June 2009

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

22 June 2009 - 1:18pm — murali772

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?!

22 June 2009 - 12:09pm — blrsri

"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..

Sanitary Drainage System the bane of Bangalore Lakes

21 June 2009 - 8:49am — psaram42

The Sanitary Drainage System in a Mega city like Bombay, and our own Bangalore for an instance, is a source of persistent annoyance leading to exasperation.

Storm Water Drains - planning aspects

21 June 2009 - 7:11pm — RKCHARI

Friends, To the best of my knowledge, the storm water drains presently in vogue in Bangalore (and I guess in most other Indian cities) is built on the lines of that existed in Roman cities 2000 years back.

Monthly Praja meet 20 June 2009

20 June 2009 - 11:33am — psaram42

The meeting at Ravi_D’s office at Cunningham Rd was well attended by 15+ members including a couple of new Praja members.

It was good to see Pranav after his well deserved Holiday

He briefed us about a concrete road map for taking Praja forward. In a nut shell it is

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