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Traffic Advisory Committee

20 December 2011 - 12:58pm — murali772

The new Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Dr Saleem, IPS, has instituted a Traffic Advisory Committee (TAC), comprising traffic 'experts' from across the city, which incidentally includes three PRAJA members - Pranav, Sathya, and myself - to interact with the traffic police at the highest level on a monthly basis, with a view to finding solutions for the city&

Banana Republic

13 December 2011 - 11:13pm — murali772

It is highly unlikely that all the directors of AMRI, Kolkata, were in charge of day-to-day functioning of the hospital. It was the same when the Bhopal disaster happened.

Hazardous installations

10 December 2011 - 7:48pm — murali772

This picture was taken on the footpath opposite Aadishwar showroom on the intermediate ring road (some 50M before the start of the Domlur fly-over ramp - approaching from Koramangala side). While such instances are not isolated across the city, what I found unique about this particular installation was its cross-arm covering almost the entire width of the footpath.

no official state flag

6 December 2011 - 12:33pm — murali772

Karnataka has no official state flag and the government has no intention of having one. The red and yellow flag that flutters in the state, especially on November 1, the Kannada Rajyotsava day, has no official sanctity.

Shiradi Ghats dirt track

30 November 2011 - 6:51pm — murali772

Some ten days back, I accompanied my brother to Mangalore, in his car, essentially to attend a family function. The drive out of Bangalore, on a Friday afternoon, was fairly smooth, once we were on the elevated expressway. The signages are still not quite proper, leading to our missing the turning to Hassan (onto NH-48) at Nelamangala, and the resulting detour and half hour time wastage.

types of public bus transport operations

28 November 2011 - 5:10pm — murali772

Definitions extracted from M V Act 1988 (http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/Mvact1988.pdf)

Unique Property Records (UPR) programme

25 November 2011 - 3:45pm — murali772

The revenue department hopes that the proposed Unique Property Records (UPR) programme, which is the urban replication of the revolutionary Bhoomi project that computerized land records in rural areas, will wipe out irregularities in urban property documentation.

WRITE TO ME - CM

24 November 2011 - 1:52pm — murali772

Organized by Karnataka Child Rights Observatory, it was an effort to uphold children’s rights. “The objective is to engage and involve students in the democracy of our country,” said Vasudeva Sharma, convener.

Kerala - Dumping waste made a criminal offence

23 November 2011 - 8:52pm — murali772

A division bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the state police to register criminal cases against all those who dump waste on the streets.

Would you nominate your MLA/ Corporator for an award?

17 November 2011 - 5:43pm — murali772

The Namma Bengaluru awards set off an involved debate amongst the Koramangala netizens on the merits of nominating the local MLA, Mr Ramalinga Reddy, for the award, in the politicians category. Such debates in the open, I am sure, form a healthy trend, and will eventually contribute to better overall governance.

Illiberal India

14 November 2011 - 4:50pm — murali772

Elite journals like Economic and Political Weekly are full of articles describing Indian economic policy as neo-liberal. This might lead readers to think that India has become a haven of economic freedom, a business paradise. Anybody who has actually tried to start and run a business will tell you this is a pack of lies, but the fiction continues unabated.

defanging the LokAyukta

14 November 2011 - 11:21am — murali772

Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Sunday blamed former PM H D Deve Gowda for the transfer of Lokayukta ADGP Jeevan Kumar Gaonkar, prompting the latter to dismiss it as ‘‘utter nonsense’’.

de-cattle-class-ifying bus services

11 November 2011 - 8:10pm — murali772

Recently, I was required to make a few trips to Kochi. The options before me, and what each implied are listed below:

Reflections on the Lokayukta Report

11 October 2011 - 5:08pm — murali772

This event took place on the 1st Oct. I was not sure if the invitation sent was specific to me, or open, and by the time I got an aswer to my querry to the same effect, it was too late to publish on PRAJA, as an event.

The discussion note circulated in advance read as below:

National PPP Policy 2011 - Draft for Consultation

30 September 2011 - 4:24pm — murali772

The Union Finance Minister, in the Budget speech for the year 2011-12 had announced that It is our endeavor to come up with a comprehensive policy that can be used by the Centre and the State Governments in further developing Public-Private Partnerships.

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