Friends, To the best of my knowledge, the storm water drains presently in vogue in Bangalore (and I guess in most other Indian cities) is built on the lines of that existed in Roman cities 2000 years back.
The Sanitary Drainage System in a Mega city like Bombay, and our own Bangalore for an instance, is a source of persistent annoyance leading to exasperation.
Recently the BBMP has taken up storm water drain cleaning in preparation for the monsoon. However it seems like they are going a half hearted job. A strech of drain has been cleaned on Bellandur Outer Ring Road and the silt has been left right besides the drain. Over the next week we will track to see if BBMP clears up the dumped silt.
As you are aware that the government is keen on shiftng the Bangalore Turf Club from its present location.
Though this move is welcome, there seems to be an ulterior motive for this move, because the government
plans to convert this huge space into concrete jungle.
The City rulers , over the years , have proved grossly inefficient, by not taking steps to complete the Ring Road which would have absorbed the increase in traffic , especially of trucks and lorries. Let us not do another mistake by hurriedly deciding to cho off all trees.This has never solved problem any where so far.
Similar to BMTC website, I find there is no website of Mysore Transport Department. Ideally we should have a website giving details of timings and route details. Also with the recent addition of 16 volvos as city buses, this is all the more important. We need information about volvo bus route maps.
BMTC has approximately 25 volvo routes. An integrated map over the Bangalore city map would be useful. Or even a plain line-sketch drawing of all these integrated routes would be helpful to plan the commute. Is there any such map available on line? The website btis.in has stopped giving information (tracking) on volvo busses.