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Poor show by BMTC drivers

BusPublic Transport

Despite many efforts and initiatives to improve driving skills of drivers of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), results have not matched the expectations. According to data available, this year (till December) 82 people have died in various accidents involving BMTC buses.The number of deaths recorded last year was also 82.

Local Rail for Bengaluru with existing rail lines

Commuter RailPublic Transport

Here is a suggestion to solve Bangalore's traffic problems, also crop up a series of improvements. Railways as mass rapid transport system can play a very big role in solving this problem. Bangalore has railway lines in almost all the directions. It is feasible to ply local trains on these lines.

Industrial Hub next on Tumkur Rail Line : Nidvanda

Commuter RailPublic Transport

Mr Lalit Jain's request letter in Karnataka State Industrial Times at Page No 16 of  Nov 2010 edition for Local Trains :

Government apologies

Governance

Australia on Thursday apologized to Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef for wrongly detaining him on terror charges three years back, saying it was a mistake and hoped that the compensation paid to him will mark the end of an “unfortunate chapter”.

Right to response in English, an official language of GoK

Governance

What is clearly noticeable, of recent, particularly after the RTI usage has become quite extensive, is the mis-use of Kannada by government officials to deny information, through plain obfuscation (This is apart from other subtle, and not-so subtle, ways of denying information being adopted - click h

Kumaraswamy Layout - going to dogs?

Urban DevelopmentGovernance

Some real angry words from a whistelblowing resident of Kumaraswamy Layout:

"footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas"

InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

TOI article on ABIDE member Ashwin Mahesh's  wishlist for Bangalore in which he is quoted as saying, 

"The footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas around stations are a good beginning"

mail to BMRC on namma metro station names

Metro RailPublic Transport

Thanks Sir,

I am delighted to receive your response.
I do understand some of the concerns you have raised , these can be reduced/fixed using various options.

1.Some company like Infosys/ Satyam would like to maximum put up their hoardings in the stations which would anyways be the case even if we do not lease out the station to them.

Should BBMP be running schools and colleges?

To improve the standard of its schools, the city corporation is planning to recruit 300 permanent teachers. Chairman of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Standing Committee on Education, BV Ganesh said, "Around 300 permanent teachers will be recruited for all 33 BBMP schools for the academic year of 2011.

Sonia's 5-fold attack on corruption

Politics

Obviously conscious of the toll a series of scams and controversies have taken on the credibility and image of the Congress and the government, Sonia Gandhi on Sunday announced a multipronged war on corruption and directed ministers and partymen to tackle the menace head-on.
    
Sonia Gandhi’s five-point agenda for probity in public life:

Housing Society Scam - Yeddy, Once Bitten Twice Not Shy

Urban DevelopmentGovernance

Tehelka has done a excellent article (Once bitten, twice not shy) on how Yeddi is continuing his corrupt practices. It reports:

Report on B/P-ToI 'Public Amenities' event

By public amenities, the following were included: Distance to the closest park; Adequacy; Distance to the closest playground; Adequacy of Playgrounds. The was held at Sophia school, High Grounds, on Sunday, the 5th Dec.

Meeting Notes (EMRI - 108 - Ambulance Services)

Following Vasanth's blog post and the subsequent meeting notice, two of us met with GVK/EMRI team on Saturday. 

Participants:

Very unusual incident - Autorickshaw fare !

Public Transport

Well to start it it was one of the days I was in a hurry and desperately looked out for an auto. To my luck the 1st auto i asked agreed to come over to shopper's stop on Bannerghatta road from J.P.Nagar Nandini hotel

Karnataka - Governance going down hill?

Governance

All indicators in the arena of political and governance canvas in Karnataka points to one thing - A Big down hill in terms of governance, growth and quality of life. No day passes without any money swindling scams reported from rival political parties.

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