News @ Bangalore On The Move

(Today) 28 Mar 2007

2007-03-27T20:56:00.000-07:00

300 acres to be auctioned
DH News Service Bangalore:
The Karnataka government will auction more than 300 acres of government land in Bangalore North, North-Additional, South, East and Anekal Taluks on April 4 and 11. On April 4, around 112.15 acres in the Bangalore North Taluk will come under the hammer. On April 11, land in Bangalore North-Additional (16.11 acres), North (27.22 acres), East (18.02 acres), South (42.30 acres) and Anekal (86.28 acres) taluks, will be auctioned.
Biggest stretch!
The biggest stretch of land to go under the hammer, on April 4, will be in Yalachaguppe Village (35.14 acres) in Bangalore North Taluk. The auction will be held at 11 am on both days, at the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Urban District, K G Road, Bangalore - 560 009. Interested bidders can call the DC (Urban) on telephone number 22214516 for more details.

BBMP fines college
Bangalore, dhns: The BBMP has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on a college on Palace Road, for running a canteen without obtaining permission, and burning solid wastes in the college premises. The BBMP Health officer (Shivajinagar) had served the notice on March 21. As the directions were not adhered to, the officer imposed the fine under KMC Act 1976.

Jains to celebrate Mahaveer Jayanthi as World Peace Day
Bangalore, dhns:
The Jain Yuva Association will celebrate Mahaveer Jayanthi on March 31 as the World Peace Day. They have a series of programmes organised on the day, beginning with a peace rally from Town Hall at 8.30 am. “The rally will be flagged off by Police Commissioner N Achut Rao, and will pass through Nagarthpet, Chickpet, BVK Iyengar Road, Hospital Road and Avenue Road. It would converge at the Government Arts and Science College near the State Bank of Mysore Circle,” said President, Jain Yuva Association, Mahaveerchand Khabiya while addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Tableaux
Around 20,000 people are likely to participate in the rally and there will be 14 tableaux, on the life of Bhagwan Mahaveer. “The meeting will be inaugurated by former prime minister H D Devegowda and Chief Minister Kumaraswamy will be the chief guest,” he added. Cultural programmes will also be held in the evening at the venue. The Jain Yuva Association is a group of members from all the Jain sects and has been celebrating Mahaveer Jayanthi for the last 18 years.

VTU counselling for students from March 25

2007-03-23T22:42:00.001-07:00

DH News Service, Bangalore:
The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) will begin the process of re-allotment of seats to students of four colleges that were disaffiliated recently.

The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) will begin the process of re-allotment of seats to students (both regulars and repeaters) of four colleges that were disaffiliated recently. The process will start from March 25 at the CET Cell in Bangalore and the Jnana Sangama at VTU in Belgaum. The re-allotment will be done through counselling at these centres, said a VTU release. Counselling for students of the Impact College of Engineering, the SCT Institute of Technology and the Nadgir Institute of Engineering, all located in Bangalore, will be held at the CET Cell, Malleshwaram, 18th Cross, Bangalore, while students of the SECAB Institute of Engineering, Bijapur, will have their counselling at VTU, Belgaum. Call 0831-2405468, visit www.vtu.ac.in

College bundh, rally postponed

2007-03-22T22:53:00.000-07:00

College bundh, rally postponed Federation of University of College Teacher’s Association has postponed its college bundh plan and protest rally scheduled on April 2. It had called for the strike to press for fulfilment of its various demands.

VTU counselling for students from March 25

2007-03-22T22:45:00.000-07:00

Second coming for pay-and-park in City?

