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Single RR Number, Multiple gas connections- Can BBMP make use of data?

Governance

Food & Civil supplies collected data abour RR Number of all LPG gas holders. It has found 1 to many i.e 1 RR Number to Multiple gas connections.

BBMP is always falling short of property tax collections. Above data can be very useful data for BBMP to enhance revenue collection, if this data shared with BBMP.

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Do we have the rule of law at all?

The report captioned "Whose lake is it any way?" in the Bangalore Mirror made for some amazing reading. Some excerpts are reproduced below (the full text may be accessed here):

Let us count the number of pedestrian over bridges

Hello Everyone,

There were a couple of threads on the pedestrian over bridges in Praja some time back and I thought I will revive the topic.

Refurbishing the BDA Park @ Ward-58 New Tipp Sandra

EnvironmentPollution

 

Our MLA Shree Raghu has supported many maintenance works like

BBMP does it again!! - Humps on Flyover

Infrastructure

Bangalore has the dubious distinction of some of the worst implementations in infrastruacture..

Growth of Cities

Hi

I came across this TED talk which might be of some interest to some of you.

Bangalore Road Standards [BRS] Preliminary Discussions with DULT - a report

Water

To day I spent a few hours discussing with Shri Shailendra Singh, Special Officer, at Directorate of Urban Land transport, of Urban Development Department, [DULT] govt of Karnataka. Shailender Singh is a Jat from Haryana and not a Sikh Sardar. I found him to be a fine / capable / forthright officer.

Rain Water Harvesting on Namma Metro

Metro Rail

Driving along the RV Road, I noticed that many of the Namma Metro Pillars now had largish drain pipes jutting out at the bottom, presumably to allow rain water from the tracks above and possibly the stations to join the city SWD system. Curious to know if anybody has evaluated the feasibility of rain water harvesting as a mandatory requirement for Namma Metro? It is still not too late.

Finally Google Earth for the rescue of BBMP

I have no idea whether BBMP has the willingness, and expertise to provide online:-

For better laws, debate and discuss bills first

Governance

The Lokpal Bill 2011 is one among 67-odd bills listed as pending before Parliament. Is it fair that out of a list of 67, only the Lokpal Bill gets intensive civil society scrutiny? And why should any bill be passed without complete transparency or due diligence?

The only way to make the government work?

Governance

The Karnataka state government’s dilatory tactics during litigation came under flak in the Karnataka high court on Friday, when chief justice JS Khehar observed that the government might abandon its evasive methods only if the chief minister BS Yeddyurappa was asked to pay a fine of Rs1 lakh from his own pocket.

Choked connectivity to Whitefield - solutions?

Public Transport

If you look back, or go ask city agencies, they would say that a lot has been done to improve connectivity to Whitefield. A six-lane railway overbridge at Marathahalli, 2006. A prominent Big-10 service (G-1), 2010. A once-every-5-minutes air conditioned bus service (335E), 2009. Road improvements (Varthur Road, Mahadevapura main road), since 2003.

Parking in front of houses

This weekend, I had parked my car in a residential area to goto a restaurant. It was not parked in a driveway nor in front of a gate nor in the slot where most of the people alter their foothpaths to park their car. By the time I returned, windshield was filled up with clay mud. No one was there near the car, but, someone from the home might have done that.

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