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GTN is no more

27 June 2008 - 5:30pm — tsubba

Noted science writer and music critic Prof. G.T. Narayana Rao (82), passed away at Vikram Hospital in city early this morning following a brain hemorrhage. -SOM June 27

Results of 10th and 12th standard examination

27 June 2008 - 9:54am — prajarthi

In last few weeks the results of standard 10th and 12th have been announced by the Maharashtra State Board. Congratulations to all the students who achieved ranks.

Whenever I try to book a ticket on the KSRTC's website online, it always says 'Server Busy'. This was inagurated grandly by KSRTC to show that they are capable just like Indian Railways, but, their franchisees KSRTC Booking Counters were worried. To make the booking only through Franchisees and have online booking for namesake, whenever you login to KSRTC website with your login, you will get a server busy 'clean message'. This is not from the server, but from a very good responsive page with delibrate message - Not any HTTP 500 or any other message.

Local shuttles and BMTC - Example Whitefield

26 June 2008 - 10:39am — silkboard

Let me try a detailed example of how BMTC can extend the reach of its services, without adding tons of buses to its fleet. It involves investing in identified trunk routes, and then in planning local shuttles. Lets dig a bit deep into Whitefield.

Say we identify the trunk routes between Whitefield and rest of Bangalore as Southbound (towards Koramangala E-City, Westbound (towards CBD via Airport road), and Northbound (towards Banaswadi, Hennur). Call these trunk routes, and put a bus every 10-15 minutes on each. Here are the three routes (indicative, not exact):

Joys of public transport

25 June 2008 - 12:27pm — silkboard

Public transport is fun. Sometimes I think of our lives as bubbles. In the house with familiar people, in the office with known colleagues, and in the car or on the bike alone, we may not really be mingling-connecting with our city, isn't it? That philosophical take apart, here are some pictures and experiences after trying BMTC a lot (upto 4-5 times a day) over last month.

Government Education in Bangalore

25 June 2008 - 10:53am — gowriv

At times it seems that Bangalore citizens have forgotten that their government schools exist.

More than half of the schools in Bangalore are private unaided schools, while in the entire state of Karnataka, 81% of schools are government schools. Government schools are seen as a school of last resort, and face high dropout. Children who do survive government schooling often end up without basic skills -- reading, writing, and arithmetic. Still, there are more than 200,000 children attending government schools in our city.

Meanwhile, NH7 turns a death trap

25 June 2008 - 9:06am — s_yajaman

NH-7 is turning out to be a complete death trap. On the way back from the airport last night, we reached Chikajala only to find traffic stopped. Heard an ambulance, etc.

Found out that we reached about 15 mins after a fatal accident - a hit and run. Apparently (and I don't know for sure) a City Cab had hit a pedestrian and sped off. The locals were furious and understandably. They had blockaded the traffic. They were taking all the Meru and City Cabs to one side and were asking the passengers to get off. They came to the window of each taxi that passed and said "Naale inda nidana (slow from tomorrow)".

How should the govt finance infrastructure building in Bangalore?

24 June 2008 - 10:08am

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Airport City at BIAL

24 June 2008 - 5:06am — tsubba

Just about a month since opening BIAL announces plans for an ‘Airport City’ within the premises of BIA.

Hard work at BIAL results in significant improvement

23 June 2008 - 9:01pm — Devesh

On Friday, 20-June-2008, I took a flight out of BIAL airport. As my pictorial essay shows, the hard work, by the stake holders at BIAL, is showing results, in the form of significant improvements.

Getting to the airport

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