We as Bangalorean wonder everyday what is it with this traffic chaos. We hate traveling from one place to another especially in the evening and morning because of the hectic traffic. A distance of 7 to 8 kms would take about 45 minutes to 1 hour; sometimes it can even take up to 1 ½ or 2 good hours. Whom should we blame and what should we do as a citizen. We blame one another; a car driver would blame a Biker; a bus driver would blame the auto drivers or vice versa. Everyday whenever we head the road and go through the chaotic situation we would start cursing the other person to the left or right for whatever the reason be not really analyzing our self. My friend it may hurt or you might not believe it but the reason for all these chaotic situations is us. We are to be blame for it. Think about it whenever you head the road. How much do you follow the traffic rules or how patient are you when you drive or ride; how hurry were you…? Let me share we you some facts:
Most drivers/riders in Bangalore do not have a traffic sense, do not know the traffic rules and do not give a damn about others. They think they are the king of the road. They are also highly impatient and arrogant with a huge ego. Everyone is in hurry and never care about others. People change lanes at will. They do not bother who is behind or alongside them. It is the other person’s responsibility to take evasive action.
• In two lane roads people drive with their vehicles occupying half of either lane. This way they can prevent anyone from overtaking them on either lanes or switch to which ever lane is faster easily.• No one seems to stop after the green light turns red at signals. If you want to stop when the light turns red, do so at your own risk. There is a high possibility that the vehicle behind you will ram right into you!• People can turn to any direction at will. I have seen a lot of vehicles & Bikes especially busses turn left from the right most lanes or vice versa.• Turn indicators are just an unnecessary accessory. People use it for fun. They turn on the right indicator to turn left and are amused at the reaction of others. I can tell you my own experience: I was on my way to IG Circle (JP Nagar) from JP Nagar 6th phase. I had to a right turn at Saraki signal and since there were many vehicles coming down on the straight lane I stopped. Then approach this last vehicle which is a bus. I can see the bus Left indicator blinking. So I drove closer and took a right turn and was half way in the middle of the opposite lane. I was shock and my heart pounded real quick as I saw this bus coming straight on to my car instead of taking left. Thankfully I wasn’t in the middle of the road or else who knows. I made my move thinking the bus would take left as the indicator indicated.
• People do not respect the one way signs on roads. They travel in either direction. • Normally vehicles should keep left in India. But this does not apply to Bangalore. People travel on the right too especially if there is a median on the road and they join the road in the opposite direction.
• Nobody knows what “Give way” or “Stop and Go” means. Nobody cares who has the right of way in an intersection. It is the meanest or one with the biggest who gets the right of way.• People can not move is a straight line and at a constant speed. They like to keep moving sideways and accelerate and decelerate constantly.
• No body would like to wait or stop at a junction. If there are four lane/ways everyone would like to be the first one to cross it. Not bothered about accident or how hard he/she would have taken the other person by surprise. If at a junction and there are 4 lanes everyone would like to move on at the same time. Not thinking that it would cause chaos/traffic Jam because everyone wants to move on at the same time.
• No body really cares about the other individual. If one person stops to wait for the other vehicle from the other lane to cross the vehicle behind would start honking till the person have no other choices but to do the same…
Whom should we blame? The government or ourselves; We as responsible citizens needs to start analyzing things and think about it. Are we so selfish and don’t have time or care about our road condition. We talk so much about education, growth and other things. Why can’t we take at least a glimpse and start analyzing this one situation which is the main course of us being stagnant with whatever we do or we are. Bangalore has almost all kind of people from all over the world with different culture and tradition and with all sort of life. Why can’t we do something about this? Do we really have no time about it or are we just faking things up and not really bothered about it?
Why are people like this? I do not have a definitive answer. But maybe it is because you can get a license in India very easily. In most places you do not have to write the mandatory written test or do the practical test. For a small bribe you can get a license even without being in the country! The problem is you can not get a license even if you pass both the tests without the bribe. People always choose the easier way and as a result never know or bother about the traffic rules.
Bangalore is supposed to be filled with many educated people from all walks of life. Where are they? Why can’t we do something and make things better for ourselves. We all talk about time saving and other factors which are caused by the traffic woes.
Let us join hands together and try to do something about this. My sincere suggestions to all of you:
• Quit being selfish and start being a responsible citizen.
• Follow traffic rules and guidelines.
• Never think that you are in hurry and the other is not.
• Always set a buffer time whenever you travel anywhere. So that you don’t have to hurry and start breaking traffic rule or be the caused for it.
• Set examples. Everyone will follow.
There are many things that can help us solve this But let us learn to do just the basic things first the other will fall in place later. Last but not the least
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!!!
6/7/08
Bangalore Traffic - 900 new cars every day!
Thecity at the heart of India’s booming information-technology industry is alreadychoking on its own success; but the boom has barely begunTHE arrivingbusinessman, anxious to get to grips with India’s information-technology industryin its very capital, may need a little patience. He might meet his first traffic jamjust outside Bangalore’s airport. He can examine the skeleton of the early stagesof a planned flyover on the airport road. Construction started in February 2003 andwas due to be completed in April 2004. Three-quarters of the work is still to bedone, but the building site is idle. A dispute over cost escalation led to acancellation of the contract (the rusting steel that forms the skeleton was gettingmore expensive by the day).To say the least, this is bad public relations forBangalore, the hub of the great Indian boom in software and remote services, such ascall-centres (known as “business process outsourcing‿, or BPO). It seems toconfirm recent scare stories that the city has ground to a halt, and its governmentdoes not care. Late last year, some of the leading lights of Indian informationtechnology (IT), such as Wipro’s founder, Azim Premji, and his counterpart atInfosys, Narayana Murthy, gave warning that Bangalore was in trouble. The INDIANEXPRESS, a national newspaper, took up the cause with a front-page series on“Bangalore crumbling‿.Elections last May in the state of Karnataka, ofwhich Bangalore is the capital, were taken as a rebuff for the urban elite from thepoor rural majority. After a series of failed monsoons, farmers were suffering.Driven into the grip of usurious money-lenders, more than 700 had killed themselvesin the year before the elections. So the new administration, under its chiefminister, Dharam Singh, a portly grass-roots politician who prides himself on hiscommon touch, forswore the “urban bias‿ of its predecessor.The city soon feltthe pain of the government’s inattention. “As companies we have scaled up,‿says Bob Hoekstra, boss of a big Bangalore software centre for Philips, a Dutchconsumer-electronics giant. “But the government has scaled down.‿ Bangalore’sinfrastructure was already creaking after years of breakneck expansion. Yet foreignfirms were continuing to pour in at the rate of three a week. Newly prosperousresidents have kept buying motorcycles and cars, adding, say officials, 900 vehiclesa day to the already overloaded streets…
Bangalore infrastructure woes worsen
BANGALORE, India -- Arrivals at Bangalore's tiny airport are greeted with newspaper headlines screaming "Bangalore crumbling!"
Like many sensational news stories, the one centered on Bangalore's overtaxed infrastructure has legs. These sorts of headlines have been greeting business travelers and tourists for years. In this case, though, the doomsday headlines have it right: "Bangalore is a national calamity in terms of infrastructure," said Azim Premi, CEO of Wipro Ltd. And he ought to know. Wipro is synonymous with Indian offshore outsourcing, and is a $1.7 billion giant with more than 100 acres of property in this city alone.
"Some years back it was just bad roads, but now it's irregular power, blocked drains and mismanaged transport," said T. Kurien, CEO of Wipro's BPO unit. "The distance that took us just 10 minutes to go over a few years back, now takes at least an hour. It is putting pressure on costs," he said.
As the city's infrastructure goes from bad to worse, the allure of doing business in Bangalore is fading. The complaints about potholes have given way to "a much larger issue of clearing garbage -- making sure untreated sewage does not mingle with drinking water -- and that naked electrical wires don't kill school children," said the COO of a local IT services company, who requested anonymity on such a hot-button political topic.
Infosys CIO: Tax system broken
"The city is growing at the speed of globalization -- and response is running at a much slower pace," said Ramesh Ramanathan, founder of Bangalore-based NGO Janagraha, which has attempted to voice the views of the public regarding budget priorities.
Mohandas Pai, CFO at Infosys, a chief Wipro competitor, pointed to a city population that has grown from about 800,000 in 1951 to 7 million today. "Bangalore's challenge is that it has grown at 12% a year over the last decade in terms of gross domestic product [GDP], which makes it the fastest growing city in the country, but the infrastructure has obviously not kept pace." Judging by $17 billion in investment proposals in the last 16 months, the pace doesn't appear to be slowing. "The government is loosing its ability to respond," Pai said.
In response, many IT pros agree, the administration seems unfazed. "We are aware of the growth of Bangalore and we are responding," said Finance and Industry Minister PGR Sindhia, adding that in the last year the government has sanctioned a $1.7 billion infrastructure improvement budget that not only includes road repairs but also improving drinking water supply, power (utility) supply and the sewage system.
Critics say the amount is not near enough. "The administration is not spending enough for the city, Pai said, "considering the city's infrastructural needs, and its contribution to the country's economy. Bangalore accounts for 36% of the country's total software exports, which are predicted to surpass $23 billion by March next year. In 1998, there were 680 IT companies in Bangalore. Today there are about 1,600, out of which over 600 are multinational corporations -- U.S. companies paying taxes that Pai believes should be pumped back into the system.
"The civic administration collects $3 billion as taxes from the residents and corporate sector -- but has sanctioned just over $200 million out of it for improvement of the city," Pai added. "The administration should pump in at least 50% of that tax for the city's improvement."
But Sindhia said he wants companies to start searching for new properties outside Bangalore.
In the last 12 months, nearly all the top 20 Indian IT companies have announced future expansion plans outside Bangalore. A recent study by the local consulting firm TeamLease read, in part: "Though many companies are flourishing in Bangalore, there is a distant change in perception. All the talk around the city's poor infrastructure is beginning to play on the minds of decision makers.
State elections in May 2004 in Karnataka saw the rejection of the "IT-friendly Congress government." That election brought about a power a coalition between the Congress Party and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), a pro-farmer party determined to portray the government as one with "a common touch."
