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Time to Corporatise Autorickshaws?

2 January 2011 - 11:45pm — vijaypadiyar
Public Transport

There is a growing realisation among government circles that there has to be a big push towards promoting public transport in the country, together with steps to disincentivise private transport.

The blaming game

2 January 2011 - 10:26am — psaram42
Urban DevelopmentGovernance

Yesterday News X TV channel carried the story with footage of big size CFC cables found in the man holes sewage lines. The anchor was trying to color it as a multi crore scam of the same order as the 2G spectrum scam. I was curious to find whether the story would appear in TOI too. However to my surprise I found it in Deccan Herald.

Seminar on 74th CAA in Karnataka: Status in 2010 and Future

1 January 2011 - 1:15pm — murali772
5 Jan 2011 09:30
Asia/Calcutta
Urban DevelopmentGovernance

CIVIC Bangalore has great pleasure in inviting you to a STATE-LEVEL SEMINAR on 74th Constitutional Amendment Act in Karnataka: Status in 2010 and Future

Mumbai has MRVC / MUTP, Bangalore still waiting

29 December 2010 - 8:13pm — Sanjeev
Commuter RailPublic Transport

Here you can see how Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), joint venture of Indian Railway & Govt. of Mharastra under  MUTP :

Partners in MUTP -

Pushpaks getting converted

29 December 2010 - 4:02pm — ss87
BusPublic Transport

Well one of the most horrible service provided by BMTC is the pushpak service-a single driver-cum conductor, single door, single passage with 5 seats in a row instead of 4 and is one of the least preferred bus for commuting in the city unless there is no other way to go.

BMTC converted pushpak.jpg

Bus Priority meeting report, BMTC, Dec 22

28 December 2010 - 8:45am — Naveen
BusPublic Transport

The BMTC meeting was to discuss about Bus Priority along the 335E/G1 route (ie. from Richmond circle to ITPL/Whitefield). In principle, BMTC is keen on this project & we were told that there were a total of five corridors that they were looking at for such bus priority routes.

Mis-use of Kannada by Registrar of Societies

27 December 2010 - 6:16pm — murali772
Governance

The Registrar of Societies has a very important function to perform in the state, particularly with associations multiplying in their numbers by the day. As it is, they are short of capacity to handle the job they are assigned, effectively.

Acknowledge! (once you get DDC stickers)

27 December 2010 - 7:37am — Bheema.Upadhyaya
EnforcementTraffic

Hi DDC Pledged drivers,

Govt Service Providers' Consumer Committee/ Council - how effective?

26 December 2010 - 6:11pm — murali772
Governance

Taking over as the MD of BESCOM, Mr Manivannan, IAS, is moving in earnest to set up a 'consumer participatory council', which he insists should have 'bottom upwards' approach, lest it also get labelled elitist, like had happened in the case of BATF and ABIDe.



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