NewsRack: meerak/all_bengaluru/Bengaluru-infrastructure

Revisit Bicycling enablement approach? - Praja.in

idontspam — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

0 users have liked. After sitting thru lessons from the Jayanagar cycle lanes rollout, the various DPR's that have been presented for different areas, polls by Praja both online & offline during mobilicity & practical experience riding on Bangalore streets we could be doing this a lot more effectively. It has been established that the primary concern of safety & secutiry in a bad driving culture need both physically seperated lanes for NMT & a culture of sharing the road by motorized vehicles with Non motorized vehicles. People do 3 types of cycling broadly. Local trips to shop or reach a destination within the area, long distance or inter area/layout commute to work & ride for health/sport/leisure into/across the city & outside of city. Because of the mixed use nature of the city I have found that local destinations & shopping is a start stop travel including crossing the roads quite frequently pushing the cycle to reach shops on either side of the road. ...

Someone (BPAC?), please fund a CIO for Bangalore - Praja.in

silkboard — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

0 users have liked. "Can't fix it if you can't measure it". That is what a lot of people say. There is a lot that gets measured by BBMP/BMTC/BWSSB/BESCOM/BDA etc. But we just don't get to see. Want GIS data used for creating masterplan to be public? Want to know the city's water consumption, and inflow from each source every day? Want to know the power in/power out/power denied stats each day? Want to know the road accident stats by police station every day? Yes, I want to. The funny thing is that all this is being measured. Moreover, many departments want to share a lot of this out regularly as well. But they probably don't know how to do it. Plus, data is a funny thing. Its value is best know to who needs it, not who produces it. So, a lot of what may be useless for govt dpts/agencies, could be gold for us :) So a request here. Can someone please fund a CIO (CDO or Chief Data Officer could be a better name) for Bangalore? BPAC , could you? The role would ...

Effective handling of storm water - Praja.in

psaram42 — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

0 users have liked. Effective handling of storm water requires good roads without dirt. Normal dirt can be mud earth soil animal excreta Spitting Gravel Plastics Tree leaves / braches etc Apart from the above normal items, it is not uncommon to find variety of all discarded items be it liquor bottles and left over food of night street parties . The sweepers appointed by the contractor do take of these items when sweeping the roads. However the mud / earth soil is left out. This eventually clogs the SWD as there is no filtering concept, mud traps. All other types including electronic items are being disposed at designated locations in each ward without segregation. There is a lack of awareness even among educated people even in the BBMP. BBMP under the present commissioner does not seem to be unduly bothered. In our city of Bangalore disposal of waste is outsourced to contractors whose bids are the lowest. The bidding operation is handled by the Corporation ...

Agenda for our new Chief Minister: What needs to be done for our cities - Praja.in

srkulhalli — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

1 user has liked. Now that we have a new goverement, let us make a vision document and send it to our CM. Some things about this draft document - 1. It is city (urban) specific. I would like to say Bangalore specific, but strategy wise whatever is true for Bangalore is pretty much true for other cities in Karnataka as well. We will not cover rural problems or issues not directly about city governance (like judicial systems, this is a national issue) 2. We list the problem, but also explain on what lines the solution should be – for eg: suppose we complain that traffic is bad with too much of traffic jams, the goverment might actually listen and cut trees to widen roads. Now that may not be exactly what we intended. So there are a few lines that explain on where the framework of the solution should lie in. 3. Need to agree on the priority as well as on the strategy outlined to solve the problem. Number of items is limited to 10. It needs to be breif, clear and yet well ...

Plan to utilise State’s share of water - newindianexpress.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

‘Indian economy likely to grow at 6.4 per cent’ - Hindu: Bangalore

Special Correspondent — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The Indian economy “can grow” at 6.4 per cent during the current fiscal, aided by the improvement in “investor sentiment,” said C. Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prim...

ITI students' powerful solutions - DNA: Evolutions

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Exhibition at Visvesvaraya museum gives platform to polytechnic students, who present power-packed ideas.

City records 36.2 mm of rainfall; 126 trees uprooted - newindianexpress.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

'Control room officials out of control' - newindianexpress.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Water worries loom large - newindianexpress.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

'Funds for water crisis released' - The New Indian Express - Karnataka - http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Councillors up in arms over broke BBMP freezing projects - Hindu: News

Staff Reporter — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

With the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) freezing many projects deemed “unnecessary”, crucial development projects have also been affected, councillors said. Cutting across part...

Pumping restored, but most areas yet to get usual supply - Hindu: Home

Special Correspondent — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Although Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) officials claimed that normal pumping of water from Thorekadanahalli, Harohalli and Tataguni reservoirs had resumed, residents of most ar...

KRS water level up by 11 inches - Mysore - City - The Times of India

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Filed by Lawrence Milton/TNN Water crisis is expected to ease for now.

'MOM Express' to help women fight breast cancer - deccanherald.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

'MOM Express' to help women fight breast cancer

Tenders to be floated to shift Tipu's armoury - deccanherald.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Tenders to be floated to shift Tipu's armoury

Elderly couple come under train - deccanherald.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

An elderly couple — MariswamyGowda (68) and his wife Lakshmamma (55) of Lakshmipura, was run over by a train at Lakshmipura near Belagola in Srirangapatna taluk on the early hours of Thursday, reports DHNS from Mysore.

While Gowda was a daily wager, Lakshmamma was a housemaid. The couple was crossing the track, to take a short cut to the government hospital in Palahalli, when the Bangalore bound Mysore train ran over them around 6 am.

Water level at Hemavathy reservoir at all-time low - deccanherald.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Water level at Hemavathy reservoir at all-time low

MLA seeks CBI probe on MySugar - deccanherald.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

MLA seeks CBI probe on MySugar

Kukkarahalli Lake under sewage water threat - TOI: Bangalore Times

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Kukkarahalli Lake under sewage water threat

BBMP stops 1,970 'unnecessary' civic works - TOI: Bangalore Times

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

BBMP stops 1,970 'unnecessary' civic works

Rain toppled 126 trees in two hours - TOI: Bangalore Times

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Rain toppled 126 trees in two hours

Rs. 40 cr. released to ULBs to tackle water shortage - Hindu: Cities

Special Correspondent — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The State government has released Rs. 40 crore to urban local bodies to take steps to arrange for drinking water supply till the onset of the monsoon.Announcing this at a press conference in...

Karnataka to construct Rs 90 cr Aarogya Soudha - deccanherald.com

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Karnataka to construct Rs 90 cr Aarogya Soudha

Karnataka govt releases Rs 40 cr to mitigate drinking water shortage - deccanherald.com

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Karnataka government today released Rs 40 crore to local bodies to take measures to mitigate drinking water scarcity.

This is in addition to Rs 18.72 crore already available in the Department for such activities, Minister for Municipalities and Local Bodies, Qamarul Islam told reporters here.

The grant would be utilised for deepening and cleaning of borewells, repair of water supply lines and, if necessary, for digging new borewells and installation of motor pumps,he said.