The city soon felt the consequences of a "pro-farmer party." According to Pai, there is now just one elected representative for 3,400 citizens in the urban areas of Karnataka. In contrast, rural regions have one for 380. "This is not democratic," Pai lamented. "Citizens have no voice in Bangalore."
Government critics said the ruling party spends much of Bangalore's tax monies to cover costs for projects in other parts of the state. "We have a coalition government in the state and like every coalition government, Bangalore's political bosses too have to appease the polity that elect them," said T. Ramappa, a member of the Bangalore Chamber of Industries and Commerce. The group is a powerful IT group that includes IBM, Intel and Infosys among its members.
The BCIC is willing to invest in infrastructure improvements, but is seeking guarantees that construction projects won't get lost in an overburdened system renowned for red tape. The BCIC wants "commitments from the government and the administration in terms of times deadline, progress report, etc.," said V. Ranganathan, an Indian Institute of Management professor who also holds the Chair on Infrastructure. "That we haven't managed to extract from them yet."
Like many sensational news stories, the one centered on Bangalore's overtaxed infrastructure has legs. These sorts of headlines have been greeting business travelers and tourists for years. In this case, though, the doomsday headlines have it right: "Bangalore is a national calamity in terms of infrastructure," said Azim Premi, CEO of Wipro Ltd. And he ought to know. Wipro is synonymous with Indian offshore outsourcing, and is a $1.7 billion giant with more than 100 acres of property in this city alone.
"Some years back it was just bad roads, but now it's irregular power, blocked drains and mismanaged transport," said T. Kurien, CEO of Wipro's BPO unit. "The distance that took us just 10 minutes to go over a few years back, now takes at least an hour. It is putting pressure on costs," he said.
As the city's infrastructure goes from bad to worse, the allure of doing business in Bangalore is fading. The complaints about potholes have given way to "a much larger issue of clearing garbage -- making sure untreated sewage does not mingle with drinking water -- and that naked electrical wires don't kill school children," said the COO of a local IT services company, who requested anonymity on such a hot-button political topic.
Infosys CIO: Tax system broken
"The city is growing at the speed of globalization -- and response is running at a much slower pace," said Ramesh Ramanathan, founder of Bangalore-based NGO Janagraha, which has attempted to voice the views of the public regarding budget priorities.
Mohandas Pai, CFO at Infosys, a chief Wipro competitor, pointed to a city population that has grown from about 800,000 in 1951 to 7 million today. "Bangalore's challenge is that it has grown at 12% a year over the last decade in terms of gross domestic product [GDP], which makes it the fastest growing city in the country, but the infrastructure has obviously not kept pace." Judging by $17 billion in investment proposals in the last 16 months, the pace doesn't appear to be slowing. "The government is loosing its ability to respond," Pai said.
In response, many IT pros agree, the administration seems unfazed. "We are aware of the growth of Bangalore and we are responding," said Finance and Industry Minister PGR Sindhia, adding that in the last year the government has sanctioned a $1.7 billion infrastructure improvement budget that not only includes road repairs but also improving drinking water supply, power (utility) supply and the sewage system.
Critics say the amount is not near enough. "The administration is not spending enough for the city, Pai said, "considering the city's infrastructural needs, and its contribution to the country's economy. Bangalore accounts for 36% of the country's total software exports, which are predicted to surpass $23 billion by March next year. In 1998, there were 680 IT companies in Bangalore. Today there are about 1,600, out of which over 600 are multinational corporations -- U.S. companies paying taxes that Pai believes should be pumped back into the system.
"The civic administration collects $3 billion as taxes from the residents and corporate sector -- but has sanctioned just over $200 million out of it for improvement of the city," Pai added. "The administration should pump in at least 50% of that tax for the city's improvement."
But Sindhia said he wants companies to start searching for new properties outside Bangalore.
In the last 12 months, nearly all the top 20 Indian IT companies have announced future expansion plans outside Bangalore. A recent study by the local consulting firm TeamLease read, in part: "Though many companies are flourishing in Bangalore, there is a distant change in perception. All the talk around the city's poor infrastructure is beginning to play on the minds of decision makers.
State elections in May 2004 in Karnataka saw the rejection of the "IT-friendly Congress government." That election brought about a power a coalition between the Congress Party and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), a pro-farmer party determined to portray the government as one with "a common touch."
The city soon felt the consequences of a "pro-farmer party." According to Pai, there is now just one elected representative for 3,400 citizens in the urban areas of Karnataka. In contrast, rural regions have one for 380. "This is not democratic," Pai lamented. "Citizens have no voice in Bangalore."
Government critics said the ruling party spends much of Bangalore's tax monies to cover costs for projects in other parts of the state. "We have a coalition government in the state and like every coalition government, Bangalore's political bosses too have to appease the polity that elect them," said T. Ramappa, a member of the Bangalore Chamber of Industries and Commerce. The group is a powerful IT group that includes IBM, Intel and Infosys among its members.
The BCIC is willing to invest in infrastructure improvements, but is seeking guarantees that construction projects won't get lost in an overburdened system renowned for red tape. The BCIC wants "commitments from the government and the administration in terms of times deadline, progress report, etc.," said V. Ranganathan, an Indian Institute of Management professor who also holds the Chair on Infrastructure. "That we haven't managed to extract from them yet."
What Do you think of Bangalore Infrastructure
Sadly enough, day in and day out we have been listening of news of the intellectual capital of Bangalore drifting away from this city. Hyderabad opens its arms for Infosys, Mindtree plans to open operations at Orissa, Biocon chief visions to expand the base beyond Bangalore, Azim Premji silenty delves into the possibility of a future in Pune et al... This brings us to one of the most important questions " What ails Bangalore?"Bad roadsImproper planningNo proper drinking waterPolitical gimmicksTrivialities in thought ( is the city getting proper roads, good infrastructure, good governance, civic decency and the likes if we change the name from Bangallore to Bengaluru? Beats me...a rose is a rose is a rose..(William Shakesphere)So what needs to be done for this city?Thinking aloud1. Transportation is a real big thing to be looked into. 1 person in a vehicle double the size of a maruti van plying across the city, more so towards hosur road and whitefield (where we have sizeable amount of NRI's (Newly rich indians) is so much of an inconvinience. Can people working at places towards Electronic city and ITPL use mass transportation facilities instead of their vehicles to go to office? If it is a matter of prestige can companies provide them good buses instead of the BMTC? AC buses for instances for our dear softy engineers? 2. Improper planning. Will somebody tell me what on devil's mind come to the planners of the road towards electronic city to leave so much of open tunnels beside the roads? Maybe its for the trucks, cars and bikes to dump themselves on an everyday basis. 3. Trees. Where are they oin Bangalore nowadays? Except one 2 plus kms RV road stretch is there any other place in bangalore where we find sufficient lung space to breathe?Plan to plant more trees so that the next generation will not have to live on artificial oxygen!4. Civic sense! will somebody tell my fellow north indians to not make Bangalore like UP or Bihar by literally littering whatever they want to in this city. This city is our "karma bhoomi" can we give back something to this city that has gven us so much? Well only if we could treat this city as our own!! 5. Get the metro fast! Should I say more on this?I am sure you will have more people to comment on various issues that are pertinant to this city. Hope the bad that spells this city now will get some relief soon.A proud guy who feels that Bangalore has given him more than he deserves.
Rajeev Maddur from Basavanagudi Bangalore (currently in Michigan USA) - Yes, we need to do something drastic to improve the infrastructure situation in Bangalore.
1. First thing is to improve public transportation & make it very efficient.For this we have to ensure the current Metro Rail project takes off & gets completed on time with the least possible involvement from various politicians who politicize every issue, not keeping in mind the good of the public, our wonderful Bangalore / our beautiful Gandadha Gudi. This will reduce the vehicle population on the roads. This is the model adopted in many US cities successfully. People park their vehicles in the Metro stations & take the train to work.
2. Build more flyovers & ensure development happens in other areas like Whitefield (already happening), Devanahalli, Nelamangala & other surrounding areas. If we have an efficient Rail system which gets people from one place to another quickly, I think most people will want to take the trains. (By taking the train they can also enjoy their News Paper peace with a cup of coffee and also get the most from their expensive iPods.)
I lived in Bangalore for 34 years of my life & would love to see it prosper & grow to become one of the best cities in the World.
All the Best Bangalore! In my next visit to Bangalore, I hope to ride the Metro Rail from the Airport.
Pramod B V from Bangalore - The Traffic in bangalore has alarmed to the great extent now reach the dangerous level(Red). The main reason is due to IT Companies making their bases in bangalore.
Being a software engineer i oppose to sanctioning huge acres of land to software companies as Our Chief Minister H.D.Kumaraswamy told \"IT People earn lakhs together whereas an auto driver leads his life by earning 600-700Rs day (max) from morning 3 am by leaving the nature call and reaching home by 12pm..\"
Also the cost of living has increased to the greatest extent in bangalore . I request no more lands to be given to IT Companies especially in bangalore or nearby.
Bengloor from USA - I\'m sure this has already been mentioned. If not, here are the two things that will certainly help congestion any part of the globe NOT just Bangalore.
1. Tollways - Let it be both private and govt. funded and managed.
2. Metro - A light rail system in and around the city (spoke and hub concept). Our city is big and will continue to grow big. Again, it could be both private and govt. funded and managed.
B.Sandeep from Bangalore -Most of the traffic related problems of bangalore can be tackled by taking strict measures to enforce public transport. All the registered firms must be told to use buses to ferry their employees. Put a blanket ban on private vehicles during peak hours. We have thousands of people using cars to get to their workplace which must be stopped. METRO, sounds so nice. Is very much needed and will help in faster commuting. People co-operation in using public transport is very important. Lets help decongest Bangalore and in turn help ourselves.
Bangalore is not in a very bad shape it is made out to be. All big cities have similar problems, all over the world. There is a concerted effort to malign Bangalore and it must be stopped
Rohan Shetty from Bangalore - Please give some special considerations for people staying here for a long time, who are here from birth.iI may be in field of employment or while joining any institutions here. Please protect Kannadigas.
