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Bidadi Power

6 September 2007 - 8:24am — tsubba
One of the most potent solutions to Bangalore's problems also poses great challenges - moving the center to respond, fighting global markets. Yet if KA can somehow pull this one off, Bangalore can begin to address some of its problems in true impactful ways.

Metro Rail too much to handle - Can we leapfrog...

5 September 2007 - 1:01pm — cvikash
Where as the need of a high capacity transit system for our cities is beyond any doubt,at a cost of Rs. 16000 crores for about 33 kms., as it stands on this day and further escalation anticipated, Bangalore Metro looks pretty expensive. Can Bangalore leapfrog into a next generation public transport system ? The answer today is a resounding "YES".

Mono off the track again

5 September 2007 - 10:34am — shas3n

Does not seem long while since we were happy to see some traction with Mono rail. Even bids were being evaluated for Mono. Before we could say 'cheers' the first blow came when BMRC said Metro is too much to handle. Now, the project seems to be totally off the track with the Government changing it mind on how they want the project to be tendered.

BIAL Updates

4 September 2007 - 7:13am — tsubba
Despite major mid term course revisions, BIAL will open for commercial flights on March 30, 2008. Three days before schedule. Now only 15% of the work is pending.

Inspired Folks

4 September 2007 - 4:20am — tsubba
Raju Narayanaswamy One subtle twist in a local district collector’s official probe report and T U Kuruvila, Kerala’s land scam-tainted public works minister, could probably have hung on in office — not felled the way he was, today. But the Collector was Raju Narayanaswamy. And that is saying a lot in Kerala.

Roads and Traffic Sense - To be taught to children at school level

3 September 2007 - 11:28pm — Vasanth
Today, major problem everyone in Bangalore and even other metros people are facing is Traffic Problem. Why this is a problem - Mainly because of lack of discipline among drivers and even pedestrians. Why - because no proper knowledge and education about traffic.

Your property tax for 2005 ...

3 September 2007 - 2:40pm — silkboard

... is due! Spotted an interesting BBMP tender that tells us that you could very soon find letters like that in mail.

"BBMP requires services ... to extract data, print Demand/Collection/Balance notices of owners of the Properties in BBMP area ... for the fiscal year 2005"

Further details of scope of this work tells you a bit about the level of computerization at BBMP's end:

Automatic, but not quite

3 September 2007 - 2:09pm — silkboard

I say good job BESCOM as far as automation is concerned. Those hand-helds to instantly print out your monthly electricity bill, and these automatic payment accepting machines.

NICE Agreement Annulled

30 August 2007 - 6:52pm — tsubba

This just in. Just when things were getting boring, Star of Mysore is reporting... Bangalore, Aug. 30 (OSR) - In a far-reaching decision this morning the Sate coalition Cabinet has annulled the agreement which it had entered into in 1995 with the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE).

ORR Jns

30 August 2007 - 4:48pm — tsubba
ORR

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