2007-03-20T22:40:00.001-07:00

With BBMP planning to re-introduce the pay-and-park system on selected main roads, the system is all set to make a comeback in the City after a two-year gap. After a two-year gap, the pay-and-park system is all set to make a comeback in the City. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to re-introduce the system on selected main roads. It will be among BBMP’s 2007-08 budget proposals, likely to be presented this month-end, an official BBMP source told Deccan Herald. The system was scrapped in 2004, following a series of scandals (involving illegal parking fee collection) rocking the local body. Moreover, complaints of harassment of motorists used to flood the Palike every day. As a result, then mayor Narayana Swamy had decided to bring in a free parking regime. The system used to fetch around Rs 6 crore a year to the then BMP, covering around 60 roads. Revenue source But now the cash-strapped BBMP is out to tap all available revenue sources to the maximum extent possible. The Palike now has to reckon with the huge expectations of the people of the erstwhile CMCs and a TMC (besides those of 110 villages), as far as civic amenities are concerned. According to the sources, BBMP is currently working out the nitty-gritty of the proposal along with the City traffic police. While the police have proposed to introduce pay-and-park on 186 roads, BBMP officials are studying the feasibility of it, the sources said. When contacted, BBMP Joint Commissioner (Development & Enforcement) Anjan Kumar said “the proposal has been there for the past many months” and that BBMP was seriously considering reintroduction of the pay-and-park system. ‘Many hurdles’ “There are many issues connected to its implementation. The traffic police have proposed many roads and we have to look into the feasibility,” he pointed out. For instance, some roads will soon have automatic parking lots. Introduction of the parking system on these roads will not be necessary. Besides, there cannot be parking on a road which has one-way traffic, he explained. CHOSEN MANY * Proposal to be part of BBMP’s new budget. * Traffic police proposes 186 roads. Parking proves slip-pery If you decide to just shove your parking slip in your pocket without reading it carefully, chances are you may not get your bike back! The next time you are at the Bangalore City Railway Station with a two-wheeler, make sure you take a long, hard look at the counterfoil of your parking slip. Because, if you decide to just shove it in your pocket without reading it carefully, chances are you may not get your bike back! And that was precisely what happened to one Mr Khan, who returned to the parking lot of the station only to see that his bike was missing. On asking the parking attendant about it, he got yelled at instead. When he persisted, he was asked to show the counterfoil of the slip. When he fished out the slip (even the part that the attendant was supposed to stick to the vehicle), it was found to bear two different numbers (053225 and 053215). To be sure, the attendant refused to entertain his requests. The hapless Khan then turned to the police, though the latter, for some reason, seemed not to be in a mood to help. But eventually they came round and, after a few minutes, Mr Khan's vehicle was ‘brought’ by a boy from another corner.

Second coming for pay-and-park in City?

2007-03-20T22:40:00.000-07:00

BBMP’s pet programme

2007-03-20T20:34:00.000-07:00

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike which claims to have spent Rs 6.40 crore in the past five years in the implementation of the Animal Birth Control Programme has decided to kick start the dog adoption programme by March 26. In a 13 page affidavit along with three annexures filed before the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, it is stated that the adoption programme termed as “Guardian Dog” aims at controlling the stray dog problem. The affidavit which was filed by L T Gayathri, Chief Health Officer of the BBMP states that under this programme, citizens will be encouraged to adopt stray dogs on payment of licence fee of Rs 25. The citizens in turn must ensure that the dogs sport a collar. The affidavit also states that they also intend to speed up the pet dog licencing programme. The licence fee would be Rs 50 in case of pet dogs. The BBMP feels that the promotion of “Guardian Dog” is expected to generate public confidence and reduce attacks by stray dogs.
On the recent drive to catch stray dogs, the BBMP clarified that there were strict instruction to euthanise only those dogs which were ferocious, rabied or diseased. The euthanisation of dogs in a humane manner is wrested with the NGO’s the affidavit stated. An average of Rs 400 is being paid per dog to the NGO’s. The BBMP stated further that a monitoring committee had been set up as per the ABCD rules which was headed by the commissioner of the BBMP. “One dog pound was provided for CUPA apart from three dog vans. It is further stated that 48 areas vulnerable to stray dog attack had been identified, 840 eateries, mutton stalls and 1,700 mobile stalls had been seized.
HIGHLIGHTS
* BBMP to start “Guardian Dog” programme.
* Citizens can adopt a stray dog paying Rs 25.
* Aims at controlling stray dog problem.
* Adopted dog must have a licence.

Pay-and-Park in City Again

2007-03-20T19:45:00.000-07:00

Dry taps: Skirting the outskirts...

2007-03-19T20:14:00.000-07:00

Water-starved citizens of Bangalore are having a tough time on Ugadi eve.