Vignesh from Mysore writes, "by implementing technology for all the vehicles the manual intervention will reduce and people will not dare to break the traffic rules. examples are implement rf id system and at every junction rf id monitoring system should be there which should catch the culprit. implementing GPS for cars, auto rikshaws, small pickup trucks, vans etc., and the police should charge huge amount of fine so that the culprit should not dare to do the same mistake again and again (if the fine amount is say Rs.300 people are ready to pay, it should be around Rs.1500) this may be an extra income for govt/traffic police dept and can be utilised to purchase some techology equipments .."
Anant Kumar from Coimbatore - it can be avoided by constructing flyovers as in china. it may make the distance more but the flow of traffic can be continued with out stop.
Omkar Priyanka from Bangalore - Well, that is all crap. I suggest whoever conducted and designeds that write-up to conduct a survey all over India in leading cities and I bet B\'lore\'s traffic is the most pleasent. Ask fellow Mumbaikars and the rookies in our circuit HYDERABADI\'s.
Pradeep Gururaja from Silicon City, SanFrancisco USA - Interesting question, we always talk about how pathetic infrastructure is, so, for a change - it is good to think what can be done to improve it, here are my two cents worth of thought:1. Firstly, identify the main bottlenecks and try to fix it. Lets take the example of Electronic city, instead of people traveling to and fro Electronic city; they should consider settling down there itself. We should come up with good apartments, pubs, schools etc., to an extent in which people don’t find the need to come routinely to main city. The current Bangalore should be considered like a downtown area, to be visited once a while ..again .. I said ONCE IN A WHILE.
2. Come up with satellite townships something like Kengeri, Yelahanka etc., and connect these things through high bandwidth roads, something like freeways in US or rather like Germanys Autobahn ! so all the high tech guys can use this and stop cribbing. For the rest, ensure that we have an excellent train network connecting these townships. This thing would ease the load on core Bangalore(current Bangalore).
3. Have a control on the private developers, they buy farms, convert to sites and make a hefty profit but will not take care of sanitary, water supply etc., since these are not planned with respect to overall Bangalore ... they just stress existing infrastructure, and government is forced to integrate it into the regular system ( money is coming from our pockets for the profit land developers have made). Have strict rules ( and more importantly enforce it).
4. Have some responsible people at the helm. India has some of the brightest people in the country; if required have people from IIM\'s heading projects to ensure that it is executed professionally. To a certain extent, we can always blame government but later it is for us to take responsibility and act, if they are not working than its our mistake.
5. My fifth point is more of a corollary to my fourth: Have corporates like Wipro, TCS , Infosys take up certain city improvement projects ( they can inturn outsource it to L&T or some other company, but it should be their responsibility). Instead of paying regular taxes to government, they should have the power to use that money for city improvement projects. Eg: All companies in electronic city can form a association which inturn takes up responsibility for laying a high speed, parallel railway network from main Bangalore to electronic city.
Instead of companies cribbing Bangalore is awful, they should focus on making it better, moving to other cities is not the solution; you can say thats not my focus, i am here to create great software, I would ask them why are we doing all this ?? for money ? you already have that, you should not earn money for moneys sake but rather have a more noble goal, it is to make our country a better place. Once that happens; instead of running away from your( err.. our) responsibilities, you(we) will do what is REALLY needed and made your life worthwhile. ( Hope some great soul reads this, and does something).
Ask not What your country can do for you young man, but rather what you can do for your country ( Courtesy: John F. Kennedy ).Bangalorean by heart. But currently in US, due to pathetic Bangalore infrastructure !! (Dont be like me, improve Bangalore !).
PS: I always dream about doing something great to my country, but always think its someone else who should do it, why are(am) we(I) like that ?
Jayaram Rukmangada from Bangalore - I have a suggestion to ease the traffic in Hosur Road to major extent. There is a small road from electronic city till Bannerughatta road. If this road is widened and made suitable for buses, a major traffic can be diverted there. The whole traffic goin towards south bangalore can use that road instead of Hosur Road, reducing the traffic in the hosur road to a greater extent.Parallel\\Alternate roads is definitely a better solution to reduce the traffic problem.
Nagaraj Bhat from Hanmantha Nagar, Bangalore - Nothing is going to help by preaching the same old not good story. If this situation needs to be improved atleast after some 2 years imagining the action is taken with immediate iffect I have the following Suggestions.
1. Divide the city in to 5 different zonesThese zones can be as followsBanagalore NorthBanagalore SouthBanagalore WestBanagalore EastBanagalore CentralThis means moving all the facilities which present onlycentrally now.Provide each zone a seperate transportation centre(Bus Stand)Connect each of these centers using subwaysProvide seperate roads for out bound traffic from each of thezones.Central zone is only a control center where not much of theHuman Transportation required.2. Elevated TrainOne Common route which connects all the zones through majorlandmarks.3. Improve the second tier cities surrounding Bangalore.
M. Jagadish Kumar from Bengaluru - Bring frist the Metro train and stop registring new vehicales in bangalore limits for atleast 1-2 years.
Renu Kumar from Bangalore - have seen many critics on Bangalore roads and I do support most of them. There are traffic jams which will eat most of our precious time. But, my point of view is that every city has a problem. It could be water supply, electricity, sewerage etc.
In Bangalore we don\'t have any of these problems and people who love critics will find the roads to write on them which is meaningless.
But still, to have a free flowing and smooth traffic, widening the road is the only idea.
Nagalakshmi Deepak from Bangalore : First and foremost is to make good roads to avoid traffic jams.Traffc jams are caused not only due to bad roads but also due to the over flow of excess traffic. Traffic increases when more and more people migrate from different places to settle in Bangalore.This should be addressed and rather provide more emplyment opportunities to localites instead of employing people from other states.
Also BDA should be more strict in allocating the sites. The localites should be given more prominence in all the sectors.
Why every outsider wants Bangalore to settle? and they blame Bangalore Infrastructure (being responsible for spoiling the same)Let them go and dwell in their own land, find jobs and do whatever they want to do in their home towns.
Also why every other state think number of times to give a house for rent or provide a job, if the person is from some other state ? But in Bangalore or Karnataka, we are ready to provide the jobs and houses to the outsiders as first priority.
When few of the above quoted are met....by default bangalore infrastructure will be improved.
Gopal from C V Ram Nagar, Bangalore - Thanks for giving this opputunity given to share my thoughts on bangalore infrastructure.I would just list every men and women requirements in bangalore.
1. Roads are poor. Once proper roads are laid, traffic congesion will be reduced. example: old ,madras road(the road is yet under completion stage. I see the same status for 2 years).Lots of examples like this can be given. My only question is what/who stops all these work?
2. Transport-Not enough transport due to which people opt for their own 2,4 wheelers. First, identify the areas which are to be properly covered by bangalore transport. increase the frequency.
3. Strict rules for those who dont follow the traffic rules.
4. BMP should take all the concerns and try to solve these problems. It doesn\'t look like doing any work.
Sudhi Nayak from Bangalore - Bangalore has over 212 IT companies giving solution to bigger problems. if atleast a company and state government comes together I think a lot can happen here.
Somashekar from Brisbane, Australia - I would like to appriciate for the kind guesture showed by Mr. Ravishankar and his team mates. Actually this is a very bad situation of what our city is turning into, and what our politicians are doing to curb those irregularities caused by not 1 but hundreds and thousands of problems.
First of all let me introduce myself to our citizens of Bangalore. I am an MBA graduate from Central Queensland University. I may not be a well versed problem solver but, will try my level best to give some ideas to those concerning authorities.
First of all, Bangalore is known for its IT development through out the world. But there might be some unindated problems which may be concerning for those authorities. Let me take a few measures as to which there can be a cause not only for bangalore alone but for the whole state as well.
Actually management according to many authors were different and I found out a brief explanation of those, \"management means where authority is delegated to responsibile people and accountability is ensured from them in a proper manner\". First of all let me do a brief SWOT analysis (strength, weakness, oppurtunity and threats).Coming to strengths1. Bangalore has got a very good atmospheric conditions and climatic, which allows any industry (especially IT) to venture into.2. It has got a very massive amount of space, where it can expand.3. People are very tolerable and can accomodate everything and everybody.4. It has got a good revenue package from taxes as more and more people are becoming educated.5. Very good planning when compared to other cities.6. Young and dynamic people like Kumaraswamy, who enter into the highest authority of the state.7. Very profitable organisations such as KPTCL, BMTC, KSRTC, BDA, and many more.
Weaknesses1. very poor management organisational skills developed by the present government.2. Very poor infrastructure when compared to metropolitan cities of india and the world as a whole.3. Poor strategies implemented by those authorities, who might be very naive, or illiterate in managing.4. Not very educated people in those authorities where, they learn to take responsibilites from their delegating supervisiors.
Oppurtunity1. has got a whole lot of oppurtunity to the government to take many of the business tycoons into the board like Narayana murthy, Azim Premji, Kiran Mazumdar and many of them.2. And having a good rapport between the tycoons and the government.3. There can be always a WIN - LOSE situations with in those people.
Threats1. Threats from competiting states where they can provide a good infrastructure and pull those IT industry which are generating a huge income to the state.2. Heavy rains, which causes floods and famines which cannot be avoided but can be controlled.
suggestions to the state government1. I know this may sound rude, but \" to all the politians in general, stop acting immatured in all the sense, because there are people all around the world who are having a watch on you people, and they may think as immatured and non corporate acts in the field of politics.
Sundararaman from Chennai - I think government should create a rule to cut down the use of vehicle.People should start using cycle.I know this sounds crazy but most of the people in banglore are IT people. This is a lazy job i.e it involves sitting in the chair and very little of physical exercise. This is very dangerous to health. So people should realize and go for a cheaper,environment friendly means of transport if possible.
Cycle is a good option.It is an exercise also.I know iam out of my mind but i think we should look at japan and china and their traffic problems and how their government deals with it.I think they have made cycle as compulsory for kids. Buying a car,taxes,license etc are very costly in japan and china.The middle class people cant afford it. But due to IT our life style has changed. Middle class people can afford to buy a car because of high salaries. Our government should also take some action. Another way is to build an underground train network which is almost impossible.
Krishnan from Chennai - Bangalore is definitely one of the best city in India and there is no doubt about it.The reason for criticism in Infrastructure cannot be accepted for the following reasons:-
1) Bangalore has grown up large in IT sector and the facilities what the central or state government allocates should be equivalent according to the IT Growth of the city.
