Aparajita Ray Dna

The HAL ghost has come back to haunt the government. This time, it is Ashwin Mahesh, advisor to the state government on transport, who lashed out at the authorities for closing down the HAL airport and building an international airport so far away from the heart of the city.Addressing a gathering at the Institution of Engineers on Wednesday evening...

Bangaloreans had only just begun to settle down for the hiked power tariffs by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), which was increased by 30 paise per unit on December 7. The bitter aftertaste had hardly left, and now the people also have to put up with frequent power disruptions."There were frequent disruptions in power lasting...

Transformers on the footpaths! One can see this wonder only in Bangalore City. The reason is clear. Unbridled construction, courtesy corrupt babudom, has eaten up every inch of public space in the past two decades of feverish development. BBMP blames Bescom for its negligent way of handling public safety. Councillors slam the power supplier for its...

There seems to be no end to the Metro nightmare on Bangalore roads. A Metro barricade which was not fastened to the ground came crashing after a motorcycle brushed against it on Chord Road, opposite Narayana Nethralaya, on Tuesday morning. The barricade fell and so did the two youths astride the bike. Both suffered injuries.Witnesses said the contr...

A year after work began, this bridge remains incomplete. Steel rods jutting out, cement blocks piled up on the roadside and machines idling tell a story of utter neglect. A perennial cloud of dust envelops this part of the New BEL Road in front of the apartment complex in Sanjay Nagar.The haphazardly done work had left people wondering if the autho...

The wait is over and Bangaloreans will soon see their dream Metro coaches running on shiny new tracks. The first Metro coach, which was transported to Bangalore from Chennai port, was offloaded from lorries on to tracks at the Byapannahalli Metro depot on Monday morning.It came wrapped in a dark coloured tarpaulin, which was removed before unloadin...

Indiranagar has trendy showrooms, lavish lounges and food outlets to satisfy every palette. This is not enough, say residents. What about citizens' basic needs like well-laid sidewalks, they ask.The footpath on the right side of the road after Domlur flyover towards CMH Road exposes the negligence of civic authorities. From 18th Main to 13th Main, ...

Had a tough time dealing with the auto driver? Here's an NGO that you could turn to. Kiirti, which works for greater transparency in matters that affect the general public, has been at the forefront of an initiative to make city autorickshaw drivers observe the rules.Even transport commissioner Bhaskar Rao has now taken note of complaints, and writ...

The HAL ghost has come back to haunt the government. This time, it is Ashwin Mahesh, advisor to the state government on transport, who lashed out at the authorities for closing down the HAL airport and building an international airport so far away from the heart of the city.Addressing a gathering at the Institution of Engineers on Wednesday evening...

Bangaloreans had only just begun to settle down for the hiked power tariffs by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), which was increased by 30 paise per unit on December 7. The bitter aftertaste had hardly left, and now the people also have to put up with frequent power disruptions."There were frequent disruptions in power lasting...

Transformers on the footpaths! One can see this wonder only in Bangalore City. The reason is clear. Unbridled construction, courtesy corrupt babudom, has eaten up every inch of public space in the past two decades of feverish development. BBMP blames Bescom for its negligent way of handling public safety. Councillors slam the power supplier for its...

There seems to be no end to the Metro nightmare on Bangalore roads. A Metro barricade which was not fastened to the ground came crashing after a motorcycle brushed against it on Chord Road, opposite Narayana Nethralaya, on Tuesday morning. The barricade fell and so did the two youths astride the bike. Both suffered injuries.Witnesses said the contr...

A year after work began, this bridge remains incomplete. Steel rods jutting out, cement blocks piled up on the roadside and machines idling tell a story of utter neglect. A perennial cloud of dust envelops this part of the New BEL Road in front of the apartment complex in Sanjay Nagar.The haphazardly done work had left people wondering if the autho...

The wait is over and Bangaloreans will soon see their dream Metro coaches running on shiny new tracks. The first Metro coach, which was transported to Bangalore from Chennai port, was offloaded from lorries on to tracks at the Byapannahalli Metro depot on Monday morning.It came wrapped in a dark coloured tarpaulin, which was removed before unloadin...

Indiranagar has trendy showrooms, lavish lounges and food outlets to satisfy every palette. This is not enough, say residents. What about citizens' basic needs like well-laid sidewalks, they ask.The footpath on the right side of the road after Domlur flyover towards CMH Road exposes the negligence of civic authorities. From 18th Main to 13th Main, ...

Had a tough time dealing with the auto driver? Here's an NGO that you could turn to. Kiirti, which works for greater transparency in matters that affect the general public, has been at the forefront of an initiative to make city autorickshaw drivers observe the rules.Even transport commissioner Bhaskar Rao has now taken note of complaints, and writ...