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Bengaluru - Self Help Resources

10 January 2009 - 9:45pm — silkboard

All government utility or infrastructure providers have systems to listen from citizens:

Bangalore Utility Phone Numbers

10 January 2009 - 9:32pm — silkboard

Local Phone Numbers of Public Utilities

Please add numbers here that you know or have used. If you found some number to be wrong or not working, consider editing the entry yourself

East Bengaluru

TBD

Bangalore and Ribbon Development

30 December 2008 - 9:53am — silkboard

Ribbon Development

Classic definition of Ribbon Development is building houses and businesses along the roads radiating from a town. Dictionary definition of the term is "building complex in a continuous row along a road". The term comes from observations in the west in early 20th century when personal automobiles made it possible for people to live far from the city, and many chose to build houses next to the radial highways leading in to the city.

Bangalore context

In Bangalore's context, the Ribbon Development phenomena is see in similar and different ways.

Sample RTI Application

22 December 2008 - 7:59am — kbsyed61

Details requested under Karnataka Right to Information Act, 2005 from

 

The Assistant Revenue Officer,

Ward 68, Koramangala Sub-division,

Bangalore Mahanagara Palike,

Mayo Hall,Bangalore 560 001

 

1) Full name of the Applicant:  John Doe

Weblinks for list of RTI Officers - Public Information Officers (PIOs)

22 December 2008 - 7:53am — kbsyed61

Finding the right public information officer, his/her postal address and the prescribed fee is one of the important task in filing RTI applications.

Listed here are weblinks for some of the PIOs designated for handling the RTI applications.

Bangalore

How to file a RTI Application?

22 December 2008 - 5:39am — kbsyed61

It's very simple, easy and no-brainer. No different than filing a complaint with government authorities.

How does Right to Information Act work?

22 December 2008 - 1:12am — kbsyed61

What is the Application Procedure for requesting information?

What is RTI act?

22 December 2008 - 12:20am — kbsyed61

Every citizen has a right to know how the Government is functioning. Right to Information empowers every citizen to seek any information from the Government, inspect any Government documents and seek certified photocopies thereof. Some laws on Right to Information also empower citizens to official inspect any Government work or to take sample of material used in any work.

Right to Information Act - 2005

22 December 2008 - 12:14am — kbsyed61

It's all about transparency and accountability.

"It's time we had a transparency revolution" - Wajahat Habibullah, CIC

"Hamaara paisa, Hamaara Hisaab"

"I am fighting to get my dues for last 12 years"

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