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Shifting of Garbage Segregation Point into the Colony (Ward No 58) Reg

Urban Development

Hi all

The Residents Forum have infomed the BBMP Commissioner about Shifting of Garbage Segregation Point into our Colony on August 29, 2011.  The letter sent to him is attached and google docs link is provided below.

https://docs.google.com/v...

Sustainable Mobility Award 2011 - Praja get special recognition from Volvo

Praja related

Praja got special recognition from Volvo at Sustainable Mobility Award 2011. Several Praja projects were nominated for the award, and all of them were appreciated together through the special recognition for Praja (the concept!) itself.

Corrupted policeman in bangalore

Governance

Hi, Myself vimal kumar. I am a student. The last month 30th sept 2011, I went to watch cricket match CLT20 in  the chinnaswamy stadium with my friend. we had the digital camera and pendrive. the security guard were not allowing us with these 2 things.so we were discussing with the security guard that where we'll keep these things. we came from a long distance.

Loss of Moral Authority in Police

Governance

I saw the following scene on my way to work. I was driving along Chord road. At one of the intersections I stopped at a signal which was also being manned by a policeman. While I had stopped, a motorcyclist from the other direction ran a red light right in front of the cop.

Power Corruption

Power

 

Memorandum of Association of the Residents Forum

Everything else

Hi all

Attaching the Memodrandum of Association of the Residents Fourm, an RWA in Bangalore.

Reflections on the Lokayukta Report

Governance

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:

STRR development on Sarjapur Attibelle road

Infrastructure

Hi,

 

Do we need transparency and legal processes in new road projects in Bangalore / Karnataka?

Everything else

 

 

Despite all the calls for good governance and  transparency and so much to do with roads, in terms of corruption why does this kind of news keep on happening.

We dont know whether Tender Sure was discussed by Janagraha IUSF, BCCT etc with many 'experts' as mentioned in the

Metro Launch - monumental waste of money.

Metro RailPublic Transport

I came accross this article in the Hindu today

http://www.thehindu.com/n...

Yeshwantpur Hatia Express Should be made a daily train

Commuter RailPublic Transport

HTE YPR EXPRESS(12835/12836) shld be made a daily train, considering the rush in the train. This is a bi-weekly train and runs twice a week. This is the only train which runs from Bangalore to Ranchi, which is the capital of Jharkhand. There are lot of ppl from Ranchi, Rourkela and sorrounding areas who generally commute by this train.

Video from workshop on Urban Infrastructure and Delivery

Urban DevelopmentGovernance

Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson of the High Powered Expert Committee, in this video, talks about the committee's report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery. The full report can be downloaded here.

National PPP Policy 2011 - Draft for Consultation

Economy

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.

Bangalore is No 2 in the world (ahem...for the wrong reasons)

Infrastructure

Finding that elusive parking spot is a problem worldwide, but according to a new study Torontonians have it relatively easy.

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