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Urban development - the skill gap

2 December 2008 - 11:49pm — silkboard

Time for a boring post. A habitual visitor to MoUD website, I was waiting to put up a small summary of a policy paper that showed up recently. Its called "Capacity building scheme for urban ...". If that was all greek and latin to you, jump to section 3 (page 9) on that pdf, and under "specific capacity gaps", find things that you and me complain about everyday - they don't know how to plan, how to run projects, how to handle public relations etc etc etc.

The Real Problem

2 December 2008 - 5:26pm — murali772

But not a single politician spoke of the real problem. There can be no change unless India is able to strengthen not its laws, as we have more than enough of these its security network. For this only two steps are necessary: end politicisation and rid the police and the intelligence and security agencies of corruption.

Brand IIT the only way, or Karnataka Inst. of Tech possible?

1 December 2008 - 7:34am — silkboard

This is a reaction to "Demand for IIT rejected again". It seems the main reason KA's request was turned down was because the state already has IISc and IIM here. Is getting a central govt sponsored, IIT branded institute the best way of setting up a premier education institution in the state?

Bangalore: Open Praja meeting

28 November 2008 - 5:47pm — admin
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Trying to start recurring Praja meetings, see this post for background. Venue Lalbagh West Gate. Agenda: update each other on things we are into, think how to make our virtual group do more and help members collaborate better.

Praja.in : about moving ahead on actionables

28 November 2008 - 11:55am — ananth.bangalore

Hey SB and naveen, Thanks for your replies (to this comment), please find my inputs below..

"Anant sir, If you are willing to come forward and help carry out this survey, some of us here are willing to fund it."

Mumbai - is it time?

27 November 2008 - 12:12pm — silkboard

Who is not stunned? Writing more about the incident from terrorism angle will lead to needless rambling. I have only one question to ask, from the angle of law and order. Isn't it time for Police Reforms, and overhaul of our internal security systems?

Draft PIL

27 November 2008 - 10:30am — Naveen

PIL AGAINST THE STATE GOVERNMENT

THE COMPLAINT

The City’s inhabitants have been subject to unscientific methods of traffic control & regulation that are relentlessly being pursued by the responsible authorities. This has seriously jeopardized pedestrian safety & movement on the streets.

Access to the Byappanahalli TTMC

27 November 2008 - 2:14am — Transmogrifier

From Praja_posts
The success of the planned Byappanahalli TTMC and all the opportunities it offers as an inter-modal hub (KSRTC, BMTC, Namma Metro) will be determined by ease of access. 

Healthy Bangaloreans might go extinct by 2020

26 November 2008 - 6:49pm — idontspam

 MYSORE: Bangalore will not have any healthy people left in 15 years if the government fails to arrest soaring pollution levels in both urban and rural levels. This grim warning came from Vision Group 2020, a panel comprising of eminent personalities from the state, constituted for making Karnataka a developed state.

Accident nation

26 November 2008 - 1:08pm — s_yajaman

There was a report in today's TOI on accidents in India. 125,000 people lost their lives in India in road accidents. India tops the list in road deaths in the world. China has managed to bring DOWN road deaths from 2005 to 2006. In India this has gone up from about 106,000 to 125,000 from 2006 to 2007.



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