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Abhishek - Life down the drain

2 June 2009 - 3:15pm — namma_nadu

On Sunday evening, another small boy was consumed by an uncovered storm water drain. The story is tragic and is compounded by the utter callousness of the authorities - the BBMP engineer went on record virtually blaming the mother for the mishap.

Why stop at 250-storeys, Mr CM?

2 June 2009 - 11:52am — murali772

A world-class 200-250 storey building and a garden around it. That is what may come up on the Bangalore Turf Club land. Yeddyurappa envisaged this structure during the Vikasa Sanaklp Utsav.

The Bellandur Lake Photo Stream

31 May 2009 - 5:00pm — psaram42

 Bellandur Lake is a lake on the shores of which Bellandur village is situated.

Other infrastructural area reforms in Mysore

30 May 2009 - 3:05pm — murali772

Now that the 'sensitive' JUSCO deal has been approved by PRAJAgalu , can we use the momentum built up to further the reforms in other key (but, perhaps less sensitive) infrastructural areas also, while the city enjoys the stewardship of a proactive district Commissioner like Mr Manivannan?

Tier 2 chinese towns better than b'luru

30 May 2009 - 2:05pm — idontspam
Chinese cities that are nowhere in the league of Shanghai score better than Bangalore on atleast two fronts — respect for and execution of urban regulations and city orderliness.

 

Environment Policy for BBMP/ state

30 May 2009 - 1:23pm — murali772

Given that we are almost on a daily basis protesting against one or other grovernment agency, I am coming to the realization that it perhaps isnt the best use of time. For one it is very difficult to get hold of people at short notice and more importantly is a source of constant friction.

Extend or overlap BIG 10 services

28 May 2009 - 10:36am — nl.srinivas

I happened to travel via shivajinagar instead of taking the bus to KBS to reach domlur from sanjay nagar. I reached indian express hoping to get 331-A. It did come but it was already full and around 10 more people got in to the bus. The bus was literally full with just about people managing to find place to stand.

Bengaluru Heritage Commission

27 May 2009 - 11:52am — murali772

A statutory nodal agency for identification, protection, and conservation of Heritage in the Bengaluru Metropolitan Region shall be established. The agency shall have appropriate funding from from the government for its function, as well as autonomy in developing policies and practices.

Rejuvenating Bangalore Lakes

27 May 2009 - 9:46am — Ravi_D

DH Reports: 33 lakes to get new lease of life

"The State government will set in motion its ambitious plan of rejuvenating 33 lakes in Bangalore, at a cost of Rs 294 crore, with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa launching development works at the Ullalu lake on Wednesday."

BIAL - One year in operations

25 May 2009 - 5:26pm — kbsyed61

On May 22, BIAL completed first year of its operation. Major news papers have reported on BIAL's 1st anniversary. Going by these news reports, so far BIAL's performance isa mix bag of both positives and negatives. The silver lining is the operators have shown willingness to work with their customers including Industries & commerce.



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