Last Saturday some enthusiastic folks decided to check out the new commuter rail service between Yesthwantpur and Hosur. IDS (idontspam), silkboard, murali772, naveen and manjari managed to do something that most Bangaloreans find near impossible – they got up early on a weekend (!) - and hitched a train ride from CRS to Hosur (they went to Tamil Nadu!). Read more about their wonderful journey here.
Along the lines of Bus Day, where citizen groups and volunteers support BMTC in executing a real on-ground event, will Bengaluru Traffic Police be game to lead us for a "Traffic Enforcement Day"?
Read entire post here.
The Bangalore Metro has been a hot topic since its very inception. Has the government carried out adequate public consultation over the project?
Follow the debate here.
Triple cheers for Zenrainman, who was able to procure and share data on rainwater harvesting in Bangalore.
See trends here.
This may be the very first time city level data on bore wells has been made accessible in the public domain. Thanks for sourcing and sharing, Zenrainman!
See trends, summary and discussion here.
22nd May - CRS Publicity Meeting
4th June - Bus Day
Have an event you want to invite Praja junta to? Make an announcement here.
Bangalore Water Index
Lots has been moving on the water index front. The BWI team has come up with a proposal to the BWSSB that can be accessed here. See a detailed list of parameters BWI plans to track here.
The project members are meeting a lot of experts and gathering a lot of interesting information and ALL of it can be accessed here. Come be a part of this really exciting project.
RTI Club
The RTI Club is an attempt to 'assembly line' the RTI filing process and provide support to projects and campaigns hosted on Praja in a cause-agnostic way. Projects can create an "RTI request", and the club will help file them.
To join, click here.
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Congrats Shekhar
Congrats Shekhar on a job well done. This newsletter should help remind registered members of the highlights at praja.in. And on the site, newsletter is a good way to see a quick summary of the month.