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Meet on activities on the first Cycle Day event (27/Oct)

Some news on activities planned on the first CycleDay event. Following is a quick summary from the meeting held on 1/Oct to discuss potential options:

1. Inauguration by the Mayor - via a ceremonial cycle ride.

2. A heritage cycle ride around Cubbon park area. Critical Mass happens on the same day. Work with them to explore combining the two somehow.

Blatant violations of rule of law

Urban Development

Now, even as I had just finished publishing the post titled "re-assertion of the rule of law?", pertaining to the government clearing encroachments onto the Kaggadaspura lake (check this), I was hit by this bombshell of a post (full text below) on "SaveKoramangala Ya

Re-assertion of rule of law?

Urban Development

Illegal apartment complexes, temples, coconut plantations, temporary sheds, buildings and compounds around Kaggadasapura lake in Varthur hobli will be brought down on Saturday, as the Bangalore Urban district officials will undertake a major eviction drive to clear the encroachments around the lake.

CRS could commence if Binny Mill land is given: Kharge

Commuter Rail

Railway Minister Mallikarjuna Kharge on Saturday urged the State government to hasten acquisition process of Binny Mill land abutting the City Railway Station so that the Railways can make a beginning with the Commuter Rail System (CRS) for Bangalore.

Launch Swalpa Cleanup Maadi initiative

29 Sep 2013 08:30
Asia/Calcutta

Posting on behalf of Prof. Rajeev Gowda. 

 

We cordially invite you to the launch of the “Swalpa Cleanup Maadi” campaign.

The event will include:

Meet @ Cubbon Park

29 Sep 2013 07:00
29 Sep 2013 09:00
Asia/Calcutta

This week's Sunday Praja Cycle ride includes CycleDay discussions. Meet at 7am, just before Critical Mass ride in Cubbon Park. All are welcome to join. 

(Not so) Fun facts about community involvement

Just trying to make a kind of retrospection of myself and a normal Praja alike.

Why most people do not engage in community work and or not interested in giving back to community?

What I mean Community work can be any of following:

Personal / Basic Layer.

The 1st 'Feel Bengaluru Cycle Day'

27 Oct 2013 06:30
27 Oct 2013 09:30
Asia/Calcutta

The Cycle Day campaign kicks off on Sunday, Oct 27, with its first monthly event, "Feel Bangalore Cycle Day".

More details to follow (this event most will be edited with more specifics), here is the high level plan, a simple call:

Planning "Feel Bengaluru Cycle Day", a monthly event

We are kicking off the campaign via a monthly event called "Feel Bengaluru Cycle Day". Its a simple call for everyone to just take their cycles out, 'feel' the city early in the morning by cyling through fresh air and empty roads on a Sunday morning to Cubbon Park,

The Cycle Day campaign

Project number:5392
Opened by:deepakar
Opened on:Wednesday, 25 September 2013 - 11:37pm
Last modified:Thursday, 26 September 2013 - 10:35am
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A campaign to promote cycling on city roads of Bengaluru
Initiator: 
Praja RAAG

Thanks to the efforts of DULT, CiSTUP, RACF, enthusiasts like Das, few Praja RAAG guys (Sri, Sathya), and the enthusiastic cycling groups like Bangalore Bikers Club, Critical Mass and more, there seems to be a buzz about cycling in the city! Lot many more Bengalureans could cycle though.

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