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Bangalore is ahead of Osaka!

29 December 2008 - 10:40am — mcadambi

Bangalore is ahead of Osaka, Japan in terms of Human Capital and next to Frankfurt, Germany in the same. It is one of the top 50 cities of the world, according to AT Kearney, Inc a consultancy and "Foreign Policy", a foreign policy magazine based in the US.

New Delhi and Mumbai are ahead of Bangalore in other rankings, but not in terms of Human Potential.

BIAL to City train - proposal on table

28 December 2008 - 10:27pm — silkboard
Commuter RailPublic Transport

Building on the good vibes about Commuter Rail Service, hear this out now. Devesh mentioned that at a recent meeting where BCIC was taking up the cause of those who commute to BIAL for work, Mr. Arvind Jadhav indicated that a proposal to introduce train service between the BIAL and Bangalore city (via Yeshwanthapur) is being finalized. The service would be operational once the formalities are completed. Quick details:

BBMP's negligence - example from Saraswathi Nagar

28 December 2008 - 8:37pm — admin

Praja is not an official complaints authority, but from time to time, we get complaint emails meant for BBMP, BMTC or Traffic Police. It indicates that many citizens don't know where exactly to complain. Regardless, here is a recent email that highlights how even small public work carried out in the city is often not done to perfection. Lack of clean up post-work is so very common.

RTI - A powerful tool for citizens to make use!

27 December 2008 - 2:14am — kbsyed61

Right to information Act 2005, is a testimony to the maturity and resilience of Indian Democracy and its citizens. This indeed has open a new chapter in citizen-government relationships.

Govt functionaries as fund collectors

26 December 2008 - 5:13pm — murali772
Governance

M K Gupta, a UP PWD engineer, was killed allegedly by BSP MLA, Mr Sekhar Tiwari, and his henchmen, for refusing to donate money for Mayawati's birthday celebrations.

BMTC drivers resorting to murder (to protect its interests?)

26 December 2008 - 4:15pm — murali772

In a shocking incident, two BMTC bus drivers beat up a private bus driver and later crushed him under the wheels of the bus.

Drink and Drive-Law or Moral Responsiblity

24 December 2008 - 1:53pm — Nitinjhanwar
Traffic

There have been a drive by DNA Jaipur to get public opinion on the type of punishment to be given to offenders for drunk and driving.

On June 17 of this year the Mumbai edition gave a article from the public who frequent this habbit and are aware of it:

check: http://www.dnaindia.com/r...

Hasiru Usiru

24 December 2008 - 1:11pm — murali772
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Asia/Calcutta
EnvironmentTraffic

Today (Wednesday) 7 PM at Koshy's, St Mark's Road, Bangalore to discuss what needs to be done to arrest the indiscriminate felling of avenue trees in the name of road widening.

All are welcome.

Muralidhar Rao

Commendable effort by Traffic Police

23 December 2008 - 9:37am — Ravi_D
Traffic

Going west on Mysore road past ring road junction, you climb up a fairly steep gradient to get to Nayandahalli bus stop. As usual, where three lanes merge into two you see a bus stop. With busses stopped next to each other, it is almost a perennial traffic jam situation.

Scrutinizing environmental clerances

23 December 2008 - 8:25am — silkboard
Environment

Last month, I spotted two notices from Prestige Group announcing environmental clearances for their projects (Dynasty, Exora). What caught my attention was that document numbers and a website were mentioned, I assume for us, the public, to see the documents for ourselves.



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