2) Most of Indian cities Traffic sense is total chaos and nightmare. Bangalore is no exception and cannot be blamed like (While the rest of India drives on the left side of the road; Bangaloreans drive on what\'s left of the road). Thats very partial and rude comment.
3) Any city which is seeing abundance in growth - The Centre or the state should fund more to make it more convenient for the Investor as well as the Public.
4) The Entrepreneurs who invest in Bangalore - should feel comfortable for the investment they made or ventured in Bangalore and the government should privatize to big companies in India or abroad to manage or design arterial roads. This will help resolving lots of major issues concerning governing bodies.
5) Any given Country can heavily bank on Infrastructural growth and bangalore got tremendous potentiality. Airports and Giant Flyovers can transform very rich dividend to both state and central government if there is a structural and excellent planning.
6) A Team of experts should do lots of Case Study from other country before taking up major Infrastructural Projects.
Nand from Bangalore - The best way to avoid jams is to allow Trucks and other HCVs into cities only before 8.00 AM and after 11.00 PM. Again the BMTC buses have been responsible for may accidents and deaths. The Govt has not right to kill someone on the roads because of rash drivers who compete with other BMTC Drivers.
STOP THIS PLEASE!!! Again make more one ways and shorten the footpaths.This will easy traffic.
I hope someone will read this and more importantly act on it. Help Bangalore to grow and not to project as a messy and unbearable living scenerio to the World.
K S Shyamsunder from Bengaluru writes : I think mass transportation is the only way to ease the traffic congestion in namma bengaluru. A LOCAL TRAIN SYSTEM as in mumbai and chennai is very effective in reducing traffic chaos,since metro is far away to run on tracks. at that time the traffic problems will be further increased and the new projects planned now will become ineffective. so a mass public transport such as loal trains is very necessary. also RUNNING MORE NUMBER OF AC VOLVO BUSES AT PEAK HOURS will also be a vey effective idea since IT and BT professionals want high comfort and high standard of living. this reduce the number of personal vehicles in peak hours and hence reduces traffic problems.
Vivek Thomas from Bangalore - Travel time from my house on Bannerghatta road to Electronics city or mysore road has decreased considerably and it is such a pleasure to drive on roads like what NICE has constructed. All of us including my neighbours find this to be a truly wonderful road. I congralute NICE and Mr. Ashok Khenny on doing the needful for Bangalore and must say that the CM is not looking out for the city when he opposes this. No one in business would do something without expecting a profit and the CM should just let it go and allow NICE to complete the project.
Manoj from Bangalore - it is very very good project for comeing generation and for our utility .let god bless u for all your work.
Ripu Daman Singh from Dharamshala, Himachala Pradesh - banglore is a good city but state govt. and also central govt. has taken futher steps to maintain quality of this i.t. city.to maintain rads with the help of private agencies,setup monitoring teams etc.
Lakshman Raju from Bangalore writes : Yes I do believe that Bangalore is growing at a rapid pace, there is simply too much to do.Most flyovers have only shifted the traffic jams from one place to another, the Metro ( lets wait ). Primarily Bangalore is a city with far too many traffic signals ( most of them in not more than 200 meters from the other. We need to combat this.Bus Bays are a must,I see buses stop in the centre of busy roads, adding to the chaos, people waiting for buses are standing almost at the centre of the road, civic sense needs to be applied.
Subways & Busbays for starters, then let us become futuristic.
Dada from Bangalore - The problem with Bangalore is that corrupt politicians and officials have allowed commercial and highrise residential units to be built ignoring all the rules and regulations. These buildings should not occpy more than 15-20 percent of the land, the rest must be earmarked for parking and as lung/recreational space. No commercial business should be allowed near or in residential areas. An effective transport system along with a modern sewage/drainage system, water and power should have been implemented ahead of the projects and not just for the present but looking 40-50 years into the future Trainig drivers using video simulators every year as a pre-requsite to renew their driving permits for another year and teaching hygeine to all the vendors and anyone else handling food including servents should be a given.Mandate into law that all tv stations and movie theaters show videos that deal with these problems -everyday.
Prasad Bogadapati from Bangalore - BMIC will make this an other village road connecting many politician\'s villages and fields by the time it is complete.
Govind from Bangalore : Today most of the roads are not fully utilised due to unorganised foot paths (so people walk on roads), commercial establishment occupies a part of foot paths (so no place to walk),malls and shopping complex treat the foot path in front of them as their property or it is built for the persons come for doing busness their. unorganised parking on roads the owners keep their vehicles covered with vehicle covers ,short distance travellers bring their mercides benz to eat chats , date concept hardly works in peak hours , lot of cross roads not connected to main roads hence the vehicle gets crowded in the roads which is connected to main roads ,mud and sand on either side of road makes only 60 % utility of roads , elevated foot paths can be a way for safe pedestriants and part widening of roads , replacing old trees with shrubs and flower plant can beutify the roads , ...................
Srinivasan from Bangalore : How long the Gowda family can hold this project?
Simha from London: The politicians should stop troubling people like Mr Kheny.
Prasanna XD from Bangalore - Bangalore\'s infrastructure is in bad shape. Bangalore has to have a vision of becoming a wireless city. This would help in less number of IT professionals commuting, there by retaining its leading position as Silicon Valley of the East. Making it a wireless city would also help other companies consider its employees work from home rather than travel distances.Ramaiah Setty from Bangalore - My sincere request to support the nice company to speed up the project without any further delay for nation development on par with other fast developing nations and help the future generations to come. Atleast the next government will respect the supreme court and remove the hurdles in the execution of the project put by the previous regime in the interest of public who voted to the power and paying taxes out of their hard earned money. National interest should win against personal feuds.
Bhaskar Kamath from Bangalore - Infrastructure projects already started must work in three shifts to complete the project within dead line.
Though BBMP and BDA are trying very best to ensure smooth running of projects, the efforts need to be focussed towards completion within date agreed. There has to be consortium of corporate companies and invloved govt.agencies who will monitor status of the project with least interference from government.
Pending cases in court has to be given time line for final judgement and our courts have to also take equal responsibility in ensuring faster judgement.
K SatyaRajashekar from Bangalore - The purpose of metro rail is to decongest traffic and allow people to travel more in short distance.
I have gone through the metro rail map and found that magestic is the center point of contact for all the trains. If a person wants to trave from peenya to jayanagar for work then he has to lank up in magestic and take another route rail to reach jayanagar. If you see the rail route of one of the places in japan then you will come to know that rail routes are all in cirles and no circle intersects with another circle.
My suggestion for metro to grow better in bangalore is to have a separate lanes side to peripherial ring road which should be in circles, so that it can cover every area of the bangalore. With the above step people need not have to travel with in city to go to other side of the place. This will decongest the traffic.
Please share others views on this.
H K Srikanth from Bangalore - I see everyday morning there is a lot of jam near the Bishop cottons school where the childrens are trying to cross the road. Where there no elevation for road crossing which will help a lot of people and avoid traffic jams.
Similarly on this road, there is a right turn but I see people from left trying to move to the right and hence traffic jam. Where cannot there be a divider to allow vehicle to move to right alone and the the left side can be used for straight drive.
Padmesh from Bangalore NICE shold complete this project , Bnagalore Govt should extend all its co-operation to expedite this project .
S.R.Ayyangar from Bangalore Let the talks of Magic Boxes , flyovers, elevated roads, Metro, mono/tube rails be kept aside for a moment and concentrate on the following points which are not of long term nature and can be implemented with a minimum outlay of funds RIGHT NOW FROM TOMORROW ITSELF if the authorities concerned i.e. BBMP & Traffic Police are serious about unlocking Bangalore.1. Remove or shift all the bus stops and auto stands which are situated immediately after a turning or circle. These are main hindrance in free flow of traffic. Penalise those bus drivers and auto drivers who stop the buses/autos at these turnings and bus stops.2. Distance between two bus stops should not be less than half a kilometer. At present, there are many bus stops which are less than 100 meters apart and buses are not able to pick up speed.3. Make footpaths free of hawkers. Stone slab footpaths are uneven. They should be properly plastered to have an even surface.4. Public or for that matter any body including government agencies like BWSSB, Telecom, Bescom, cable operators who dig the road or footpath must be made accountable to restore them back to original failing which heavy penalty should be imposed.5. Slow moving vehicles like bullock cart, hand driven carts, three wheeler rickshaws, Tonga, etc should not be allowed within the city limits during peak hours.6. Any body driving two wheelers on the footpath to go ahead in a traffic jam situation must be penalised or his/her vehicles should be impounded.7. At railway crossings, there is a common tendency by two as well as four wheelers to block the right side of the road in order to go ahead as soon as the train passes. This practice results in blockage of traffic on both sides of the crossing. Public who are also well educated should understand this.8. Potholes on any road should be immediately filled up as soon as information is received. Road inspectors should be made accountable for not attending to any pothole.9. Superior quality paint should be used for zebra crossing and other road humps as the paints used at present become faint or invisible after a weeks time.10. Glow signs should be put up at the starting of all road dividers.
Rajeev Maddur from Basavanagudi Bangalore (currently in Michigan USA) - Yes, we need to do something drastic to improve the infrastructure situation in Bangalore.
1. First thing is to improve public transportation & make it very efficient.For this we have to ensure the current Metro Rail project takes off & gets completed on time with the least possible involvement from various politicians who politicize every issue, not keeping in mind the good of the public, our wonderful Bangalore / our beautiful Gandadha Gudi. This will reduce the vehicle population on the roads. This is the model adopted in many US cities successfully. People park their vehicles in the Metro stations & take the train to work.
2. Build more flyovers & ensure development happens in other areas like Whitefield (already happening), Devanahalli, Nelamangala & other surrounding areas. If we have an efficient Rail system which gets people from one place to another quickly, I think most people will want to take the trains. (By taking the train they can also enjoy their News Paper peace with a cup of coffee and also get the most from their expensive iPods.)
I lived in Bangalore for 34 years of my life & would love to see it prosper & grow to become one of the best cities in the World.
