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Bangalore pays second highest direct taxes in the country

1 April 2008 - 5:33am — mcadambi
According to the new RBI report on Municipal Finances in India, as indexed in the recent Budget speech of BBMP, Municipal finances of Bangalore rank very low. What is startling is that even tough we pay the second highest share of direct taxes (i.e personal taxes like what you and me pay out of our salary), it has no correlation with the per capita municipal tax.

Veritable death-traps

31 March 2008 - 10:35pm — murali772

The report about the car crash in Krishnagiri (on the Bangalore-Chennai express-way) resulting in the death of two young men, and serious injuries to a young lady, published in your columns on the 29th, under the caption 'car did 90 km in one hour', made extremely sad reading.

Site upgrade work - feedback here

31 March 2008 - 12:05pm — tech

We are working to upgrade this site to have following new features

- A new 'theme' for better look and feel and navigation

- A 'group' based design so that we can support more cities and easily provide online presence to active citizen's groups

Cosmopolitan

31 March 2008 - 11:09am — R.Krishnamoorthy
Banagalore is supposed to be a cosmopolitan city, but though i have no inhibition against any language, I find it difficult to travel by Bus ,as the Name Boards are only in Kannada. Having a side by side English & Hindi Board will help all and one, Indians as well as Foreigners

Bangalore Budget

30 March 2008 - 6:22pm — tsubba
The full text of the BBMP budget http://deccanherald.com/D... The thrust areas of BBMP budget for 2008-09 will be improved city infrastructure, cleaner and greener environment, basic services for the urban poor and better services for improved quality of life for all.

Bus Turnouts

30 March 2008 - 9:40am — blrsri
Public Transport

Bus turnouts are bus stop areas that are recessed from the thoroughfare. The turnout provides an en route bus with an off-street service point that does not interfere with traffic movement and provides a safe waiting area for transit users.

 

Congrats Naveen and thanks Deccan Herald

30 March 2008 - 7:19am — admin
Traffic

Thanks Deccan Herald for taking note of Praja. They are carrying Capt Naveen's suggestion about Koramangala 100 ft road today in full, and have mentioned Praja as a site launched by "a few IT professionals with concerns about IT capital of the country". Congrats Capt Naveen, you got almost half of page 3 on Sunday DH!

Protest against Error-ridden Voters' list

30 March 2008 - 1:18am — murali772
31 Mar 2008 10:30
31 Mar 2008 12:00
Asia/Calcutta

Vote Bengaluru protests against error-ridden electoral rolls in Bangalore

Date: Monday, 31st March 2008
Venue: Mahathma Gandhi Statue, M.G. Road
Time: 10.30 AM to 12.00 noo

All are welcome. Please come in large numbers.

Dear friends,

Visit to International Airport

30 March 2008 - 12:34am — shas3n
6 Apr 2008 09:30
6 Apr 2008 15:00
Asia/Calcutta
Praja members vising the Bangalore International Airport.

Road over drains - the project is back

29 March 2008 - 8:26pm — silkboard
Traffic

It was just over an year ago when BBMP talked about the project - about 250 km of roads over Bangalore's storm water drains. Local papers, when covering BBMP budget today, are saying that this project is now funded. Here is a quote from TOI:



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