murali772's blog

Mysterious series of BBMP ads on a DLF complex

19 May 2009 - 6:51pm — murali772

On 26th April, DLF homes published this full page ad in Times of India (I expect in other papers also) announcing the launch of their new project "Westend Heights".

More government hospitals for the city???

9 May 2009 - 6:37pm — murali772

Amongst the several projects supposedly announced earlier, and proposed to be taken up now, are four government hospitals on the lines of Victoria and Bowring medicare institutes to be built on land to be identied by BDA, going by

Empowering BMLTA

9 May 2009 - 4:48pm — murali772

In the case of Bangalore, the BMLTA has been instituted, though it is still in the form of a sub-committee of another Committee, as averred by none less than Mr Ravindra, Dy Chairman, State Planning Commission, himself, at the seminar. There is a proposal to strengthen and broad-base it.

SC grants three months to implement high security registration plates

6 May 2009 - 7:25pm — murali772

Supreme Court on Tuesday set a three-month deadline for the Centre and the state governments to implement high security registration plates (HSRPs), removing all ambiguity about the mandatory nature of its earlier order on the issue.

Was there selective cleansing of Bangalore electoral roles?

28 April 2009 - 5:00pm — murali772

That's in effect what Justice M F Saldanha (Retd), Chairman – Karnataka Chapter, Trnasparency International India, is alleging. His letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Karnataka, is reproduced below:

Voters' apathy? Rubbish!!!

27 April 2009 - 1:35pm — murali772

There is much talk about the urban middle class’s apathy and how they intentionally stayed away from the polling booths despite initiatives like Lead India and Jaago Re. But, actually, problem isn’t voters’ apathy - it's the flawed electoral system.

Petition to CM to end BMTC/KSRTC monopoly

24 April 2009 - 6:52pm — murali772

The bus is now beginning to re-establish its position as the primary mode for public transport. And, of course, the importance of public transport is a now a no-brainer. Given this scenario, government monopolies (BMTC & KSRTC) occupying this critical space is an anomaly that cannot be suffered any longer.

Oxford Street 'diagonals'

16 April 2009 - 3:27pm — murali772

Work to re-structure the pedestrian crossings at Oxford Circus to include a diagonal option starts this week as part of the Oxford Regent Bond Street (ORB) Action Plan. To redress the pedestrian/ vehicular balance, pavement area is being increased by 63 per cent. With the extra space created by de-cluttering, this represents an overall increase of 69 per cent.

Yi did not fail - it was dumped

9 April 2009 - 8:36pm — murali772

@ Naveen (response to this comment)

'Upper Houses' for cities

7 April 2009 - 1:52pm — murali772

Mr Manivannan, IAS, Dy Commissioner, Mysore, made the following remarks in his recent posting on PRAJA (http://praja.in/en/blog/m...), leading to the interesting comments listed further below.

Why it's difficult for me to consider voting for Congress

6 April 2009 - 1:37pm — murali772

The secret owners of the secreted monies operate in secrecy — venal businessmen, corrupt politicians, public servants, drug lords, and criminal gangs like the D-company. The slush monies are the financial RDX for terror, besides weapons of mass destruction of national and global finance. That there is secret money is no more a secret. Only the amounts and persons are secret.

Why I may want to vote for BJP this time

31 March 2009 - 2:31pm — murali772

"I want to say that if NDA (BJP-led National Democratic Alliance) is voted to power, we will pursue this issue at legal and executive level and force Indian citizens to bring back their wealth to the country," Advani said, citing the "crusade" by western countries against tax havens provided by Swiss banks.

Why I don't want to vote for BJP this time

31 March 2009 - 2:27pm — murali772

Great grand-mother of all scams

27 March 2009 - 2:01pm — murali772

The poll-eve race among political parties to promise foodgrains at cheap rates to poor people, when implemented, is counter-productive, warns the Justice D P Wadhwa Committee in its report submitted to the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Retail chains - good or bad?

25 March 2009 - 7:34pm — murali772

Are hawkers losing out to corporate and chain stores? India FDI Watch and Action Aid, which studied the immediate and future impact of corporate and chain retails on hawkers, showed that hawkers' business is declining in areas of Bangalore they surveyed.

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