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Focus needed on Metro Stations...

TrafficPublic Transport

Last evening I noticed contractors starting to work on Mysore Road Station. BMRC's June NewsLetter claims to have awarded most (if not all - I didn't count) of Metro Station related works.

Privacy Rights of a Bangalore Citizen

The BBMP has put up the property details of all the property tax payers and those who not yet paid taxes in 2008-09 on bmponline.org.

On the one hand it is indeed a laudable initiative toward transparency and accountability. It lets each of us verify if our payment has indeed been recorded correctly in the BBMP database.

Meeting with Mr Manivannan, DC, Mysore (Venue changed to Bangalore)

28 Jun 2009 11:00
28 Jun 2009 13:00
Asia/Calcutta
Governance

Bangalore PRAJA members have from long been eager for a direct meeting with Mr Manivannan, a bureaucrat who has had no reservations about interacting with them through the net. The meeting that had been planned some months back in Mysore had to be called off at the last minute because of some disturbances there.

Pedestrianization projects

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Parking under Hebbal Flyover

Hi All,

Currently there is no BMTC or VOLVO service operating between Yelahanka towards ORR via Hebbal busstop. The nearest stop is the DAIRY stop(Opp: Esteem Mall) . One has to walk all the way underneath hebbal flyover to reach the stop. Till the OFFICIALS wake up and start bus service here is an opportunity to reduce a good number of vehicles off the ORR

Buses to link Cricket Stadium - Byappanahalli Reach 1 Metro Link

Bangalore Metro Phase 1 Reach 1 is expected to complete by Jan 2011. It is not the entire Bangalore Metro Phase 1. Entire Bangalore will be completed only after September 2012 or even later. Don't know how much time the underground section takes.

No trees planted on ORR

The ORR between Sarjapur Road and K.R Puram bridge and then on between K.R Puram to Nagawara is devoid of trees. I see that in some small stretches, there is an attempt to plant some trees, but in general these stretches are some of the worst when it comes to avenue planting.

Minister asks KSPCB to withdraw closure notices on served on govt hospitals

EnvironmentPollutionPublic HealthGovernance

Medical Education Minister Ramachandre Gowda has said that the government would direct the beleaguered Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to withdraw the closure notice slapped by it on nine government hospitals for lack of permanent effluent treatment plants (ETPs).

What makes HSRL so attractive?!

 "After several bureaucratic hitches, the Rs 5,767-crore project has gathered steam. The 34-km high-speed rail link will start from MG Road, run along the right side of National Highway up to BIA. "

The HSRL has got the Viability Gap Funding(VGF) from the Centre..

Heritage areas in Mysore to be spruced up

TourismGovernance

If the tourism department has its way, the core heritage zone in the city - like the Palace, Town Hall and Chamundi Hills — would undergo a complete makeover by the time Mysore Palace celebrates its centenary in 2012.

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