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SWR Plans improvements to Bengaluru City Railway Station

The Hindu carried a news item on newly renovated UN-RESERVED ticket counters at the city railway station. Along with that it also carried a news about SWR plan to improve the station facilities.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article843393.ece

Slow and dangerous sewage work @ cluny convent road Malleswaram

I wanted to bring this to the notice of authorities on state of the sewage work being done at 11th Main road, malleswaram, outside the cluny convent, malleswaram, bangalore. I have attached certain photos for you to have a look and publish so that reaccurance of Sanjay Nagar Underpass kind of accident doens't happen again.

Few things i would like to point out :-

Cluny1

Minibuses for better area coverage

The following request has been forwarded to BMTC to consider operation of minibuses :

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Meeting with Mr Balachandran, Alchemy Urban Systems

Yesterday, IDS, Naveen and myself met with Mr B R Balachandran, an Urban design & planning specialist. Mr Balachandran has experience with Ahmadabad BRTS, and is a big backer of the BRT/BPS concepts.

How green is the mile?

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.

Heavy sound pollution in BTM 2nd Stage, NS Palya rd, behind Coffee Day

There is a huge construction going on near Raj Lake View apprtments. It is starting from 6:00am upto 9:30pm-10:00pm. People can't take rest even on weekends because of heavy sound polution. All elders, housewives and small kids are suffering a lot due to this sound pollution. I don't have any contact who can help us in this regards.

The 'Upper house' concept - some replies

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

Why is BBMP broke - where is the money?

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.

Protest to press for rights of evicted hawkers

21 Oct 2010 11:00
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 .

Guidelines for builders!

 Hi,

There is a huge residential project development project going on near Kannamangala by Defence Welfare Association. What used to be a nice road there, has become so dirty and bumpy due to the trucks depositing plenty of soil on the public roads. Whole area in the surroundings also wears a mask of dust!

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