Yuga Yugadi kaledaru, water problem marali barutide...This is how water-starved citizens of Bangalore are belting out this popular number on the eve of Ugadi festival -- of course, in sheer frustration. Every summer, acute scarcity of water haunt many Bangaloreans. This year, too, the problem is severe. And citizens are having a tough time on Ugadi eve, which is ironically the time to celebrate the new year. Water scarcity is not confined to previous municipality areas alone. With Thippagondana Halli reservoir, a main source of drinking water to many parts of the City, turning dry, most areas in north and west Bangalore are badly hit, reports DHNS.
Take Gayatrinagar in Rajajinagar. Not a single drop of water has trickled in from taps for the last one month. People here have to collect water from public taps, standing in queues for hours on end. Residents are so upset that they, mostly women, took to streets on Sunday and staged a dharna on the main road. Long rows of women and children with plastic pots is a common scene near public taps in almost all of the western part. The worst-hit areas are Mohammedan Block, Srirampura, Mathikere, Kalamanagar, Manjunathnagar, K H B Colony and others. Despite BWSSB’s official announcement that TG Halli reservoir has dried up, no alternative step has been taken yet, the people say. Low pressure Why has water become scarce all of a sudden? Apart from the fall of the water level at TG Halli reservoir, there is low pressure in the supply system. BWSSB has not been able to maintain the supply pressure due to frequent power shutdowns. Besides, the power disruption has affected pumping of water from the Cauvery source, BWSSB Chief Engineer Venkataraju told Deccan Herald. Though they are merged with the newly formed Bruhat Bangalore, citizens on City outskirts continue to be neglected. They neither have the Cauvery water supply nor the tanker supply that erstwhile municipal bodies used to provide. Many borewells, the only source of water, are becoming dry. One reasons for borewells getting dry is the mushrooming of apartment complexes. Every residential apartment complex on the outskirts has more than 10 borewells connected to high-capacity pumps. As a result, borewells in the surrounding houses are left with no water, officials explained. According to local citizens, while BWSSB has no jurisdiction over old municipality areas, the local bodies have shunned the responsibility to provide water ever since the formation of BBMP.
Legislators feel the heat “People hold me responsible. There are instances when angry have people manhandled me. I am fed up pleading with BWSSB officials to solve the problem. On the eve of the festival, the pressure to solve is mounting. I will stage a dharna in front of the Chief Minister’s residence if the problem is not fixed.” — N L Narendra Babu, Rajajinagar (who staged a rasta roko at Gayatrinagar with locals on Sunday) “People are facing acute scarcity of water. I go out every night to monitor the situation. I am planning a protest to demand efficient water supply.” — Dinesh Gundu Rao, Gandhinagar. “The water problem in many areas will definitely become worse in the coming days. The only alternative is tanker supply of water. BWSSB should immediately identify affected areas and press tankers into service.” — V Somanna, Binnypet “Areas like Cox Town, Indiranagar, Lakshmipura and surrounding areas are most affected. Officials say there is shortage in supply of bulk water so there is scarcity. I am doing my bit to reach tanker supplies in these areas.” — Nirmal Kumar Surana,Bharathinagar
Residents’ ire at MLAs, officials“How come there is no water here while all other areas have? There is water in the MLA’s house and water board officials’ houses, but not in our’s.” — Lakkamma, residentof Gayatrinagar. “I have hardly slept in the last one month. I am not a machine to heave water all through the day...Let him (MLA) come seeking vote the next time, we will teach him a lesson.” — Mallamma, a resident of Mathikere.“Officials are callous and corrupt. They supply water only if there are bribed. They make good money during scarcity” — Savitri, of Shivanahalli."BWSSB is concerned only about supplying water to posh localities. Are we not citizens? Are we not paying monthly bills? Whenever there was a crisis like this, BWSSB used to provide water, using tankers. But this summer, no such thing is to be seen” — Shanta, of Sanjaynagar

Entertainment tax relief to revive ailing theatre

2007-03-16T22:20:00.000-07:00

Will the Finance Minister’s move to extend a succour to ailing theatre by exempting entertainment tax, mean that theatre-enthusiasts will have to shell out more? Theatres have been paying 10 per cent of every admission ticket priced above Rs 50, as entertainment tax. This has affected the theatres across the State. Mr Yediyurappa’s gesture through the budget has led to confusion. While many of the Kannada theatre groups who had fixed the admission rates at Rs 49 to escape the tax, say they will increase the prices as they are now rid of the cumbersome tax procedures and can concentrate on increasing the quality of production, the English plays groups say the admission price will not change.

