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Fear and Tender S.U.R.E

20 March 2019 - 10:47pm — srinidhi
Infrastructure

First would like to start with saying that Tender SURE was indeed a ground breaking effort, literally too, in many ways. Uniform Carriage way and few other principles which are new and commendable.

Bellandur - Varthur wetland encroachments

15 February 2019 - 10:08am — srinidhi
Lakes

The saga of encroachments and land grabbing on Bellandur lake is very painful to say the least. Its a prime example of how a historical waterbody has been turned to waste just because of human greed.

Sanity at Silkboard!

23 January 2019 - 7:54pm — srinidhi
Metro Rail

Now that there are land acquistion and the tendering issues to be resolved to sort the grand silkboard road plan, which BMRCL attempted to implement. Also, the double decker work is still on, starting from the marenahalli end.

There is a need a less ambitious practical solution which can be implemented to completion.

Listing points I'd like to be taken up at Egipura Ward (No148) Committee meet

29 November 2018 - 1:07pm — murali772
Governance
Listing below points that I's like taken up at the Egipura Ward (No 148) Committee meet scheduled for 11AM on 1st Dec, '18:
 
1) Flood mitigation plan: What had been told to us is that a pipe is being laid below the road from near Sony World junction to near Kamal Bakery junction, where the water will be collected

Koramangala 4th block flood mitigation plan

13 September 2018 - 4:56pm — murali772
Water
A few weeks back, there was an announcement of the commencement of work on the subject plan, with a pooja, presided over by the BTM layout (under which Assembly constituency, the area falls) MLA, Sri Ramalinga Reddy.
 
The announcement talked about laying of pipelines along the 80 ft road (Google terms it "Srinivagilu main road"), in the vicinit

Cycle to work

28 August 2018 - 12:41pm — manjari

Satya, our own bicycle mayor along with Mapunity is working towards building an application as an initiative to increase more number of people cycling to work.

How: Cycle to work

Was is always possible? Yes,

What is new? It will bring out the competitor in you :)

What Type Of City Do We Want?

27 August 2018 - 5:00pm — Naveen

Unmanageable traffic forever - Is that what we want in our City?

"Experience is the ability to recognize a mistake when you make it again"

 

The proponents for elevated freeways planned to be built, cutting across the city claim the following benefits:

Rail Yatra - Yeshwantpur to Karmelam - August 31 @ 2:30 PM

26 August 2018 - 7:08am — kbsyed61
Commuter Rail

In this game of Ping-Pong between GOK and Railway Ministry, impelmentation of Suburban Rail Project in Bengaluru is almost like winning thousand mutinies. Every inch of progress made so far right from 2010 Round Table Event at CiSTUP is almost like a winning a mutiny and it is almost like a waging war at all times.

Trees and the city..

25 August 2018 - 5:33am — srinidhi
Infrastructure
It is very understandable that people from our city stand up against every sort of development plans which involves cutting of trees. The  city has witnessed ruthless cutting of trees in the recent years. Be it highways redevelopment, metro works etc have all taken a toll on trees.

Failed PPP's, and finally, a good model

5 August 2018 - 8:17am — murali772
Governance
With government-owned, and thereby incapacitated, "public utilities" (BESCOM, BMTC, BWSSB, etc in Bengaluru) unable to meet the burgeoning and varied demands of the fast-growing urban centres, the way out for managing them very clearly points to PPP's.


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