All the Best Bangalore! In my next visit to Bangalore, I hope to ride the Metro Rail from the Airport.
Pramod B V from Bangalore - The Traffic in bangalore has alarmed to the great extent now reach the dangerous level(Red). The main reason is due to IT Companies making their bases in bangalore.
Being a software engineer i oppose to sanctioning huge acres of land to software companies as Our Chief Minister H.D.Kumaraswamy told \"IT People earn lakhs together whereas an auto driver leads his life by earning 600-700Rs day (max) from morning 3 am by leaving the nature call and reaching home by 12pm..\"
Also the cost of living has increased to the greatest extent in bangalore . I request no more lands to be given to IT Companies especially in bangalore or nearby.
Bengloor from USA - I\'m sure this has already been mentioned. If not, here are the two things that will certainly help congestion any part of the globe NOT just Bangalore.
1. Tollways - Let it be both private and govt. funded and managed.
2. Metro - A light rail system in and around the city (spoke and hub concept). Our city is big and will continue to grow big. Again, it could be both private and govt. funded and managed.
B.Sandeep from Bangalore -Most of the traffic related problems of bangalore can be tackled by taking strict measures to enforce public transport. All the registered firms must be told to use buses to ferry their employees. Put a blanket ban on private vehicles during peak hours. We have thousands of people using cars to get to their workplace which must be stopped. METRO, sounds so nice. Is very much needed and will help in faster commuting. People co-operation in using public transport is very important. Lets help decongest Bangalore and in turn help ourselves.
Bangalore is not in a very bad shape it is made out to be. All big cities have similar problems, all over the world. There is a concerted effort to malign Bangalore and it must be stopped
Rohan Shetty from Bangalore - Please give some special considerations for people staying here for a long time, who are here from birth.iI may be in field of employment or while joining any institutions here. Please protect Kannadigas.
Vignesh from Mysore writes, "by implementing technology for all the vehicles the manual intervention will reduce and people will not dare to break the traffic rules. examples are implement rf id system and at every junction rf id monitoring system should be there which should catch the culprit. implementing GPS for cars, auto rikshaws, small pickup trucks, vans etc., and the police should charge huge amount of fine so that the culprit should not dare to do the same mistake again and again (if the fine amount is say Rs.300 people are ready to pay, it should be around Rs.1500) this may be an extra income for govt/traffic police dept and can be utilised to purchase some techology equipments .."
Anant Kumar from Coimbatore - it can be avoided by constructing flyovers as in china. it may make the distance more but the flow of traffic can be continued with out stop.
Omkar Priyanka from Bangalore - Well, that is all crap. I suggest whoever conducted and designeds that write-up to conduct a survey all over India in leading cities and I bet B\'lore\'s traffic is the most pleasent. Ask fellow Mumbaikars and the rookies in our circuit HYDERABADI\'s.
Pradeep Gururaja from Silicon City, SanFrancisco USA - Interesting question, we always talk about how pathetic infrastructure is, so, for a change - it is good to think what can be done to improve it, here are my two cents worth of thought:1. Firstly, identify the main bottlenecks and try to fix it. Lets take the example of Electronic city, instead of people traveling to and fro Electronic city; they should consider settling down there itself. We should come up with good apartments, pubs, schools etc., to an extent in which people don’t find the need to come routinely to main city. The current Bangalore should be considered like a downtown area, to be visited once a while ..again .. I said ONCE IN A WHILE.
2. Come up with satellite townships something like Kengeri, Yelahanka etc., and connect these things through high bandwidth roads, something like freeways in US or rather like Germanys Autobahn ! so all the high tech guys can use this and stop cribbing. For the rest, ensure that we have an excellent train network connecting these townships. This thing would ease the load on core Bangalore(current Bangalore).
3. Have a control on the private developers, they buy farms, convert to sites and make a hefty profit but will not take care of sanitary, water supply etc., since these are not planned with respect to overall Bangalore ... they just stress existing infrastructure, and government is forced to integrate it into the regular system ( money is coming from our pockets for the profit land developers have made). Have strict rules ( and more importantly enforce it).
4. Have some responsible people at the helm. India has some of the brightest people in the country; if required have people from IIM\'s heading projects to ensure that it is executed professionally. To a certain extent, we can always blame government but later it is for us to take responsibility and act, if they are not working than its our mistake.
5. My fifth point is more of a corollary to my fourth: Have corporates like Wipro, TCS , Infosys take up certain city improvement projects ( they can inturn outsource it to L&T or some other company, but it should be their responsibility). Instead of paying regular taxes to government, they should have the power to use that money for city improvement projects. Eg: All companies in electronic city can form a association which inturn takes up responsibility for laying a high speed, parallel railway network from main Bangalore to electronic city.
Instead of companies cribbing Bangalore is awful, they should focus on making it better, moving to other cities is not the solution; you can say thats not my focus, i am here to create great software, I would ask them why are we doing all this ?? for money ? you already have that, you should not earn money for moneys sake but rather have a more noble goal, it is to make our country a better place. Once that happens; instead of running away from your( err.. our) responsibilities, you(we) will do what is REALLY needed and made your life worthwhile. ( Hope some great soul reads this, and does something).
Ask not What your country can do for you young man, but rather what you can do for your country ( Courtesy: John F. Kennedy ).Bangalorean by heart. But currently in US, due to pathetic Bangalore infrastructure !! (Dont be like me, improve Bangalore !).
PS: I always dream about doing something great to my country, but always think its someone else who should do it, why are(am) we(I) like that ?
Jayaram Rukmangada from Bangalore - I have a suggestion to ease the traffic in Hosur Road to major extent. There is a small road from electronic city till Bannerughatta road. If this road is widened and made suitable for buses, a major traffic can be diverted there. The whole traffic goin towards south bangalore can use that road instead of Hosur Road, reducing the traffic in the hosur road to a greater extent.Parallel\\Alternate roads is definitely a better solution to reduce the traffic problem.
Nagaraj Bhat from Hanmantha Nagar, Bangalore - Nothing is going to help by preaching the same old not good story. If this situation needs to be improved atleast after some 2 years imagining the action is taken with immediate iffect I have the following Suggestions.
1. Divide the city in to 5 different zonesThese zones can be as followsBanagalore NorthBanagalore SouthBanagalore WestBanagalore EastBanagalore CentralThis means moving all the facilities which present onlycentrally now.Provide each zone a seperate transportation centre(Bus Stand)Connect each of these centers using subwaysProvide seperate roads for out bound traffic from each of thezones.Central zone is only a control center where not much of theHuman Transportation required.2. Elevated TrainOne Common route which connects all the zones through majorlandmarks.3. Improve the second tier cities surrounding Bangalore.
M. Jagadish Kumar from Bengaluru - Bring frist the Metro train and stop registring new vehicales in bangalore limits for atleast 1-2 years.
Renu Kumar from Bangalore - have seen many critics on Bangalore roads and I do support most of them. There are traffic jams which will eat most of our precious time. But, my point of view is that every city has a problem. It could be water supply, electricity, sewerage etc.
In Bangalore we don\'t have any of these problems and people who love critics will find the roads to write on them which is meaningless.
But still, to have a free flowing and smooth traffic, widening the road is the only idea.
Nagalakshmi Deepak from Bangalore : First and foremost is to make good roads to avoid traffic jams.Traffc jams are caused not only due to bad roads but also due to the over flow of excess traffic. Traffic increases when more and more people migrate from different places to settle in Bangalore.This should be addressed and rather provide more emplyment opportunities to localites instead of employing people from other states.
Also BDA should be more strict in allocating the sites. The localites should be given more prominence in all the sectors.
Why every outsider wants Bangalore to settle? and they blame Bangalore Infrastructure (being responsible for spoiling the same)Let them go and dwell in their own land, find jobs and do whatever they want to do in their home towns.
Also why every other state think number of times to give a house for rent or provide a job, if the person is from some other state ? But in Bangalore or Karnataka, we are ready to provide the jobs and houses to the outsiders as first priority.
When few of the above quoted are met....by default bangalore infrastructure will be improved.
Gopal from C V Ram Nagar, Bangalore - Thanks for giving this opputunity given to share my thoughts on bangalore infrastructure.I would just list every men and women requirements in bangalore.
1. Roads are poor. Once proper roads are laid, traffic congesion will be reduced. example: old ,madras road(the road is yet under completion stage. I see the same status for 2 years).Lots of examples like this can be given. My only question is what/who stops all these work?
2. Transport-Not enough transport due to which people opt for their own 2,4 wheelers. First, identify the areas which are to be properly covered by bangalore transport. increase the frequency.
3. Strict rules for those who dont follow the traffic rules.
4. BMP should take all the concerns and try to solve these problems. It doesn\'t look like doing any work.
Sudhi Nayak from Bangalore - Bangalore has over 212 IT companies giving solution to bigger problems. if atleast a company and state government comes together I think a lot can happen here.
Somashekar from Brisbane, Australia - I would like to appriciate for the kind guesture showed by Mr. Ravishankar and his team mates. Actually this is a very bad situation of what our city is turning into, and what our politicians are doing to curb those irregularities caused by not 1 but hundreds and thousands of problems.
First of all let me introduce myself to our citizens of Bangalore. I am an MBA graduate from Central Queensland University. I may not be a well versed problem solver but, will try my level best to give some ideas to those concerning authorities.
First of all, Bangalore is known for its IT development through out the world. But there might be some unindated problems which may be concerning for those authorities. Let me take a few measures as to which there can be a cause not only for bangalore alone but for the whole state as well.
Actually management according to many authors were different and I found out a brief explanation of those, \"management means where authority is delegated to responsibile people and accountability is ensured from them in a proper manner\". First of all let me do a brief SWOT analysis (strength, weakness, oppurtunity and threats).Coming to strengths1. Bangalore has got a very good atmospheric conditions and climatic, which allows any industry (especially IT) to venture into.2. It has got a very massive amount of space, where it can expand.3. People are very tolerable and can accomodate everything and everybody.4. It has got a good revenue package from taxes as more and more people are becoming educated.5. Very good planning when compared to other cities.6. Young and dynamic people like Kumaraswamy, who enter into the highest authority of the state.7. Very profitable organisations such as KPTCL, BMTC, KSRTC, BDA, and many more.
