August 2007

Safety - how do we enforce it?

10 August 2007 - 6:58pm — silkboard

Road safety isn't only about rash driving, seat-belts or using cellphones. A thing like this (pic on left) can easily turn into that (pic on right): Isn't it? What if you were riding or driving behind the blue truck (above) when its load came crashing down on the road?

Mysore-track doubling is fine, what about the single line to Mangalore?

9 August 2007 - 2:06pm — silkboard

GVK started that active discussion to inquire about Mysore track doubling progress. What about Mangalore line? Any idea what is up here?

MG Road station a sneak peek

9 August 2007 - 9:39am — shas3n

Yes, some more excitement! The artist's impressions of the metro station on MG road is out!! Check this image out. [Update: More images]

Image courtesy: Deccan Herald

Whitefield and connectivity

9 August 2007 - 10:05am — silkboard

When Marathahalli bridge construction work was in full swing (it still is), and we were struggling to cross the run-down work site, I was thinking about connectivity problems of this east-of-Bangalore suburb. When I say Whitefield, I mean the whole Mahadevpura, Hoody, ITPL, Whitefield, RG Halli, Brookfields, Kundalahalli region.

How they do it: Citizen Committees in Hubli-Dharwad

8 August 2007 - 8:21am — tsubba

Hubli & Dharwad, the oft-neglected poor cousins of Bangalore, Mangalore and Mysore, have pioneered a systematic method of actually involving citizens in the upkeep of the city. And the citizens have responded with innovation & motivation …

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