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Shiradi Ghats dirt track

Infrastructure

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.

Railways can help Bangalore

Commuter RailPublic Transport

Railways can play a great role in taking over Bangalore’s transport.  Yes, take over!  This requires tremendous amount of political will though.

Few steps that can take us towards this are listed below.  As we discuss many more ideas are surely going to emerge.

many questions about UIDAI by Home Minister

Governance

IN many ways an open debate was long overdue. But now with salvos fired against UID by the Home Ministry, Planning commission, security analysts jurists and civil society.  Now it is clear that it is patronage that has kept UID alive for so long.

Section 420 case against Kiran Bedi!!

Governance

Section 420 “char sow bees” is an ill famous case known for cheating. If you think of NGOs it comes to mind that it is a common device for money laundering. A combination of these two is deadly in this case.

FDI in retail for Karnataka - I say NO! Can wait.

Governance

Retail, FDI - don't stop reading here please, its not as geeky a topic as it sounds. Lets talk our state for a moment. Refer TimesofIndia Bangalore, page 15, "Karnataka industry mostly supports FDI in retail". Refer this, a quote by Mr J Casta:

Will you support a PIL against BBMP & BMTC or GoK transport ministry?

Public Transport

Are you pained by mobility situation in Bangalore, and think that it has not improved or worsened during last 5 years? If yes, then would you read below and answer these two questions?

Unique Property Records (UPR) programme

Governance

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.

Urgent need for single emergency helpline number!

Isn't it odd that we have to call different helpline for different emergency needs? In Bangalore, the listed emergency helpline numbers are:

Source - www.bangalore-karnataka.com

Police - Dial # 100

Traffic /Accidents - Dial # 103

WRITE TO ME - CM

Governance

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

Public Health

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.

Paper less society and Bangalore

Governance

The difference between a book and the pen drive device carrying the book is that you require a computer to read it with no guaranty of authenticity. Governance is an important issue to depend entirely on fragile computer devices.. Governance is a serious issue which can at the best be supplemented by computer technology.

Shaping Bangalore's periphery - before its too late

Public Transport

Our city, Bengaluru has a core, and periphery. Let us define the area bound between  Outer Ring Road as the core, and beyond as periphery. If you look back from nineties onwards, City planners cared for people to live in the core, and work in the periphery.

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