Botched up opening ceremony for Jayadeva flyover

It seems our white-kurta clad men botched up the opening ceremony for Jayadeva flyover as well. As per the original poster(s), they gifted a never-to-forget morning commute to drivers who got caught in the melee.
Remember how they had punctured the airport road flyover for the opening ceremony? Apparently an encore happned here as well!

Parivartan says the right thing

These guys (Parivartan) have been awarded the 2006 Magsaysay Award. Should be a good news and publicity for RTI and citizen driven apolitical movements. I fully agree with what Parivartan says on its website:
The real change would come when the people start demanding accountability and the government is forced to respond. Then it would not [...]

How beggars lose limbs

I was stunned to see this report on CNN-IBN yesterday. I only hope it is not true. If it is, then I will like to see what punishment awaits this (or these) doctors.
See the video yourself: “Why and how beggars lose limbs“.
The brutal ways of the beggar mafia know no boundary. In order to sustain [...]

Rings around Bangalore

I said a month ago there were two peripheral ring roads planned for Bangalore. Increment that count by two please. As per that news article about BMRDA’s plan for fringe townships, we are going to have two more.
SATELLITE TOWNS RING ROAD (STRR)
Length: 284 km; 8- lane with 2-lane service road
Connects: Dobbaspet- Magadi- Ramanagaram- Kanakapura- Anekal- [...]

How to get to Bangalore International Airport – II

Time for an update after the first post on the subject. It is still not clear as to how long it will take me to get to this International Airport when it gets ready.
There has always been this plan for a rail link between city and the airport. Last month, BIAL CEO Mr Brunner presented [...]

Good to see BMRDA think long term

It was great to read this news about BMRDA proposing five townships on the fringes of Bangalore:
On the cards is the development of five townships at a distance of 35 to 75 km from Bangalore City. Bidadi and Ramanagaram, Solur, Sathanur and Nandagudi will be covered under the plan.
Wonderful! This certainly is a thought [...]

Neal n Nikki at 8 pm

Turned on TV just before dinner, and noticed Sony was screening “Neal n Nikki”. What a shocker! This movie was better off getting titled Neal n bra, or just Nik-toria’s secret.
What is Sony thinking putting on a movie like this on at 8 pm! Is 8 late in the night? Or is “Neal n Niki [...]

Publicity stunt by BDA?

BDA said today that it will get IIM-A to review the Comprehensive Development Plan it has prepared for Bangalore:
IIM-A to appraise plan.
Why IIM-A? Popular perception is that this institute isn’t exactly known for research or teaching on urban planning. Searching a bit on the painfully slow IIM-A website, I found that they have a focus [...]

Friends of Bangalore, help with this PIL

If you know what’s a PIL, and you want to be a party to filing one, let me know. And before that, let me tell you what I am thinking here.
The problems Bangalore is dealing with today have all been blamed on ‘unexpected’ rapid growth. Governments, state and local, have admitted this. Fine and we [...]

Time to buy Bajaj shares

The auto-rickshaws have landed in the west. I hope you heard the news about tuk tuks starting their run in Britain. The guy who is importing them seems confident he will end up importing a lot many more.
Well, good luck to him and Britain. Its only a matter of time before Indian drivers get their [...]