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Bus Priority - calling for help

18 October 2010 - 12:27am — silkboard

Bus Priority System may or may not be BRTS, but if you agree that the Bus needs some speeding up, and want BRTS or good enough half-measures for Bangalore, we need you. Bus Priority System (BPS) may seem like castles in thin air right now, but it will remain that way a bit longer if you decide to keep away. To your question - what help does the project need? Here:

Some happy developments on the RTI front

17 October 2010 - 3:47pm — murali772

Your access to information will get a tad easier with the state planning to bring in a law for proper maintenance of all public records. Based on a recommendation by the Karnataka Information Commission (KIC), the state will rope in Karnataka Public Records Act to make public information more accessible to the 'aam aadmi'.

Non-shopping malls

16 October 2010 - 9:15pm — sourav894

One fine day, my teacher and I were discussing the mushrooming malls in the city of Bangalore. Here is an extract of the conversation-

Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink!

16 October 2010 - 9:04pm — sourav894

Why are we scared of drinking water? Everytime, when we travel, why are we afraid to drink water from railway station filters? Why do we so often come across shouts of “Don’t drink that water!” ringing in our ears?

The everyday assassination of Gandhi

16 October 2010 - 8:56pm — sourav894

Recently the country celebrated Gandhi jayanti. This day hardly meant anything to many of us. Most students and professionals enjoyed their day with friends or watching a recent film. But, don’t you think, it is high time we sit back and think his principles and ideologies and what this man stood for?

Replicating the real world…

16 October 2010 - 8:48pm — sourav894

It is a fact, that the virtual world is a replica of the real world. Atleast it tries to be one! I’ll prove my point with a simple example. Searching, is one of the primary tasks in Information Management. Let’s assume your friend is in a train compartment and you have to find him out. What are the ways possible?

A dirty business in schools

16 October 2010 - 8:42pm — sourav894

It is preposterous to see the long queues outside schools in Bangalore. These fine men and women are here for their kids admission into pre-primary sections. This school will demand lakhs of donation, and these parents will readily pay it! Some schools even demand minimum qualification of parents for admitting their wards. On what basis are they authorized to do so?

Spit and Pee in Public - Civic Sense of Bengaluru!

16 October 2010 - 7:55pm — kbsyed61

"Spit and pee in public, flyovers are more important". Yes, this is the title of the interesting article published in "Citizen Matters" by Vaishnavi Vittal.

http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/blogs/show_entry/2445-public-health-sanitation-bengaluru



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