Detailed Story
Entertainment tax relief to revive ailing theatre
Bangalore, dhns:
Will the Finance Minister’s move to extend a succour to ailing theatre by exempting entertainment tax, mean that theatre-enthusiasts will have to shell out more?

Will the Finance Minister’s move to extend a succour to ailing theatre by exempting entertainment tax, mean that theatre-enthusiasts will have to shell out more? Theatres have been paying 10 per cent of every admission ticket priced above Rs 50, as entertainment tax. This has affected the theatres across the State. Mr Yediyurappa’s gesture through the budget has led to confusion. While many of the Kannada theatre groups who had fixed the admission rates at Rs 49 to escape the tax, say they will increase the prices as they are now rid of the cumbersome tax procedures and can concentrate on increasing the quality of production, the English plays groups say the admission price will not change.

“We had to pay taxes beforehand for the entire seating capacity of the theatre and after the play, go back to claim the tax on unsold tickets from the tax officers if we charged Rs 50 and above. We can now increase the ticket prices as we are not scared of tax procedures. And spend more time focusing on the play than running to government offices.” said Chairman, Karnataka Nataka Academy, Srinivas Kappanna. Kannada theatre groups can now think of increasing their rates and increasing production value said Manager, Ranga Shankara, Jagdish Malnad. But some English production houses say that their prices will not be affected as the prices were around Rs 150 and Rs 200 and that they have been paying the tax. Founder of Stillwaters Theatre Group, Vijay Nair, said rates usually depend on the quality of production as far as English Theatre goes and prices won’t be affected. Founder of Artistes’ Reparatory Theatre, Jagadish Raja said, this is the encouragement they need. Though this will not affect pricing it will improve the profits.

Imran Khan in City

2007-03-15T22:36:00.000-07:00

Cricketer-turned politician, a celebrity, and much more. With his rugged looks and passion for life, he has won the hearts of many Indians and Pakistanis. An ace cricketer of yesteryear, Imran Khan was here on Thursday on invitation of Cisco Systems. The former Pakistan cricket captain was expected to visit Karunashraya, a hospice run by Bangalore Hospice Trust, where patients in advanced stages of cancer are treated free of cost. According to Dr Nagesh Simha, Chairman, Karunashraya, Khan sent his associate Dr Faizal Sultan, CEO, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore.

“He had heard about our facility and evinced interest in visiting us and sharing information. The hospital he has founded in Lahore also treats cancer patients in terminal stages. When he landed here this morning, we were told he was coming. Unfortunately, the visit didn’t materialise,” he said, adding Dr Sultan and Karunashraya staff exchanged information on their respective facilities. Sources also told this paper Khan was staying overnight here.

Free education for girls mooted

2007-03-15T19:45:00.000-07:00

The State government would provide free education for girl students in government colleges, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy announced on Wednesday. Speaking after laying the foundation stone for the collegiate education commissioner’s office on Seshadri Road, Mr Kumaraswamy said that the government was committed to giving top priority to women’s education, and that the move to provide free education in colleges from next academic year was another step in this direction. He said that the government has released a grant of Rs 150 crore for the construction of 90 first grade government colleges in the State. Priority has been accorded to establishing colleges in taluk headquarters which do not have any government colleges. Mr Kumaraswamy said that eight new government first grade colleges would come up on the outskirts of Bangalore, to help students.
He said that initiatives should be taken to give a fillip to research and development. Earlier, the chief minister laid the foundation stone for the new office of the commissioner of collegiate education on Seshadri Road, at a cost of Rs 2 crore, and the office of regional joint commissioner at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore

Bangalore: Dog catchers under fire

2007-03-14T23:01:00.001-07:00

While a majority of Bangalore supports the decision to make the city stray-dog free, they all agree that the method with which the dogs are caught is savage.NDTV followed a BBMP van only to see both the dogs and the dogcatchers struggling in the course of their drive.An average of 200 dogs are picked up everyday by lassoing the dogs with metal wires and then pulling them up into the vans.It is a method they have been using for years, and they say that injury cannot be avoided."You must not forget that these dogs are highly ferocious. We are, however, asking a team in Ahmedabad to demonstrate and teach us other methods," said Jairaj, Commissioner, Bangalore City.Lack of trainingMost of the men hired by the BBMP to catch dogs have neither been trained nor do they have an understanding of dog behaviour.In the process, not only do the men have a tough time exercising their duties but even the dogs that are dumped into cages end up being injured and very shaken.The dogs are then transported to packed animal shelters. Just a week ago, NDTV followed a BBMP worker into their parking shed where the dogs had been kept unattended for over two days.The corporation has now thankfully added three new shelters.While the Bangalore Corporation firmly maintains that the dogs only diseased and ferocious dogs are being euthanized and that they being very humane in their approach, the reality at hand speaks otherwise.

