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EC/ SEC - symbol of incompetence, incapacity, apathy, lack of accountability, all put together

16 February 2010 - 11:38pm — murali772
Everything else

During the Koramangala SmartVote exercise, this is what the members chanced upon "We introduced the software mainly to enable voters to start an easy search for their names on the voter lists online. However, in the process, we found that a number of names were exactly replicated.

RGIA - Hyderabad International Airport Rated best for service in the world

16 February 2010 - 9:45pm — santsub
AviationPublic Transport

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here has been rated world's number one airport in terms of airport service quality.  &quot

Volvo's or Marcopolo's?

16 February 2010 - 4:13pm — srinidhi
BusPublic Transport

JnNurm funds are being used and announcements being made by BMTC about launching new busses on Blr roads..everything is being done in a hurry..

They are saying about 200 of Marcopolo's will be ordered..are they worth it? They cost 20-30% less than the Volvo's but have been found lacking in refinements which are basic at that cost!

1. The engines are way too noisy...even on normal roads..the bus struggles to start and passengers in  the bus can hear the loud engine..even people in the traffic arround the bus can hear the loud noise!

2. The AC is not efficient..there are reports of passengers sweating inside the bus!

3.The automatic doors have issues and transmission too

With all the issues, is it really  worth going for these busses..

On the other hand KSRTC low floor bus design has been found commendable by the centre http://www.deccanherald.com/content/52727/centre-commends-ksrtc-bus-design.html

Should we just go for such busses than the Marcopolos?

BMTC Daily Pass - M/F Significance.

16 February 2010 - 12:04pm — Bheema.Upadhyaya
BusPublic Transport

I was just wondering what is the significance of marking M/F (Male/Female) in daily passes. Does this help BMTC/public in any way or just an overhead to conductor to mark M/F? Today I have seen an incident conductor did not mark it properly and there was a big fight. Another day I have seen a conductor asked a lady to get down from the bus , as her pass was not marked clearly as female pass.

Last mile connectivity – panacea for most PT problems

16 February 2010 - 12:05am — ashfaq syed
BusPublic Transport

The results of the recently concluded praja survey to find why people don’t use PT, shows that the last mile connectivity is the issue for only 10% of the people. I was surprised and so did so many praja members commenting on the survey results.  Well, once I analyzed the comments, I realized that it is not 10% but, it is actually more than 60% and people di

New Chennai-Bangalore road

15 February 2010 - 5:33pm — idontspam
Infrastructure

The travelling time between Chennai and Bangalore by road could get shorter with the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka evaluating

possibilities of reducing distance between the two cities to about 250km from the present 350km, with plans also afoot to promote this route as an industrial and m

Experience of A Visit to Big Bazaar @ Malleswaram

14 February 2010 - 5:45pm — ranga
Everything else

Big Bazaar has opened its shop at the old geethanjali theatre complex.....even tough is good for shopping and shopping experience for the malleswaram residents, it is come with lots of nightmare to the public. Few of them i noticed with one visit this weekend are :-

CAG is auditing Water Pollution - any lake to suggest?

14 February 2010 - 12:32pm — silkboard
LakesPollutionEverything elseWater

By the way guys, saw ads in papers saying that CAG is conducting a performance audit on the subject of Water Pollution and that if we want to draw attention of CAG to any particular instance of water pollution, we can reach them at their email/fax. See details in the ad image below.

Commuter Rail - Will it ever materialize ?

13 February 2010 - 10:42pm — Naveen
Commuter RailPublic Transport

Most of us are aware that the CTTP-2007 report had recommended a Commuter /Sub-urban rail system for the city, totalling 204.0km (this includes city & suburban services upto Tumkur, Hosur & Ramanagaram). A few sub-urban trains are in operation & are being run by Southwestern railways (SWR), but the system is not of much help to urban commuters.

Praja Meeting at Freedom Park

13 February 2010 - 4:34pm — Naveen
Praja related

Silkboard (Pranav), Vinod, Sri, Mr Ananthram, Mr Pathy, Srivatsava, Raghunandana, myself & few others met at Freedom park earlier toady - wish many others could have made it too (apologies to those that did attend, but whose names I have missed out).

Amongst various discussions, it was emphasized that priority was needed for meetings with BMTC & BMRCL to discuss issues.



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