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Draft National Water Policy (2012)

22 February 2012 - 2:30pm — murali772

Here is the link to announcement of the release of the "Draft National Water Policy (2012)" by Ministry of Water Resources on 31-January, 2012 15:11 IST  - open for comments till 29th February, 2012.

The draft policy document is attached.

JUSCO fined 2.5 crores

21 February 2012 - 12:51am — Public Agenda

The Commssioner Mysore CC Mr Raikar is quoted (19-2-2012) as saying that  JUSCO was trying to loot the MCC at every stage. it has already been fined RS 2.5 crores for non -perofmance and it is inept, and inexperienced after 3 years to deal with public and elected reps complaints every month he says.

Major Trains to stop at all Suburb Stations in Bangalore.

20 February 2012 - 4:52pm — srinivasgtl

Dear Friends,

 

District Improvement Charges

19 February 2012 - 3:35pm — idontspam

With BBMP running out of money & unable to present a coherent budget, city improvement programs have reached a dead end. While congestion charging can provide money for development programs & also reduce congestion it needs technology investment & infrastructure work to plug holes in the congestion chaging cordon.

Feb 18 TAC - Traffic Advisory Council meeting

18 February 2012 - 9:03pm — idontspam

Murali & Myself attended this months meeting. 2 Points emerged.

Business Improvement District

17 February 2012 - 12:05pm — idontspam

 

 

A BID is a time-limited, flexible funding mechanism to improve and manage a clearly defined commercial area. As a governance mechanism, BIDs are contractual partnerships for urban realm management through which some rights over the management of a locality are transferred from to the local government to ratepayers.

Elevated 'through' corridor concept - a "plus" inside Outer Ring Road

8 February 2012 - 10:31am — silkboard

Talking of vehicle movements, one need not addressed very well yet inside Bangalore city is separation of long-distance movements with local movements. One way this might be getting done today for goods movement  is by routing their city entry from the point nearest to destination on Outer Ring Road.

regarding peripheral ring road (PRR) - between Dobbaspet & Hosur

6 February 2012 - 9:16pm — ssheragu

I came across a news item that a peripheral ring road is being planned between Dobbaspet & Hosur.

Minibus that BMTC needs for local shuttles?

6 February 2012 - 9:38am — silkboard

Some of us think that operating local shuttles as the last mile / local connect option will help bring more people from deeper areas to the trunk routes, and thus make public transport better. However, BMTC folks don't find local shuttles to be viable. One reason given for un-viability is minibus design.

LAMP for a suburban area - starter list

6 February 2012 - 8:45am — silkboard

LAMP concept may be essential very soon in all suburban areas to deal with traffic growth & work over disappointing efforts on multi-modal integration so far. Here is a starter list compiled by Naveen based on our discussions, Sanjeev's notes in multi-modal integration, and mantri mall study done by researchers at CiSTUP.

 



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