoes had not made their debut yet.

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