Following is the text of the letter addressed by Dr Ashwin Mahesh to Sri Suresh Kumar, Minister for UD, on the subject, along with his preface. I thought Prajagalu may want to contribute to the debate, and hence this post.
When it comes to the latest Garbage City tag, there was indeed a PIL filed. Fighting the negative tag was Neeraj Mishra, a resident of Indiranagar. Two years ago, Neeraj filed a PIL in the High Court of Karnataka when he found that garbage near his house had rented the place for free and the BBMP was letting it flourish.
We have come a long way from the early days of the computer since 1964. The mobile phone can be a mini computer in itself hence can be cloned / hacked.
Bangalore (and Karnataka), like most cities and states in India is facing a power deficit. One way around to solve this issue is to implement energy conservation measures. The terminology in the power industry for this is called demand side management (DSM).
If you don't want a mall in your area, just put your foot down. If mayor D Venkateshmurthy has his way, citizens will have their say when a plea is made to the BBMP's town planning wing on malls coming up in residential zones.