Saturday events: Math adventure for kids & standup comedies

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STANDUP COMEDY It’s a Laughing Matter 8pm-9.30pm True Bleu Restocafe, True Bleu Restocafe #89, 1st floor, 17th Cross Road, Sector 4, HSR Layout Rs 199 A Hinglish stand-up comedy night where you don’t take anything seriously, seriously. True Bleu in association with The Blackbuck Comedy brings you a night of stand-up comedy where sports, politics, … Read more

Why can’t BMTC buses take a detour at HSR Layout?

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Why can't BMTC buses take a detour at HSR Layout? 18
 
 
Why can't BMTC buses take a detour at HSR Layout? 19
 
 
With the increasing traffic congestion, and the failed plan of the BMTC to have shuttle buses in HSR Layout due to lack of proper planning, the residents are now asking the transport department why all the buses plying between Sarjapur Road and Whitefield don’t enter HSR Layout.
 
If this happens, people will find it more convenient to use public transport. Clearly, the BMTC needs to have the right people to plan bus stops in strategic places where most people will find it convenient.
 
Says Sharad Holani and echoed by the Whitefield Rising group: “Why are there no buses going inside HSR Layout and Sarjapura. All buses on Outer Ring Road only go straight towards Silk Board. Why will people use buses when they don’t go anywhere near people’s home?” Tweeting this to the BMTC, he is only one of the many people who have knocked on the doors of the BMTC for efficient public transport.

 

CAUGHT REDHANDED: BBMP worker burning dry waste

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CAUGHT REDHANDED: BBMP worker burning dry waste 20
 
 
CAUGHT REDHANDED: BBMP worker burning dry waste 21
 
Burning garbage is a punishable offence by law. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is supposed to uphold the law and penalise those who don’t. However, what do you say when their own people indulge in garbage burning? This is the question being asked by several residents across Bangalore and outside.
 
Here is a case of one such BBMP worker burning dry waste and plastic on 3rd Cross in Muneshwara Layout, Hosapalya. Says software engineer Uday Shankaran, a resident of Kudlu who caught him in the act: “Thrice a week, they are burning plastic, twigs, dry waste, and thermocol. I always used to smell it, but today, I caught the pourakarmika (sweeper) red-handed. When I confronted him, he was not showing his face, which means the pourakarmika knows that burning is wrong.”
 
Uday adds that burning garbage is a common practice of BBMP workers in this area. “It’s easier for them to burn rather than use the garbage vehicle. Today, after he had burnt the garbage, I saw the collection vehicle pass by.”

 

Shutdown of basement shops has begun in HSR Layout!

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Shutdown of basement shops has begun in HSR Layout! 23
 
 
Shutdown of basement shops has begun in HSR Layout! 24
 
 
Shutdown of basement shops has begun in HSR Layout! 25
 
 
Shutdown of basement shops has begun in HSR Layout! 26
 
 
Shutdown of basement shops has begun in HSR Layout! 27
 
 
After years of allowing traffic congestion due to illegal basement shops meant for parking, the BBMP is finally implementing the law that is around for decades now due to a recent order by the Karnataka High Court. This legal intervention prompted BBMP Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad to instruct all the zonal joint commissioners to implement the court verdict.
 
Two weeks ago, the HSR BBMP officials issued notices to over 70 basement shops on all the main roads. And last night, the basement shops on one side of 27th Main in Sector 1 and 2 were shutdown – nearly 20 of them and counting. The onus is now on the landlords to demolish the shops and make way for parking. “We locked some of the shops ourselves while the others were locked by the shopkeepers themselves,” said Vinodh GM, health inspector, BBMP.
 
This drive will go on until all the basement shops are replaced with parking lots. Says Dr A Soujanya, Joint Commissioner, BBMP (Bommanahalli): “Only one third of the citizens are aware of this illegality. The tenants are the ones who are hit now. The next one month will be devoted to this operation.”
 
Yesterday, the BBMP shutdown shops on one side of 27th Main. Today, they will do the other side and move on to the other roads. For every zone, like Bommanahalli, there is a nodal officer who is overseeing this operation. A time table is plotted out for everybody who is part of this shutdown drive, including the police, health inspectors and engineers.

 

Road cutting on 27th Main irks residents; complaint closed without resolving issue

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Road cutting on 27th Main irks residents; complaint closed without resolving issue 28
 
 
Road cutting on 27th Main irks residents; complaint closed without resolving issue 29
 
 
Road cutting on 27th Main irks residents; complaint closed without resolving issue 30
 
 
Road cutting on 27th Main irks residents; complaint closed without resolving issue 31
 
 
Road cutting by new buildings is rampant, with or without BBMP’s permission. This stretch of the busy 27th Main-22nd Cross Road junction was dug up allegedly by the building owner of Motonation shop on 27th Main Road. Clearly, this is in violation as road cuttings are not allowed on roads that were tarred only a year ago. When the residents complained to the BBMP, the civic agency closed the complaint without resolving it, irking the citizens even more.
 
 
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“The road and the foothpath in front of the Motonation shop was damaged on December 22, and no one has fixed it yet,” says resident Kamesh Rastogi who has complained on the BBMP app and to the authorities on social media. “They are closing the complaint after a few days and I have reopened it on three occasions so far.”

 

One HSR non-profit keeps this tree park, clean and pristine!

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One HSR non-profit keeps this tree park, clean and pristine! 33
 
 
One HSR non-profit keeps this tree park, clean and pristine! 34
 
 
One HSR non-profit keeps this tree park, clean and pristine! 35
 
 
One HSR non-profit keeps this tree park, clean and pristine! 36
 
 
Amazed that there is a tree park right around HSR Layout? Well, there is one near Freedom International School in Sector 4. But did you know that one local NGO has been keeping it clean for the last three years?
 
Only last week, it was cleaned yet again by Kaagaz Foundation. “It gets filled with garbage due to BBMP’s secondary collection point,” says trustee Kavitha Reddy. Almost every three months, we get it cleaned. In the next tree plantation season, we should be adding 30 more saplings.”
 
The quarterly cleanup sometimes has volunteers, but it’s mostly done with the help of labourers.