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Agenda for our new Chief Minister: What needs to be done for our cities

23 May 2013 - 8:28pm — srkulhalli
Governance

Now that we have a new goverement, let us make a vision document and send it to our CM.

Some things about this draft document -

Effective handling of storm water

23 May 2013 - 9:23am — psaram42
Infrastructure

 

Effective handling of storm water requires good roads without dirt. Normal dirt can be

Water is elixir of life - Those handling water are only trustees

22 May 2013 - 7:24pm — Vasanthkumar My...

Dear All,

Have a look at the following cut and paste from Deccan Herald dated 22-5-2013. 

Mammoth bungling BBMP style

21 May 2013 - 9:23am — psaram42
Everything else

 

BBMP seems to be bereft of all hopes measuring up to its calling. They outsource the work of salary disbursing to Keonics without crediting any funds.

Someone (BPAC?), please fund a CIO for Bangalore

19 May 2013 - 6:45pm — silkboard
Governance

"Can't fix it if you can't measure it". That is what a lot of people say. There is a lot that gets measured by BBMP/BMTC/BWSSB/BESCOM/BDA etc. But we just don't get to see. Want GIS data used for creating masterplan to be public? Want to know the city's water consumption, and inflow from each source every day?

First hearing in the High Court - June 3

19 May 2013 - 5:39pm — silkboard
3 Jun 2013 09:30
Asia/Calcutta

Just marking the date. June 3. First hearing in the High Court on this PIL.

We are not sure how many people can actually join in at the court. Need to check with the lawyer if 10-12 of us can join in. But if you are interested to attend, please do leave a comment here. One of us will respond on how many can come.

Watch this post for more details on this first hearing.

Building and Other Debris Dumping

19 May 2013 - 12:34pm — Bheema.Upadhyaya

Another face of  keeping city clean is debris management and recycling. I am seeing it equally responsible as garbage.  If we watch carefully we will find debris everywhere. We can manage dry and wet waste somehow, but debris is hard to manage. Some tractor has to come and we should have labour and tools dispose it. Also where to dispose debris is a *big* question.

Mis-carriage of criminal justice

18 May 2013 - 10:36am — murali772

In the midst of the recent Karnataka assembly election campaigning, a member of a certain popular yahoo-group suddenly came up with a posting that Dr Ashwin Mahesh, the LokSatta candidate from Bommanahalli constituency, has a criminal record.

Revisit Bicycling enablement approach?

18 May 2013 - 8:20am — idontspam

After sitting thru lessons from the Jayanagar cycle lanes rollout, the various DPR's that have been presented for different areas, polls by Praja both online & offline during mobilicity & practical experience riding on Bangalore streets we could be doing this a lot more effectively.

Battle of Good Vs Bad - Autorikshaw Driver Vs Ranbaxy, IPL

17 May 2013 - 4:27pm — kbsyed61
Governance

What a week! 3 news items that made headlines are worth taking note of.

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