May, 2014 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Facilities for passengers and visitors at City Railway Station

May 31, 2014 Deepa Mohan

It was very nice indeed to use the new escalator in use at the City Railway Station, yesterday. This escalator is on the side opposite the underground passage, and takes visitors up to the overbridge

Amazing sights at Lower Ambalipura Lake

May 31, 2014 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Over the last ten days, there has been much excitement among the residents of the Lower Ambalipura Lake area. This 7-acre water body, off Sarjarpur Main Road, is home to several species of birds through

An update on our SWM efforts

May 28, 2014 Shilpi Sahu

The past 4 days (from Saturday onward) have seen a disruption in the services of HasiruDala, owing to another protest at Karnataka Composting Development Corporation, KCDC (our destination for wet waste). The city is in

Bangalore is underserved, because it is undertaxed

May 23, 2014 Ashwin Mahesh

Property tax rates are very low. Yes, I said low I know it is not a popular thing to say, but it’s the truth. In Bangalore, we pay about 0.06 per cent of the value

Hosa Road Condition; Sports coaching for kids; Garbage Burning Follow up;

May 22, 2014 Shilpi Sahu

Bellandur Buzz…May 22nd 2014 This newsletter is shared fortnightly by the citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Meeting the Corporator: Pathetic condition of Hosa Road Kasavanahalli main road or Hosa road connects Sarjapura road to the Electronic city

What can the MPs do for Bangalore?

May 21, 2014 Ashwin Mahesh

Media has been asking what Bangalore BJP MPs can do in new government, especially since the MPs are from the ruling party. Two things come to mind. (a) Make the Commuter Rail project happen. This

Marrying off daughters and other stories

May 20, 2014 Divya Sreedharan

Velu is a taxi driver my husband and I know well. He has two sons and a daughter. The good thing is he owns his taxi, he saved up to buy the car. But it

The Social Life of a Neighbourhood

May 19, 2014 Kiran Keswani

One thing led to another. I was looking for feedback on sketches of the street life at Russell market and that led to the suggestion: “Why don’t you try meeting Mr.Zaffar Sait? He has been

Garbage clearance at Casa Ansal, Bannerghatta Road, along with the “Ugly Indian”

May 17, 2014 Deepa Mohan

The residents of Casa Ansal, in J P Nagar 3rd Phase on Bannerghatta Road, have been suffering from the shifting of the trash area from the Mini-Forest area to their southern wall, where it was

Another landmark on its way out

May 15, 2014 Deepa Mohan

As long as I remember, the Shiva Bala Yogo Ashrama has had two locations, one in J P Nagar 3rd Phase, and one on Bannerghatta Road. A couple of years ago, I noticed that the

Karnatak Music towards Mass Appeal

May 15, 2014 Chitra Srikrishna

Increasing the mass appeal of classical music has always proven a challenge globally. Carnatic music is no exception – this last weekend the Ideas Conclave 2014, held by the Arts for Life Foundation at the

The abandoned house in the Valley School area

May 14, 2014 Deepa Mohan

In several years of visiting the Valley School area, I’ve passed this abandoned house so many times…but it was only yesterday, when we did “waiting” birding instead of “walking” birding, and when Mark went into

Summer blooms…

May 9, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Here are the blooms of summer…the purple of the Jacaranda, the yellow of the Copper-Pod Bearer, and the red of the Gulmohar… Even the height of summer, a walk in my city is

In case of abuse…

May 9, 2014 Deepa Mohan

To report cases of human trafficking, child domestic labour or domestic help abuse, please contact Shakti Vahini on +91-11-42244224, +91-9582909025 or Childline on 1098.

KKH Lake update; Sobha Bellandur SWD work; Corporate SWM volunteers

May 8, 2014 Shilpi Sahu

The newsletter ‘Bellandur Buzz’ is shared fortnightly by the citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Kaikondrahalli Lake Update – Events and Upkeep Sewage Diversion work, funded by BBMP, is ongoing since the last few weeks at Kaikondrahalli lake.