Cisco to buy WebEx

2007-03-14T22:47:00.000-07:00

New York, reuters: Telecommunications equipment maker Cisco Systems said on Thursday it reached an agreement to buy WebEx Communications Inc., which specializes in software applications that allow businesses to collaborate, in a deal valued at $3.2 billion.

Cisco said it would launch a cash tender offer for all outstanding WebEx shares at $57 per share. WebEx closed Wednesday at $46.20. Excluding WebEx's existing cash, the deal is valued at $2.9 billion, Cisco said.

City doctor in Limca Book

2007-03-14T22:43:00.000-07:00

Dr B Ramana Rao of Bangalore has found place in Limca Book of Records for holding free weekly medical camps for the longest time.

Mr Raman will figure in the medical sciences chapter of 2007 edition of Limca Book of Records. Mr Rao has been conducting free medical camps for the last 33 years and treated over one million rural patients.

Volvo selects Karnataka to set up bus manufacturing unit

2007-03-14T21:52:00.000-07:00

Hyderabad: Sweden-based bus manufacturer Volvo has decided to set up its bus body-building unit in Karnataka instead of Andhra Pradesh, which had offered the bus giant a number of incentives.

Volvo decided on Karnataka since Bangalore already has a strong infrastructure in bus bodybuilding.

Volvo was earlier outsourcing the bodybuilding in India to a Bangalore-based company, Jaico Automobiles (Azad Group).

While engine parts and chasis are manufactured in Sweden, bodybuilding was done in the outsourcing unit.

However, with a number of complaints coming in on defects in structural design, defective air-conditioning against the buses, the company decided to set up its own bus body building unit in the country.

Volvo says it opted for Karnataka as it already has a strong infrastructure for bodybuilding units

NIMHANS reaches out to villages, holds camp

2007-03-14T19:22:00.000-07:00

National Institute of Mental and Neurological Sciences conducted health check-up camp for the mentally retarded.

Ramegowda (not real name) is a 22-year-old young man. But the tragedy is his mother has to carry him like a child. Noorulla, 14, is mentally retarded. His mind is that of a two-year-old boy. Eleven-year-old Rajesh cannot speak. His hands and legs are not in his control. He crawls in the house and anything that comes in his way gets crushed.

There were many such cases at a health check-up camp conducted for the mentally retarded by National Institute of Mental and Neurological Sciences (NIMHANS). NIMHANS Director Dr D Nagaraj and his team of doctors examined 250 patients in the camp organised in the town on Sunday. Seventy patients, with more than 60 per cent mental retardation were discovered in the camp. They were eligible for bus pass at discount rates and financial assistance provided by the government. The camp was organised by the Lions Club to help the patients get certificates of their mental retardation which help them to get benefits provided by the government, Project Director Dr A Nagaraj said. The team from NIMHANS also examined and treated many persons with neurological and psychological problems. Parents, despite knowing that their child was dependent on them forever, were asking the doctors was there any way out, with bated breath while the opening of the college, the venue of the camp on Sunday, had created interest among people. Curiously, they came in droves and watched what was happening. “Oh, it’s a beautiful child! God save them. The government gives them Rs 500 assistance. It will help them for their development. The doctors who have come all the way from Bangalore are doing a good thing”, these words were heard again and again in the camp.

