Chairperson and Members ( Read more... )

We seemed to have lost the right to question. If not, then why aren't we questioning? Why are the city authorities taking us for a ride? Why and why? I was very excited when the High Court of Karnataka ordered the Government to set up a committee comprising of representatives from both BBMP (Bangalooru City Corporation) and HasiruUsiru (also here). ( Read more... )

For my previous post,somebody commented:

Dude aren't you the one who protests widening roads and Metro and what not? Trying to bring stay from High Court on developmental activities? Why are you complaining now???

I think atleast 80% of Bangalore thinks this way. They think BBMP is doing the right thing for them. Have the flyovers ever solved our ( Read more... )

Forest Department wants lakes declared as ‘nature preserves’

PCCF’s status report submitted to High Court

Bangalore: In an assessment of the impact of privatisation on Bangalore’s lakes, the State Forest Department has described the Lake Development Authority’s programme of leasing out lakes to private developers as one that “seems to be taking ( Read more... )

The protest against Privatization of Lakes had quite a good turnout. I did start my day very early morning trying to spread the word at Lalbagh. We did put up a couple of posters outside Lalbagh. I was there at Agara Tank by about 10.30am with notadodo..( We walked from East End to Agara Tank!). By about 11.30 we had about 200 people inncluding the local ( Read more... )

The protest in the morning went peaceful and it was fun with a lot of friends. While I was getting back home, I quickly dropped into PlanetM and finally picked up a DVD of Mr and Mrs Iyer. I have watched it like 100 times and still never get bored while watching it again.

To ( Read more... )

Yesterday deponti and I attended the High Court hearing of the PIL against the Privatisation of Lakes in Bangalore. The outcome wasn't great. The PIL was filed by ESG on behalf of HasiruUsiru with Leo Saldanha as the petitioner-in-person.

When the hearing started, we were wondering what was happening as there were about 16 lawyers arguing against this case ( Read more... )