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"footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas"

23 December 2010 - 12:56pm — ashwin
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

23 December 2010 - 10:04am — naveen_blr
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.

Namma Railu in News Again - This time Deccan Herald

23 December 2010 - 1:55am — kbsyed61
Commuter RailPublic Transport

Deccan Herald today carried a news item titled "NGO dusts off commuter rail idea" with a NR map.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/122932/ngo-dusts-off-commuter-rail.html

Some myths about disciplined driving/drivers

22 December 2010 - 5:36pm — Bheema.Upadhyaya
EnforcementTraffic

 I was thinking to clarify certain points to people who wanted to join DDC, just to clarify about myths/ wrong beliefs/feelings they might have come across.

Should BBMP be running schools and colleges?

22 December 2010 - 5:27pm — murali772

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

22 December 2010 - 4:10pm — murali772
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

21 December 2010 - 11:09pm — Rithesh
Urban DevelopmentGovernance

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

Meet-up for DDC project planning

21 December 2010 - 9:06am — Bheema.Upadhyaya
EnforcementTraffic
25 Dec 2010 08:00
25 Dec 2010 09:15
Asia/Calcutta

 Hi DDC Project Team,

The meeting is to just to discuss the project and get car bumper stickers in person

Venue: Freedom park (Old Central Jail), Date: Dec 25, time: 8 AM.

Agenda:

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

20 December 2010 - 8:31pm — murali772

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)

20 December 2010 - 10:50am — Ravi_D

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

Participants:



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