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Koramangala: Meeting with DCP Mookherjee

21 December 2008 - 12:40am — Promod Kapur

Dear folks, as a follow up of our 'Memorial' meeting on 30 November held at WIPRO Park, we met Mr.Mookherjee (DCP, South  East Division) on 15th to discuss security measures in our area.

BWSSB - current projects and progress updates

20 December 2008 - 8:08pm — zeitgeist
Water

From a BWSSB perspective, I found 3 critical projects that we need to track the progress of:

Commuter rail to E-City may happen soon!

20 December 2008 - 7:40pm — silkboard
Commuter RailPublic Transport

I was at a BCIC meeting this week wherein Devesh had invited Mr Arvind Jadhav (GoK's principal secretary for infrastructure development) over for a talk. Mr Jadhav mentioned some exciting plans, we should hear them soon in mainstream media. Commuter Rail Service was one of them, looks like things are moving, and we may get one or two services pretty soon! Here is a summary of CRS stuff that Mr Jadhav mentioned:

Bangalore Traffic - problems & solutions

20 December 2008 - 2:01pm — murali772
EnvironmentTrafficPublic Transport

Presentations linked here were made by Mr Dasrathi (CEO of Cadem, Bangalore, and a member of Hasiru Usiru), who, even with being in his mid-forties, uses a bicycle for over 75% of the trips he makes, including client visits. He has stated that anyone may use these presentations in any way - view online, download, distribute, put them in blogs, whatever, as long as the message spreads.

Para-statal agencies and task forces in Karnataka

19 December 2008 - 12:33pm — murali772
20 Dec 2008 09:30
20 Dec 2008 17:00
Asia/Calcutta
Governance

A One day public consultation on their constitutionality, programs, influence and impact on Democracy
Date: 20 December 2008.  Time: 9.30 AM to 5 PM
Place: Legislator's Home, Vidhana Soudha. Bangalore

Background:

Heavy toll for NICE drive

18 December 2008 - 11:26am — murali772

Already embroiled in litigation over key issues involved in the implementation of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor, its promoter, NICE on Wednesday delivered a shocker to motorists. The toll will be the highest in the country and will be in force until December 31 when it can exercise the option of revising it, at an annual rate of 10 per cent increase.

Urgent - need photographs for a PIL

17 December 2008 - 11:13am — Promod Kapur

Dear readers, we need some urgent help for our ongoing Bangalore Masterplan-2015 PIL. We require photographs that show the adverse effects of converting a road of a residential area into "mutation corridor" (see below for what is this, or see the attached doc). If the photos can also show vehicles parked on the road and pavements due to lack of proper parking space, it will be great.

BIAL RTI - MOU between AAI & KSIIDC and Land Lease Agreement

16 December 2008 - 9:02pm — Rithesh
Aviation
In response to the RTI applications filled with KSIIDC, there was a meeting between Mr Nagaraj, DGM, KSIIDC and a couple of Praja members. The meeting was a very cordial one and Mr Nagesh apart from giving us the requested documents also shared with us his views on the development of BIAL.

Did state illegally give BIAL forest land for commercial purposes

16 December 2008 - 9:54am — Devesh

Cross posted from my Bangalore Aviation blog

A potentially explosive report in today's Deccan Chronicle

Karnataka's Accountant General - dead or alive?

15 December 2008 - 10:58pm — silkboard
Governance

Ever been to the CAG website? Its of interest because it provides useful data on how select government departments are doing with tax payer's money. Look at this report on NAL (National Aero Lab) for example, and see how CAG details NAL's failure to meet its targets. Or see this report on allotment of housing by DDA. Don't we wish Karnataka too had a CAG like body to audit the likes of BDA and BBMP?



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