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Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project

2 December 2010 - 10:07am — Ravi_D
Infrastructure

On 29/Nov ADB approved a $315 millon loan for Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (KSHIP II). Amounts to 68% of estimated total ($463 million). 

Main goals: Improve over 600km of roads in the state. Due for completion by Dec 2014.

Projected Outcome:

Recipe for completing public utility projects successfully!

2 December 2010 - 7:32am — kbsyed61
Governance

If one looks at BBMP, BMTC, BDA and the works they underatke each one tells a tale of how not to execute the projects in the right manner. Magic boxes, MMTC's, flyovers without service roads all are examples of our state/city bureacrats professionlism and talent. Looking at these projects one would wonder if at all we as Indians do know how to build things right.

Better facilities for private run buses!

2 December 2010 - 2:32am — kbsyed61
BusPublic Transport

There is no denial that private bus service is being operated in Bengaluru and other places without having its own/leased infrastructure like Terminus or bus stops. As noted in the Imran_haq's ordeal in Kalasipalya, in absence of proper infrastructure, these buses are making use of the public spaces like Roads, gullys, playgrounds even making use of no parking spaces.

Chikkabullapur : Railway minister neglects station in his neighbourhood

1 December 2010 - 12:07pm — Sanjeev
Commuter RailPublic Transport

Chikkabullapur has its share of pride for being the neighbouring district of the Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa’s home constituency, Kolar.

station doesn’t have basic facilities such as drinking water and toilet. Several inter-state trains pass through the station which houses not a single shop to serve coffee or eatables

Parking policy in Asian cities

1 December 2010 - 11:12am — idontspam
Private transport

Sharing a report from Parking policy report in Aisan cities by Paul Barter who blogs on reinventingparking.org

Kirtana Krishnan

1 December 2010 - 10:28am — psaram42
Governance

 As any normal citizen of Bangalore I was horrified to read to days Bangalore

Task - special landing page for DDC

1 December 2010 - 9:45am — silkboard
EnforcementTraffic

Some of us are thinking about doing a special landing page for Disciplined Driver's Club (DDC) campaign. Think of a page like praja.in/ddc (warning, the page isn't there yet). The page will have a pledge form, and more features like upload pictures, forward the pledge etc. Starting this post more as a task to track this DDC landing page.

Links to related blogs

1 December 2010 - 9:30am — Bheema.Upadhyaya
EnforcementTraffic

 Here is the list of related links for this subject, just for quick reference

Water supply outsourcing welcome - but, why the secrecy?

30 November 2010 - 7:23pm — murali772

The state has apparently launched on a programme to 'privatise' water supply in quite a few cities in the state, going by the below clip from NewsX.

 

Not more auto's; instead, good shuttle bus services please!

30 November 2010 - 1:55pm — murali772
BusPublic Transport

The transport department and traffic police are mulling over reforms that could scale up the number of autorickshaws in the city from about 80,000 to 95,000. Simukltaneously, however, the Transport commissioner, Bhaskar Rao, himself states “The system has many anti-social elements. The common man is a victim.



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