January 2011

Meeting with Tumkur MP G S Basavaraj on 26th for Commuter Rail

28 January 2011 - 12:03am — Sanjeev

After going thru' the Demands of Tumkur MP Mr G S Basavaraj, last week for Rail Budget 2011, decided to approach him for the Commuter Rail as Tumkur and Bangalore Railway Track is already double except electrified.

Trash talk

27 January 2011 - 9:53pm — n

Out of sight, out of mind? Not many people think about what happens to the copious amounts of garbage generated daily. There doesn't seem to be much information on BBMP's website (surprise). Based on earlier articles in the media, it appears that there is still not a scientific landfill to handle Bengaluru's waste (let alone in other cities/towns in Karnataka).

India Against Corruption - Sunday, 30th Jan, 10AM, MG statue

27 January 2011 - 8:39pm — murali772

Start: 30 Jan 2011 10:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Are you concerned about lakhs of crores ofpublic money being siphoned away? Money that could go for better roads, schools, health, etc. now ends up in personal benami and foreign accounts of politicians and bureaucrats. Would you like to do your bit to change this?

Following Driving Discipline

26 January 2011 - 11:12am — ranga

This may sound as Repetition, but it is the way people are in Bangalore. Most of the vehicles today either it is Two Wheeler / Four Wheeler or the public transport BMTC / Auto's don't follow lane discipline.

Rail Connectivity to BIAL

26 January 2011 - 12:23pm — Naveen

Hi,

The planned gauge conversion of the existing Kolar-Chikballapur line appears meaningless & expensive since one wonders how useful it would be. How many trains will actually be run ? How many people will eventually travel between these two towns ?