Weaknesses1. very poor management organisational skills developed by the present government.2. Very poor infrastructure when compared to metropolitan cities of india and the world as a whole.3. Poor strategies implemented by those authorities, who might be very naive, or illiterate in managing.4. Not very educated people in those authorities where, they learn to take responsibilites from their delegating supervisiors.
Oppurtunity1. has got a whole lot of oppurtunity to the government to take many of the business tycoons into the board like Narayana murthy, Azim Premji, Kiran Mazumdar and many of them.2. And having a good rapport between the tycoons and the government.3. There can be always a WIN - LOSE situations with in those people.
Threats1. Threats from competiting states where they can provide a good infrastructure and pull those IT industry which are generating a huge income to the state.2. Heavy rains, which causes floods and famines which cannot be avoided but can be controlled.
suggestions to the state government1. I know this may sound rude, but \" to all the politians in general, stop acting immatured in all the sense, because there are people all around the world who are having a watch on you people, and they may think as immatured and non corporate acts in the field of politics.
Sundararaman from Chennai - I think government should create a rule to cut down the use of vehicle.People should start using cycle.I know this sounds crazy but most of the people in banglore are IT people. This is a lazy job i.e it involves sitting in the chair and very little of physical exercise. This is very dangerous to health. So people should realize and go for a cheaper,environment friendly means of transport if possible.
Cycle is a good option.It is an exercise also.I know iam out of my mind but i think we should look at japan and china and their traffic problems and how their government deals with it.I think they have made cycle as compulsory for kids. Buying a car,taxes,license etc are very costly in japan and china.The middle class people cant afford it. But due to IT our life style has changed. Middle class people can afford to buy a car because of high salaries. Our government should also take some action. Another way is to build an underground train network which is almost impossible.
Krishnan from Chennai - Bangalore is definitely one of the best city in India and there is no doubt about it.The reason for criticism in Infrastructure cannot be accepted for the following reasons:-
1) Bangalore has grown up large in IT sector and the facilities what the central or state government allocates should be equivalent according to the IT Growth of the city.
2) Most of Indian cities Traffic sense is total chaos and nightmare. Bangalore is no exception and cannot be blamed like (While the rest of India drives on the left side of the road; Bangaloreans drive on what\'s left of the road). Thats very partial and rude comment.
3) Any city which is seeing abundance in growth - The Centre or the state should fund more to make it more convenient for the Investor as well as the Public.
4) The Entrepreneurs who invest in Bangalore - should feel comfortable for the investment they made or ventured in Bangalore and the government should privatize to big companies in India or abroad to manage or design arterial roads. This will help resolving lots of major issues concerning governing bodies.
5) Any given Country can heavily bank on Infrastructural growth and bangalore got tremendous potentiality. Airports and Giant Flyovers can transform very rich dividend to both state and central government if there is a structural and excellent planning.
6) A Team of experts should do lots of Case Study from other country before taking up major Infrastructural Projects.
Nand from Bangalore - The best way to avoid jams is to allow Trucks and other HCVs into cities only before 8.00 AM and after 11.00 PM. Again the BMTC buses have been responsible for may accidents and deaths. The Govt has not right to kill someone on the roads because of rash drivers who compete with other BMTC Drivers.
STOP THIS PLEASE!!! Again make more one ways and shorten the footpaths.This will easy traffic.
I hope someone will read this and more importantly act on it. Help Bangalore to grow and not to project as a messy and unbearable living scenerio to the World.
K S Shyamsunder from Bengaluru writes : I think mass transportation is the only way to ease the traffic congestion in namma bengaluru. A LOCAL TRAIN SYSTEM as in mumbai and chennai is very effective in reducing traffic chaos,since metro is far away to run on tracks. at that time the traffic problems will be further increased and the new projects planned now will become ineffective. so a mass public transport such as loal trains is very necessary. also RUNNING MORE NUMBER OF AC VOLVO BUSES AT PEAK HOURS will also be a vey effective idea since IT and BT professionals want high comfort and high standard of living. this reduce the number of personal vehicles in peak hours and hence reduces traffic problems.
Vivek Thomas from Bangalore - Travel time from my house on Bannerghatta road to Electronics city or mysore road has decreased considerably and it is such a pleasure to drive on roads like what NICE has constructed. All of us including my neighbours find this to be a truly wonderful road. I congralute NICE and Mr. Ashok Khenny on doing the needful for Bangalore and must say that the CM is not looking out for the city when he opposes this. No one in business would do something without expecting a profit and the CM should just let it go and allow NICE to complete the project.
Manoj from Bangalore - it is very very good project for comeing generation and for our utility .let god bless u for all your work.
Ripu Daman Singh from Dharamshala, Himachala Pradesh - banglore is a good city but state govt. and also central govt. has taken futher steps to maintain quality of this i.t. city.to maintain rads with the help of private agencies,setup monitoring teams etc.
Lakshman Raju from Bangalore writes : Yes I do believe that Bangalore is growing at a rapid pace, there is simply too much to do.Most flyovers have only shifted the traffic jams from one place to another, the Metro ( lets wait ). Primarily Bangalore is a city with far too many traffic signals ( most of them in not more than 200 meters from the other. We need to combat this.Bus Bays are a must,I see buses stop in the centre of busy roads, adding to the chaos, people waiting for buses are standing almost at the centre of the road, civic sense needs to be applied.
Subways & Busbays for starters, then let us become futuristic.
Dada from Bangalore - The problem with Bangalore is that corrupt politicians and officials have allowed commercial and highrise residential units to be built ignoring all the rules and regulations. These buildings should not occpy more than 15-20 percent of the land, the rest must be earmarked for parking and as lung/recreational space. No commercial business should be allowed near or in residential areas. An effective transport system along with a modern sewage/drainage system, water and power should have been implemented ahead of the projects and not just for the present but looking 40-50 years into the future Trainig drivers using video simulators every year as a pre-requsite to renew their driving permits for another year and teaching hygeine to all the vendors and anyone else handling food including servents should be a given.Mandate into law that all tv stations and movie theaters show videos that deal with these problems -everyday.
Prasad Bogadapati from Bangalore - BMIC will make this an other village road connecting many politician\'s villages and fields by the time it is complete.
Govind from Bangalore : Today most of the roads are not fully utilised due to unorganised foot paths (so people walk on roads), commercial establishment occupies a part of foot paths (so no place to walk),malls and shopping complex treat the foot path in front of them as their property or it is built for the persons come for doing busness their. unorganised parking on roads the owners keep their vehicles covered with vehicle covers ,short distance travellers bring their mercides benz to eat chats , date concept hardly works in peak hours , lot of cross roads not connected to main roads hence the vehicle gets crowded in the roads which is connected to main roads ,mud and sand on either side of road makes only 60 % utility of roads , elevated foot paths can be a way for safe pedestriants and part widening of roads , replacing old trees with shrubs and flower plant can beutify the roads , ...................
Srinivasan from Bangalore : How long the Gowda family can hold this project?
Simha from London: The politicians should stop troubling people like Mr Kheny.
Prasanna XD from Bangalore - Bangalore\'s infrastructure is in bad shape. Bangalore has to have a vision of becoming a wireless city. This would help in less number of IT professionals commuting, there by retaining its leading position as Silicon Valley of the East. Making it a wireless city would also help other companies consider its employees work from home rather than travel distances.Ramaiah Setty from Bangalore - My sincere request to support the nice company to speed up the project without any further delay for nation development on par with other fast developing nations and help the future generations to come. Atleast the next government will respect the supreme court and remove the hurdles in the execution of the project put by the previous regime in the interest of public who voted to the power and paying taxes out of their hard earned money. National interest should win against personal feuds.
Bhaskar Kamath from Bangalore - Infrastructure projects already started must work in three shifts to complete the project within dead line.
Though BBMP and BDA are trying very best to ensure smooth running of projects, the efforts need to be focussed towards completion within date agreed. There has to be consortium of corporate companies and invloved govt.agencies who will monitor status of the project with least interference from government.
Pending cases in court has to be given time line for final judgement and our courts have to also take equal responsibility in ensuring faster judgement.
K SatyaRajashekar from Bangalore - The purpose of metro rail is to decongest traffic and allow people to travel more in short distance.
I have gone through the metro rail map and found that magestic is the center point of contact for all the trains. If a person wants to trave from peenya to jayanagar for work then he has to lank up in magestic and take another route rail to reach jayanagar. If you see the rail route of one of the places in japan then you will come to know that rail routes are all in cirles and no circle intersects with another circle.
My suggestion for metro to grow better in bangalore is to have a separate lanes side to peripherial ring road which should be in circles, so that it can cover every area of the bangalore. With the above step people need not have to travel with in city to go to other side of the place. This will decongest the traffic.
Please share others views on this.
H K Srikanth from Bangalore - I see everyday morning there is a lot of jam near the Bishop cottons school where the childrens are trying to cross the road. Where there no elevation for road crossing which will help a lot of people and avoid traffic jams.
Similarly on this road, there is a right turn but I see people from left trying to move to the right and hence traffic jam. Where cannot there be a divider to allow vehicle to move to right alone and the the left side can be used for straight drive.
Padmesh from Bangalore NICE shold complete this project , Bnagalore Govt should extend all its co-operation to expedite this project .
S.R.Ayyangar from Bangalore Let the talks of Magic Boxes , flyovers, elevated roads, Metro, mono/tube rails be kept aside for a moment and concentrate on the following points which are not of long term nature and can be implemented with a minimum outlay of funds RIGHT NOW FROM TOMORROW ITSELF if the authorities concerned i.e. BBMP & Traffic Police are serious about unlocking Bangalore.1. Remove or shift all the bus stops and auto stands which are situated immediately after a turning or circle. These are main hindrance in free flow of traffic. Penalise those bus drivers and auto drivers who stop the buses/autos at these turnings and bus stops.2. Distance between two bus stops should not be less than half a kilometer. At present, there are many bus stops which are less than 100 meters apart and buses are not able to pick up speed.3. Make footpaths free of hawkers. Stone slab footpaths are uneven. They should be properly plastered to have an even surface.4. Public or for that matter any body including government agencies like BWSSB, Telecom, Bescom, cable operators who dig the road or footpath must be made accountable to restore them back to original failing which heavy penalty should be imposed.5. Slow moving vehicles like bullock cart, hand driven carts, three wheeler rickshaws, Tonga, etc should not be allowed within the city limits during peak hours.6. Any body driving two wheelers on the footpath to go ahead in a traffic jam situation must be penalised or his/her vehicles should be impounded.7. At railway crossings, there is a common tendency by two as well as four wheelers to block the right side of the road in order to go ahead as soon as the train passes. This practice results in blockage of traffic on both sides of the crossing. Public who are also well educated should understand this.8. Potholes on any road should be immediately filled up as soon as information is received. Road inspectors should be made accountable for not attending to any pothole.9. Superior quality paint should be used for zebra crossing and other road humps as the paints used at present become faint or invisible after a weeks time.10. Glow signs should be put up at the starting of all road dividers.
