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Do blogs also need to be marketed ?

3 October 2007 - 3:27pm — cvikash
With a horde of blogs competing with each other for attention, they need some kind of marketing. This is necessary not only for retention but also to attract new ideas from more people.

Of Pedestrians & Pensioners

3 October 2007 - 5:38am — tsubba
Received a forward of this Ammu Joseph article on email. When senior artist V. Balu passed away in mid-September, after being knocked down by a two-wheeler, he joined the growing number of pedestrians killed in road accidents in Bangalore. In 2006 there were 463 pedestrian casualties, up from 390 in 2004. The first four months of this year saw 177 pedestrians losing their lives; at that rate the death toll for 2007 is likely to be 531. It is estimated that pedestrians make up 35 to 38 per cent of the fatalities caused by vehicular accidents in the city every year.

DLF to build a 'new Bangalore' at Bidadi !

2 October 2007 - 10:52am — silkboard

Looks like DLF is all set to translate BMRDA's satellite town vision into reality. As per today's newspapers, BMRDA is going to award the contract for building a Knowledge City at Bidadi to DLF. The project involves an investment of Rs 60000 crores!! Here are some interesting snippets pulled out from the media reports this morning:

Bangalore Metro Phase 1 Extensions

1 October 2007 - 10:31pm — tsubba
Metro Rail

The TOI is reporting that BMRC has decided to add another 8 kms to the existing 33 kms of phase 1 of Bangalore Metro.

The middle-class slums?

30 September 2007 - 11:59pm — silkboard

Literally no peace or silence. Hear it all loud and clear when any of your neighbors talk. So called 'individual' houses, most of them joined with one another at hips. No air or space between them. 8 to 10 feet wide roads (practically speaking), dotted with cars, and cobwebbed with cables of all sorts - tv, telephone and electricity in that order.

Normal Theatres Giving Way to Multiplexes - Is this a good sign?

29 September 2007 - 9:22am — Vasanth
Nowadays, normal movie theaters are disappearing, especially in MG Road - Cantonment area leading to multiplexes. These multiplexes are so expensive, it will create a lot of imbalance between the rich and the poor. Why countries like America has become so successful is that the gap between the rich and the poor is less since most of the things are affordable by a common man.

BMIC - Supreme Court questions notification inviting global bids

28 September 2007 - 8:40am — silkboard

So, as was expected by most, Supreme Court questions BMIC notification inviting global bids:

"The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Karnataka Government for issuing a notification inviting global bids for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project when there was a specific direction issued in April 2006 to the State and to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) to complete the project expeditiously."

New airport - more aerial shots

26 September 2007 - 11:55am — silkboard
For whatever it is worth, recently when a flight presented an opportunity, I tried some photos of the upcoming Bangalore Airport (BIAL). The results? Nothing too good, but here they are. And sorry, couldn't manage to shoot the approach roads. Next time and more aerial pics soon.

Rash driving in Mumbai - Person is behind the bar for a day - Shouldn't we also use this mantra?

25 September 2007 - 8:25am — Vasanth
In Mumbai, they recently introduced a law to put the person behind bars for rash driving. Shouldn't Bangalore be following the same thing. We have to followup with our commissioner and get it incorporated. Basically, Indians, to be general Asians are not good drivers compared to Americans and Europeans (Please don't take it negatively - This is a fact). We do not have discipline in driving. That's why most of Asian countries suffer a lot from traffic problems. Putting a good public transport system and enforcing people to use it is the only mantra to overcome this traffic problem.

cess for raising funds

24 September 2007 - 12:16pm — blrsri
There is a talk of metro becoming too difficult to implment as its expensive.. where properties need to be acquired.. I was reading about the elrts cess that was being colleced in the 90's to the early 00'. It comes up to a whooping 700 crores..its with the bmrcl now..

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