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Failed PPP's, and finally, a good model

5 August 2018 - 8:17am — murali772

With government-owned, and thereby incapacitated, "public utilities" (BESCOM, BMTC, BWSSB, etc in Bengaluru) unable to meet the burgeoning and varied demands of the fast-growing urban centres, the way out for managing them very clearly points to PPP's.

GCPP assignment - 1

8 June 2018 - 5:11pm — murali772

Question 1

Humaradesh, a state in India, has been suffering from political violence (by state as well as non-state actors) for over 50 years.

If I were to be the Mayor of Bengaluru

6 December 2017 - 1:29pm — murali772

Citizen Matters recently invited essays from citizens on how they would go about things if they were to become the "Mayor of Bengaluru".

BekuBedaSanthe

4 October 2017 - 11:19pm — murali772

The "Citizens for Bengaluru" is organising a "BekuBedaSanthe" on the 15th Oct, and the following is what I posted on their web-site as comprising my initial "wish-list" (The linked blog-posts provide more details.

Pedestrian issues

28 September 2017 - 12:33pm — murali772

An Indian Express reporter called to ask if I could write a 200 page note on pedestrian issues in the city, perhaps since I was part of the PRAJA team that had filed a PIL in this behalf in the High Court (check here, for more on that).

DIG (Prisons) Smt D Roopa, IPS, my latest nominee for Namma Begaluru award

14 July 2017 - 3:34pm — murali772

Excerpts from a ToI report:

DG (Prisons) HN Sathyanarayana Rao - "What she is saying is not a new discovery".

DIG (Prisons) Smt D Roopa - "He might say this is not a new discovery.

Forced bandhs

11 September 2016 - 3:29pm — murali772

Karnataka has a legitimate grievance that its drinking water woes will worsen on the Supreme Court enforced release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Just as Tamil Nadu has a genuine case that without this release its samba crop would be in danger.

Updated Ward Committee Rules dated 22.6.16

10 September 2016 - 8:06pm — murali772

Following is the text of the letter received from Smt Kathyayini Chamaraj, Executive Trustee, CIVIC Bangalore, following the recent finalisation of the updated Ward Committee rules:

Dear friends,

Practicality of enforcing revised BWSSB STP norms for existing apartment complexes

6 September 2016 - 1:51pm — murali772

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has extended the deadline for installation of sewage treatment plant (STPs) in domestic and non-domestic buildings till October end.

Open spaces and parks in residential layouts to shrink!!!

19 July 2016 - 5:12pm — murali772

The Legislative Assembly adopted the Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Bill, which among other things seeks to reduce the area reserved for parks and open spaces in residential layouts to be developed by urban development authorities.

Is this the route to "Smart Bengaluru"?

21 June 2016 - 7:20pm — murali772

Mid last week, I received a whatsapp message, from the local community group, stating as below:

Please kind attention !!!!!!!

Garbage dumping in S T Bed layout storm water drain

23 April 2016 - 11:57am — murali772

The storm water drain passing through the S T Bed layout (Koramangala) has been notorious for the stink it spreads all around, largely because it's not storm water that flows down it, but plain raw sewage.

Iniquitous levy by BWSSB on apartment complexes

11 April 2016 - 7:36pm — murali772

Reproduced below is the summary of the presentation made by Sri P V Maiya, on the subject, at the RERA- Bengaluru meeting held on the 10th April, '16:

BWSSB: Water Tariff, Sanitary charges, Bore well charge: Some serious issues.

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Kashmir conundrum; wouldn't India be better off with a plebiscite?

8 April 2016 - 2:16pm — murali772

The BJP’s ascent has taken Kashmiris further from India. This may seem a strange thing to say now, at the cusp of a PDP-BJP wedding, but the facts stand where they do. Let’s survey events as a Kashmiri might. The state is divided along religious lines absolutely and totally. Consider this alliance. All of the PDP’s 28 MLAs are Muslim.

Bengaluru at near bottom in city governance ranking

17 March 2016 - 4:47pm — murali772

From scoring zero on 10 on two parameters and over five on just one, Bengaluru's governance ranking in the Annual Survey of India City-Systems (ASICS) 2015 reflects poor performance. In a list of 21 cities, Bengaluru figures at number 12. The ranking though is an improvement over 2014's performance (18).

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