The Importance of Play
For children, play is naturally enjoyable. And since it is their active engagement in things that interest them, play should be child-led, or at least child-inspired, for it to remain relevant and meaningful to them. Children at play are happily lost in themselves; they are in their own realm of wonder, exploration, and adventure, pulling parents in at times with a frequent “Let’s play, mom!” as an open invitation into that world. As early as infancy, children immerse themselves in play activities with the purpose of making sense of the world around them. Play gives children the opportunity to learn and experience things themselves, which is vital for their development. Although peek-a-boo games seem pointless to adults, tots are awed by the surprise that awaits them as they see the suddenly emerging faces of people they love. (Stages of Play) During toddlerhood, children experience a motor-growth spurt that equips them to solitarily fiddle with anything they can get their hands on – be it a construction toy or the box from where it came. Toddlers also love breaking into song, wiggling and jiggling to tunes, and imitating finger plays they are commonly exposed to. Preschoolers begin extending their play to involve others, whether they bring others in at any stage of their game or they plan their game and its players’ way ahead. Their physical and motor skills allow them to widen their lay arena, from dramatic play to table games to outdoor pursuits. School-age children start appreciating organized play – such as innovated songs and rhymes, games with rules, relays and other physical activities, sports and projects that they can accomplish over a certain time frame. Play Perks: Why the big fuss about playing? Play benefits the child in ways that might be a tad difficult for adults to imagine. 1. Play brings pure and utter joy. A toddler who jumps into an empty box and runs around the house ‘driving a car’ shows the sheer happiness that play brings him or her. When children are asked what they did in school and they answer ‘play,’ it is a clear sign that these kids remember a feeling of genuine joy that is captured in this four-letter word. 2. Play fosters socio-emotional learning. What does a ten-month-old baby who shrieks at the sight of her stuffed toy have in common with a ten-year-old boy who plays basketball with his friends? They both deal with their confidence as they choose to embark on their play activities. At the same time, they are displaying their independence in the decisions that they make. These two children are also internalizing social rules in their respective play situations: the baby waits patiently for her stuffed toy to appear, while the school-age child has to contend with an impending loss in a ball game. 3. Play hones physical and motor development. Play often involves the use of the senses, the body, and the extremities. When children play, they exercise their bodies for physical strength, fluidity of movement, balance and coordination. Perceptual-motor ability, or the capacity to coordinate what you perceive with how you move, is an essential skill that preschoolers need to develop. A three-year-old who is engrossed in digging, scooping, and pouring sand into a container must match his or her perception of the space in front of him or her with actual hand movements, so that he or she can successfully fulfill the motor activity. 4. Play facilitates cognitive learning. Play is vital to the intellectual development of a child. We live in a symbolic world in which people need to decode words, actions, and numbers. For young children, symbols do not naturally mean anything because they are just arbitrary representations of actual objects. The role of play is for the child to understand better cognitive concepts in ways that are enjoyable, real, concrete, and meaningful to them. For instance, through play, a child is able to comprehend that the equation 3 + 2 = 5 means ‘putting together’ his toy cars by lining them up in his makeshift parking lot. When he combines 2 triangles to make a square during block play, or writes down his score is a bowling game, the child is displaying what he knows about shapes and numbers. Through play, the child is constructing his or her worldview by constantly working and reworking his understanding of concepts. 5. Play enhances language development. Toddlers who are still grappling with words need to be immersed in oral language so they can imitate what they hear. They benefit from songs and rhymes that provide the basis for understanding how language works. When these tots are playing with toys, adults model to them how language is used to label objects or describe an event. At play, preschoolers use language to interact, communicate ideas, and likewise learn from dialogues with more mature members of society. 6. Play encourages creativity. Barney the dinosaur was right about using imagination to make things happen. A lump of Play-Doh suddenly turns into spaghetti with meat sauce and cheese; a small towel transforms into a cape that completes a superhero’s wardrobe; and a tin can serves as a drum that accompanies an aspiring rock artist. Play opens an entire avenue for children to express themselves, show what they know and how they feel, and to create their own masterpieces. 7. Play provides bonding opportunities. Play is an important factor in child development. It provides for interaction, experimentation, and moral development. Here are some ways by which parents can encourage and support their children’s playtime. - Let your child be the player-leader. Let children initiate their activity, set their own theme, choose the parameters where the play will take place. Play becomes a venue for children to express their feelings and be in control. - Help them help themselves. When your 5-year-old asks for help, say, figuring out how to piece a puzzle together, stop yourself from coming to her rescue and first ask your child questions that allow him or her to help himself or herself. Say, “Where do you think this piece should go?” Afterward, commend his or her success. - Play attention. Once you make a commitment to play with your child, watch for the following signals: Does he or she want you to actively play a part in the activity? Does he or she need encouragement? Is he or she tired or hungry? Does he or she need to take a break? - Have a play plan. If you seem to have little time for playing with your child, consider using self-care chores to have fun with him or her. Also, get support from other people in your household, like older siblings, household help, or the child’s grandparents, so that they understand why play is important and how they should continue to encourage it.
6/6/08
Bangalore Infrastructure
Bangalore is one of the fastest growing cities in Asia and one of the most sought after cities in India by people, companies, multinationals and tourists. The massive growth that the city has witnessed in the last decade is a clear indication of this city being developed to be on par with the most modern cities of the world. The population of Bangalore has grown enormosly on account of migration of people from all corners of India, neighbouring countries and from countries in the West. This has indeed reduced the local population to around 38% of the total population. This also indicates the big heart of the Bangaloreans who have welcomed everyone to this Paradise.
Along with the population the city has also seen great improvements to its roads, highways and other infrastructure. Several flyovers have come into existence in the last 5 years easing the traffic and making travel more easier. While there is still a lot to be done with regard to "deadly' traffic, the Government has indeed been working at a great speed to bring Bangalore on par with the great cities of the world. If things move in the right direction, Bangalore 2010 will be truly a city of the future where everyone wants to live. And life will be more comfortable, at least in terms of transport. But if infrastructure projects continue to become victims of political bickering, the Silicon City is sure to be more chaotic.
Metro Rail, the international airport at Devanhalli, four-laning of Bangalore-Mysore Road, Bangalore-Mysore Express Corridor, improvement in BMTC services, more flyovers and underpasses are expected to make travelling both within the city and from outside more comfortable.
The services and entertainment sectors are also developing rapidly. There is now a greater thrust towards developing world-class properties. Sanjay Khan’s Hilton-managed Golden Palms Resort & Spa has opened, as has the Prestige Group’s Angsana Oasis Spa and Resort in the suburbs of Bangalore.
Clearly, real estate is a critical aspect of much of the growth. There are opportunities galore for entrepreneurs - the symbiotic existence of real estate developers and business people has seen Bangalore develop into one of Asia’s fastest growing cities. The urban landscape is changing rapidly, but when business is good.
If its happening............it's happening here in Bangalore.
Bangalore Infrastructure has been a Hot button issue for the last six months to One year. Read what out visitors have to say to improve Bangalore Infrastructure.
Along with the population the city has also seen great improvements to its roads, highways and other infrastructure. Several flyovers have come into existence in the last 5 years easing the traffic and making travel more easier. While there is still a lot to be done with regard to "deadly' traffic, the Government has indeed been working at a great speed to bring Bangalore on par with the great cities of the world. If things move in the right direction, Bangalore 2010 will be truly a city of the future where everyone wants to live. And life will be more comfortable, at least in terms of transport. But if infrastructure projects continue to become victims of political bickering, the Silicon City is sure to be more chaotic.
Metro Rail, the international airport at Devanhalli, four-laning of Bangalore-Mysore Road, Bangalore-Mysore Express Corridor, improvement in BMTC services, more flyovers and underpasses are expected to make travelling both within the city and from outside more comfortable.
The services and entertainment sectors are also developing rapidly. There is now a greater thrust towards developing world-class properties. Sanjay Khan’s Hilton-managed Golden Palms Resort & Spa has opened, as has the Prestige Group’s Angsana Oasis Spa and Resort in the suburbs of Bangalore.
Clearly, real estate is a critical aspect of much of the growth. There are opportunities galore for entrepreneurs - the symbiotic existence of real estate developers and business people has seen Bangalore develop into one of Asia’s fastest growing cities. The urban landscape is changing rapidly, but when business is good.
If its happening............it's happening here in Bangalore.
Bangalore Infrastructure has been a Hot button issue for the last six months to One year. Read what out visitors have to say to improve Bangalore Infrastructure.
