October 2010

How green is the mile?

22 October 2010 - 6:39pm — sourav894

The greatest charm of the Bangalore city is the fact that it is the garden city of India. While cities like Delhi, Mumbay and Kolkata cannot survive a day without CNG, Bangalore still has gushes of fresh air to offer. The roads of Bangalore have a cool breezy feel due to the trees around the sidewalk. Unfortunately Bangalore is loosing this charm.

The 'Upper house' concept - some replies

21 October 2010 - 5:54pm — Mani1972

Dear Friends, this is to clarify on the concept of ‘upper house’ which seems to be widely discussed some time ago in Praja.

Protest to press for rights of evicted hawkers

21 October 2010 - 12:14am — vinay_sreenivasa

Start: 21 Oct 2010 11:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Dear All,

As you may be aware, since the last few months, street vendors have been getting evicted from different parts of Bangalore .

Why is BBMP broke - where is the money?

21 October 2010 - 4:16pm — silkboard

We are told that BBMP is broke, they have no money. How many of us know the reaon why. A growing city, with so much commerce (IT, BT and all) going on, how exactly would it be broke? No english is required to explain things, numbers always tell their story.

BBMP broke

20 October 2010 - 8:09am — idontspam

"Forget mega infrastructure projects, there is no money even for ward-level works,"