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Unique ID for citizens, voters' list, and German registration system

18 January 2009 - 7:55pm — murali772
Governance

German registration system for citizens and aliens consists of a single data-base which is used for bringing people into the electoral rolls, tax net, into the compulsory education and vaccination systems, insurance systems, Births and deaths, etc.

BIAL RTI - Airport Development Overview

16 January 2009 - 7:59am — Rithesh
Aviation
Following is the overview of the airport development history.

Praja thanks Mr Nagesh, DyGM KSIIDC for having taken the pains to write this document exclusively for us.

The joys of crossing a road

13 January 2009 - 8:00am — silkboard
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

ORR KR Puram 4The pedestrian chaos at ORR-Old Madras Road interchange can'tt be stated in words, so I tried this video last week (find it below). The place is a live example of collaboration, lack of it rather, between multiple sarkaari bodies. Bring this up with a babu in Bangalore and instead of ideas or initiatives, you will get stories of how things can only fall between NHAI, Railways, BDA, and the Traffic Police but not improve. Oh yeah, the job of taking initiatives is best left to the citizens.

Wikimapia Coordinates out of the city!

12 January 2009 - 8:54am — Nitinjhanwar

I am posting this in the Blog entry as I would like to bring to everybody's knowledge this anomaly. Although the topic may not warrant but the consequences are important,therefore I request the co-ordinator to keep this post in the Blog category.

I have attached two .pdf files.

Bangalore is ahead of Osaka!

29 December 2008 - 10:40am — mcadambi

Bangalore is ahead of Osaka, Japan in terms of Human Capital and next to Frankfurt, Germany in the same. It is one of the top 50 cities of the world, according to AT Kearney, Inc a consultancy and "Foreign Policy", a foreign policy magazine based in the US.

New Delhi and Mumbai are ahead of Bangalore in other rankings, but not in terms of Human Potential.

BIAL to City train - proposal on table

28 December 2008 - 10:27pm — silkboard
Commuter RailPublic Transport

Building on the good vibes about Commuter Rail Service, hear this out now. Devesh mentioned that at a recent meeting where BCIC was taking up the cause of those who commute to BIAL for work, Mr. Arvind Jadhav indicated that a proposal to introduce train service between the BIAL and Bangalore city (via Yeshwanthapur) is being finalized. The service would be operational once the formalities are completed. Quick details:

BWSSB - current projects and progress updates

20 December 2008 - 8:08pm — zeitgeist
Water

From a BWSSB perspective, I found 3 critical projects that we need to track the progress of:

Metro delayed by one year

11 December 2008 - 7:15am — s_yajaman
Metro Rail

So what we had suspected all along is true.  Namma Metro is delayed by one year.   Reach One itself is badly delayed. See this news - Metro Delayed..

Road Safety in Bangalore

9 December 2008 - 2:12pm — Ravi_D
Traffic

Recent terrorist activities have highlighted our vulnerability, drawing a lot of well deserved attention. But we should not forget that at the same time, other neglected issues continue to cause havoc in everyday life.

Mysore Bangalore Rail Double line Project

8 December 2008 - 9:29pm — E.R. Ramachandran
Public Transport

Whatever happened to the gallopping project of Double line between Bangalore and Mysore? The latest roadblock is the monument concerning Tippusultan Gun carriage which is rumoured to come very close to the tracks and hence the doubling rail track goes back to the back burner or freezer if you ask me!



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