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Unsolicited advise to the new Congress sarkar in Karnataka from a "non-godi" NGO member

13 May 2023 - 8:06pm — murali772

Instalment 1)

Here I will comment on the promises made by the party in their manifesto

1) Gruha jyoti - 200 units free electricity

Best instead to go for total power distribution reforms, along the lines of the Delhi model in cities/ towns (urban areas),

Civil Society Forum BBMP manifesto

25 June 2022 - 8:01pm — murali772

On Friday, 24th June, 2022, Ms Kathyayini Chamaraj presented Civil Society Forum BBMP manifesto, keeping in view the soon to be held Municipal elections.

Points for submission to the KARC(2) Citizen Feedback meet (to be held on on 2nd March, 2022):

1 March 2022 - 7:04pm — murali772

For the state, housing the tech capital of the country, which provides services & manufactures goods for customers across the world, what is lacking is professionalism in its basic administration.

High-rise apartment housing complex issues

6 November 2021 - 1:43pm — murali772

First and foremost, is the question of which of the many associated Acts is best suited to management of High-rise Apartment Housing Complexes.

Freebies, handouts and other myths loved by income tax payers

19 October 2021 - 10:42pm — murali772

A message floating around on WhatsApp groups is demanding that a “taxpayers’ union” should be set up and consulted by the government. An income tax officer has apparently made the suggestion, but this is difficult to believe, as it is rooted in an ignorance of facts and a poor understanding of political economy.

Integrating de-centralised Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Indian Cities

19 October 2021 - 8:06pm — murali772

My take-aways from a fairly well presented Panel discussion on "Integrating de-centralised Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Indian Cities", held on 12th Oct, 21, hosted by Flourishing Bengaluru Collective ( https://www.flourishingbengaluru.org/ ) - check @

Project K-100: re-visioning of Koramangala valley drainage system

21 October 2020 - 6:12pm — murali772

Whereas having a storm-water drain (SWD) adjoining your property should normally be a welcome proposition, it is not quite so in Bengaluru (and perhaps in most Indian cities), since it is largely raw sewage that is flowing in them.

Relevance of KAOA under RERA

9 September 2020 - 1:24pm — murali772

Typical case of KOFA/ KAOA compliance

applicability of 50% reservation limit

28 April 2020 - 12:35pm — murali772

The Supreme Court order last week which quashed a January 2000 order of the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh providing 100% reservation to Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates for the post of teachers in schools in the scheduled areas of the state is a reaffirmation of the 50% ceiling principle laid down by the court for reservations.

Update on Koramangala projects

18 November 2019 - 1:17pm — murali772

With the Ward Committee's largely dysfunctional (check here), I am appending below my version (gathered from exchanges on various WhatsApp groups, and hearsay - if anyone has more authentic info, they are most welcome to correct me) of a

Extortion racket by faking accidents

27 August 2019 - 7:44pm — murali772

The following was posted by a resident on our apartment complex WhatsApp group:

Thought I should share an incident that happened today as I was going to work (around 9 AM, Monday, 26th Aug, '19); and some thoughts.

An outline for a most equitable public bus transport model

16 July 2019 - 11:47am — murali772

There had been estimates from long that the city needed far more buses than the BMTC was operating, and it was also known that the need was being partially met by the private operators. But, nobody knew that between the private operators and the schools, there were over 6 times the numbers operated by BMTC.

Open letter to BTM layout MLA from BAF-BTM cluster

3 July 2019 - 10:23pm — murali772

Honorable Sri Ramalinga Reddy,

MLA, BTM layout,

Bengaluru

Respected Sir

Sub: poor livability conditions in S T Bed layout, and even in the whole of Koramangala

Listing points I'd like to be taken up at Egipura Ward (No148) Committee meet

29 November 2018 - 1:07pm — murali772

Listing below points that I's like taken up at the Egipura Ward (No 148) Committee meet scheduled for 11AM on 1st Dec, '18:

1) Flood mitigation plan: What had been told to us is that a pipe is being laid below the road from near Sony World junction to near Kamal Bakery junction, where the water will be collected

Koramangala 4th block flood mitigation plan

13 September 2018 - 4:56pm — murali772

A few weeks back, there was an announcement of the commencement of work on the subject plan, with a pooja, presided over by the BTM layout (under which Assembly constituency, the area falls) MLA, Sri Ramalinga Reddy.

The announcement talked about laying of pipelines along the 80 ft road (Google terms it "Srinivagilu main road"), in the vicinit

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