Use IT To Streamline Traffic Chaos
Bangalore’s traffic woes may come down soon, thanks to TELiBRAHMA Convergent Communications, a Bangalore based technology start-up, which has developed a solution exclusively for the Bangalore Traffic Police to help them streamline back-end processes. The solution is expected to help reduce the traffic chaos that are a nightmare for residents of India’s IT capital today, by ensuring better compliance from road users.Customized SolutionUsing the solution that comes packaged with a RIM Blackberry handset powered by Airtel and a Bluetooth handheld printer, traffic police personnel can check if an offender has any past record and the fine/punishment can be defined based on the frequency of offence. The application prompts the police officer to feed in a few details about the offender, which will help the police in pulling up the offender's history and other required details.The solution also helps police personnel to determine if the vehicle was stolen or whether the driver had incurred any fine that is still unpaid. The officer can also generate a bill, print and issue it and collect the payment on the spot. In case the offender is unable to pay, another challan can be generated that will state that payment is due and mention the date with the category of offence. Solution ArchitectureTo enable seamless integration with messaging sources like MS Exchange and Lotus Notes, TELiBRAHMA has designed this solution based on BES server. According to them, the architecture used is secure as it does not allow external network access to the offenders database. Only authorized internal network users will be able to access the database. The above architecture comprises of 3 different components:The BES server provided by RIM Blackberry allows the integration of a wireless platform to the existing application securely, in addition to offering other advantages such as push-based access to e-mail; calendar, contacts, tasks and notes; instant messaging; Web-based applications and services; and enterprise applications. Narasimha Suresh, CEO, TELiBRAHMA said, “We are a company completely focused on mobility. This particular solution has received a great reception from the police. They were ready for the technology—in fact, more than we expected, and thus we were happy to work on the project. Phase One of the project is almost through and we will soon see the rollout of phase two with a lot of features added to the application. The project will have 300 Blackberry 8700G handsets, packaged with a portable printer, being provided to police personnel in the city. It was impossible for the police to track repeated violators and fine them appropriately, but now they will easily be able to pull up the history of every offender in the city if caught for an offence once. The devices are networked to a central server, allowing traffic personnel to swiftly access crucial information to identify and apprehend offenders. We will be training police personnel for all the upgrades that will be included in the application in the coming phases.”
Second PhaseSome of the features that would be added in the second phase of the Bangalore Traffic Police solution would include features such as the charge sheet—the Bangalore Traffic Police will be able to issue documents related to the charge sheet to offenders on a day-to-day basis. Servers will be installed at police stations, which will be networked with a central server. Every day, the police officer concerned can take printouts of the charge sheet, thus avoiding any delays in challan issuance. The data for the charge sheet will be pulled from the central server. The first phase involved access to a few of the major offences and the second phase deals with access to all the offences related to traffic, such as reckless driving, overspeeding, overloading, drunken driving, refusing a hire, demanding excess fare, no entry, HTV Prohibited, without uniform, carrying excess school children, riding without a helmet, zig zag driving, parking at a BMTC bus stop and riding on the footpath.A personal computer with a DSL connection and printer has been installed at local stations, which will help police personnel to generate police notices, CRR and charge sheets. Even in the event of network failure, the offline truncation feature will save the records locally and will push the data to the central servers once the network is restored.Police ConvincedN. Narasimhaiah, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Bangalore, said, “We are happy with the way the project is taking shape through all the phases of implementation. We are looking forward to this technology being implemented completely and are convinced that this will help us streamline many issues that we currently face. There are a lot of things to be done to get this project completed, such as installation of a few more servers from IBM. We presently have three servers at the support center. The data is sent from the Transport Commissioner's office to the authority centres. In Asia we are the first traffic police force to deploy such an application. All the data is online and thus accessible to all responsible authorities. The data is constantly monitored and thus staff working with the data will always be conscious with all entries and changes made. This will also help reduce and control corruption within the department. Each set of device has cost us Rs. 41,000 and the project on the whole has cost us Rs 2 crore.”Focused On The FutureAfter this, the police and the vendor are confident in implementing many other features. TELiBRAHMA reportedly is already in talks with many other state police departments to implement the same solution. Suresh, stated, “We are talking to other cities and states like Mysore, Rajasthan and few more southern Indian states regarding the implementation of the solution. We are also working next on a face recognition application, especially for the crime branch, security agencies and law enforcement authorities. The application is almost ready to be implemented, negotiations are on and we are expecting the first deal to come through by the end of this year.”“After this solution becomes completely operational, we are planning many additional steps to support it. There will be cameras put up in multiple traffic junctions in the city to monitor traffic on a real-time basis. Red light cameras by Delhi-based Turbo Consultancy and enforcement cameras by Mumbai-based Zicon are also planned. 40 to 50 Variable Message System (VMS) will be put up at all traffic congestion spots so that traffic can be easily diverted or redirected. The traffic through out the city will be synchronized automatically as BEL will maintain the traffic lights,” added Narasimhaiah.
Second PhaseSome of the features that would be added in the second phase of the Bangalore Traffic Police solution would include features such as the charge sheet—the Bangalore Traffic Police will be able to issue documents related to the charge sheet to offenders on a day-to-day basis. Servers will be installed at police stations, which will be networked with a central server. Every day, the police officer concerned can take printouts of the charge sheet, thus avoiding any delays in challan issuance. The data for the charge sheet will be pulled from the central server. The first phase involved access to a few of the major offences and the second phase deals with access to all the offences related to traffic, such as reckless driving, overspeeding, overloading, drunken driving, refusing a hire, demanding excess fare, no entry, HTV Prohibited, without uniform, carrying excess school children, riding without a helmet, zig zag driving, parking at a BMTC bus stop and riding on the footpath.A personal computer with a DSL connection and printer has been installed at local stations, which will help police personnel to generate police notices, CRR and charge sheets. Even in the event of network failure, the offline truncation feature will save the records locally and will push the data to the central servers once the network is restored.Police ConvincedN. Narasimhaiah, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Bangalore, said, “We are happy with the way the project is taking shape through all the phases of implementation. We are looking forward to this technology being implemented completely and are convinced that this will help us streamline many issues that we currently face. There are a lot of things to be done to get this project completed, such as installation of a few more servers from IBM. We presently have three servers at the support center. The data is sent from the Transport Commissioner's office to the authority centres. In Asia we are the first traffic police force to deploy such an application. All the data is online and thus accessible to all responsible authorities. The data is constantly monitored and thus staff working with the data will always be conscious with all entries and changes made. This will also help reduce and control corruption within the department. Each set of device has cost us Rs. 41,000 and the project on the whole has cost us Rs 2 crore.”Focused On The FutureAfter this, the police and the vendor are confident in implementing many other features. TELiBRAHMA reportedly is already in talks with many other state police departments to implement the same solution. Suresh, stated, “We are talking to other cities and states like Mysore, Rajasthan and few more southern Indian states regarding the implementation of the solution. We are also working next on a face recognition application, especially for the crime branch, security agencies and law enforcement authorities. The application is almost ready to be implemented, negotiations are on and we are expecting the first deal to come through by the end of this year.”“After this solution becomes completely operational, we are planning many additional steps to support it. There will be cameras put up in multiple traffic junctions in the city to monitor traffic on a real-time basis. Red light cameras by Delhi-based Turbo Consultancy and enforcement cameras by Mumbai-based Zicon are also planned. 40 to 50 Variable Message System (VMS) will be put up at all traffic congestion spots so that traffic can be easily diverted or redirected. The traffic through out the city will be synchronized automatically as BEL will maintain the traffic lights,” added Narasimhaiah.
Bangalore Traffic
The major problem everybody faces who come from outside in Bangalore is the traffic...Thats mostly because of the existing Auto Rickshaw service.where ever you go you have to reserve the whole Rickshaw..no matter how long or short your travel is..I m not sure of the fuel they use..but they pollute the air like anything and are noisy like anything...if there are 100 people waiting to go somewhere and they dont have a vehicle of their own, they will either take a bus or a Auto Rickshaw...if 40% choose to take Autorickshaw then all of them have to take equal no of Auto Rickshaw.So 40 Auto Rickshaw will run on the road for them..Those who avoid to take a Rickshaw will have to take buses and thats the reason why buses are over crowded by rest 60% of people...Had there been a share system of Autorickshaw.., there would have been 10 Autorickshaw to take those 40% of people...As a result more no of people would prefer Autorickshaw because of lower charges and that would increase the no of autorickshaw. But inturn the crowd inside of the BMTC buses would reduce significantly...As a result we may see lesser trafic on road...People who are bound to buy vehicles because they face difficulty in commutation to their work place might not go for buying vehicles and would prefer public transport...This in turn would further reduce the traffic due to the private vehicles(all 2 wheelers and 4 wheelers)The growing traffic in Bangalore is something of serious concern....I would request all to share there views to find a solution to this...
Reducing traffic congestion
Everyone complains about the traffic in Bangalore these days. For that matter, its a chronic problem in every big Indian city. Most of us sit around and complain, and blame the city administration for inadequate planning, not enough roads, poor traffic regulation blah blah.
The folks at maxHeap technologies, co-founded by Lalit Mangal and Sumit Jain (both IIT Roorkee alums) decided to do something about it. So they created commonfloor.com, a social networking platform for people living in the same apartment complex. (ThinkChange India wrote about a similar site called Indimoto here). I know what you are thinking, ‘oh no, not another social networking web start-up’, right. But, looks like commonfloor.com might have a niche (through India PR Wire):
CommonFloor.com, a product by Bangalore based maxHeap Technologies for modern apartment complexes, has enabled communities in Bangalore and enthusiastic residents to actually find and collaborate with neighbors having same route to work. “We were looking for a way to search and sync with people whom we can carpool with. Now its easy”, say Ankur, who uses CommonFloor.com to connect with neighbors for activities and seeking solutions to day to day problems.
If they could actually get carpooling to work, they should probably get subsidies from the city. It not only reduces the congestion, but also lower the emission levels in an already super-polluted city. Have you carpooled before? Share your experiences by dropping a comment.
The folks at maxHeap technologies, co-founded by Lalit Mangal and Sumit Jain (both IIT Roorkee alums) decided to do something about it. So they created commonfloor.com, a social networking platform for people living in the same apartment complex. (ThinkChange India wrote about a similar site called Indimoto here). I know what you are thinking, ‘oh no, not another social networking web start-up’, right. But, looks like commonfloor.com might have a niche (through India PR Wire):
CommonFloor.com, a product by Bangalore based maxHeap Technologies for modern apartment complexes, has enabled communities in Bangalore and enthusiastic residents to actually find and collaborate with neighbors having same route to work. “We were looking for a way to search and sync with people whom we can carpool with. Now its easy”, say Ankur, who uses CommonFloor.com to connect with neighbors for activities and seeking solutions to day to day problems.
If they could actually get carpooling to work, they should probably get subsidies from the city. It not only reduces the congestion, but also lower the emission levels in an already super-polluted city. Have you carpooled before? Share your experiences by dropping a comment.
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