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Meeting with Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka

18 August 2008 - 10:40am — murali772

Start: 19 Aug 2008 11:00

End: 19 Aug 2008 12:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

[post meeting update: Here are the notes from this meeting]

The address is as below:

Meeting BBMP - updated.

18 August 2008 - 4:54am — admin

Based on some discussions we have been having here on the subject of planned development, its time to organize a Praja-style meeting with BBMP.

Read in newspapers last week that if things go as being planned Hyderabad will end up getting a 71 km long Metro for free! Actually, not just free, they will end up getting paid some money (Rs 1240 crores, about 10% of the project cost of Rs 12410 crores) by the winning consortium. Read it yourself, this biz-standard article - Hyd to get 71 km Metro for free. Stats to compare from cost angle are - 65 km Delhi Metro comes at Rs 10500 crores, and 42 km Bangalore at Rs 6500 Crores, both are state funded.

Rs 8,830 mn - bribe paid by just BPL households last year

17 August 2008 - 1:00pm — murali772

The level of corruption is "alarming" in the states of Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, says a new survey based on experience of BPL households in availing various public services last year.

The "India Corruption Study 2007", brought out by NGOs Transparency International India (TII) and Centre for Media Studies (CMS), found that about one-third of Below Poverty Line (BPL) households in the country bribed officials to avail a total of 11 services - from police to PDS.

Rohan Kokane makes the limbo skating record

17 August 2008 - 11:25am — belgaumblog

The seven-year-old limbo skater from Belgaum city, Rohan Kokane, has staked claim to world record by comfortably skating under a bar with a clearance height of 6.5” in backward direction and 5.7” in forward direction in an auditorium in the city on Friday.

What BDA spent on Abide

16 August 2008 - 12:10pm — silkboard

Mr A pulled out BDA's expense report on Abide (remember this event?). He found that BDA spent Rs.21,86,487 for that full day session at IISc. See a similar news reported about BBMP (Biscuits worth Rs 50000). That small event has allegedly been over-accounted. The same can't be said about Abide event, this is pure information for public consumption.

Potholes on Roads tarred one month back!!

14 August 2008 - 11:06pm — anusree.kailash

[Sep 5 spotlight post - an example for us to just go do it - read Anusree's experience {admin}]

An Arterial road in Ejipura got tarred in July. Within just 3-4 weeks there are major potholes on major junctions of the road.

One wonders ...

booze, banjo and bangalore

14 August 2008 - 7:03pm

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Jayanagar 5th Block RWA interacts with MLA and officials

13 August 2008 - 10:40pm — blr_editor

Mr Mukund shares with us the following piece of news :

Hope for green belt? - breaking news

13 August 2008 - 7:34pm — murali772

CAF's counsel in their "Master Plan PIL" has informed as below:

After hearing the arguments at length, the Division Bench of the Hon'ble Chief Justice and Justice V Gopalagowda was today pleased to pass an interim order that any approvals in the Green Belt of 714 km under the '95 CDP shall be subject to further orders of the Court.

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