EMERGENCY SERVICES

2007-03-13T21:42:00.000-07:00

Cardiac line

Narayana Hrudayalaya

#258/A, Bommasandra Industrial Estate,
Anekal Taluk, Bangalore - 562158
Ph। : 91-80-27835000 to 18
Fax: 91-80-7832648
E -mail: info@hrudayalaya.com
http://www.hrudayalaya.com/

Wockhardt Hospital & Heart Institute

14, Cunningham Road,
Bangalore - 560 052।
Ph। : 91-80-22268888/22281146
http://www.whhi.com/

Mahaveer Jain Heart Centre
Ph. : 91-80- 22267374 / 2267333
http://www.vivushealth.net/vivus%20units/bmj.htm

Mallya Hospital
Ph. : 91-80- 22277979 /22277997
http://mallyahospital.net/

Manipal Heart Foundation
Ph. : 91-80-251151000

Trinity Hospital Heart and Trauma Foundation

Ph. : 91-80-26563993 /94/95/96

Sagar Apollo Hospital

#44/54, 30th Cross, Tilaknagar,

Jayanagar Extension, Bangalore – 560 041.

Tel.: +91-80-2653 6700 / 26556666

Fax: +91 (0) 80 2653 6714

www.sagarapollo.com

MS Ramaiah Hospital,

MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post,

Bangalore - 560 054

Ph. : 91-80-23608888

St John’s Medical Hospital

Ph. : 91-80-25532411/22065000

BANGALORE HOSPITAL

202, RV Road, Bangalore - 560 004

Ph. : 91-80-26562753

Yellamma Dasappa Hospital

Ph. : 91-80-22225642/42/22225663

Jayadeva Cardiology

Ph. : 91-80-26534600

Accident Relief

Victoria- 26701150
Bowring - 25591362
Sagar Apollo Hospital - 26536700-713
M S Ramaiah - 23608888
Hosmat Hospital - 25593796/25543797
Orhonova Hospital - 22868481
Operation Sanjeevini 1062

Ambulance services

Ambicare - 23323560
St Martha’s - 2274541
ESI - 23324112
Victoria - 6701150
K C General - 23343791
St John’s -22223384
Mallya - 22277979
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike -22277789
Mallige - 22261135
Nightingales Home Health Services - 23548444 /23548555
St John’s Hospital 1050, 25532411
The Indian Red Cross Society - 22264205
Vydehi Institute of Medical sciences - 51259032

Trauma Care

Manipal Hospital - 25268901 / 25266646
St John - 25530724
Nimhans - 26995000
Bangalore Hospital - 26562753
Mallya - 22277979
Mallige Medical Centre - 22203333
Orthonova Hospital - 22868481/ 22865270
M S Ramaiah - 23608888
Hosmat - 25593796
Srinivas Nursing Home - 27931547
HAL Hospital -25234581
Rajshekar Hospital - 26642164 / 6648901
HMT - 28382422
Sahai tele-counselling for suicide prevention: 25497777.

Blood Bank

Lions - 22266807/2208148
Jeeva Voluntary - 26500736/26620464
Rotary TTK - 25287903/25293486
Minerva-26574830
Naveen-26341907
Sushrutha - 23447666
M S Ramaiah - 23608888
Hosmat Hospital - 25593796, 25543797
Indian Red Cross Society: 22268435, 22264205
Vydehi institute - 30684500

24 hrs pharmacy

Yellamma Dasappa- 22225642
Hosmat- 25593796
Mallige - 22267662
Mallya- 22277979
Manipal - 25268901
M S Ramaiah Hospital -23608888
St John’s Hospital 22065244
Vydehi institute - 28413362

Elders home services

Medicos Help: 22233230
Nightingales Home Health Services - 23548444
Hosmat Hospital -25543797, 25593796
The Elders Helpline: 1090

Public utilities

BWSSB Centralised Complaints (IVRS): 22231672, 1916
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Control Room: 22221188
BESCOM Service Centralised Complaints: 1917, 22267118/22267119/1600-33-8017
Air Services: 140; IVR-S: 142
KSRTC Control Room: 2872050, Enquiries: 22873377

Terminal for private buses at Kalasipalya

2007-03-13T01:11:00.000-07:00

An ultra-modern bus terminal for private buses is likely to come up at Kalasipalya with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike mooting the proposal before the Chief Minister on Monday.

BBMP commissioner K Jairaj presented the draft plan for the project, which would be taken up as a joint-venture project with private participation, during the meeting chaired by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to review the developmental works taken up in Chamarajpet constituency. The Chief Minister had convened the meeting after visiting the constituency along with legislator Zameer Khan on Sunday.

SLUM
The government also decided to build a modern complex (residential-cum-commercial building) to accommodate residents of Anandapura slum. The Karnataka Slum Clearance Board would be taking up the project which would provide 600 houses for Anandapura slum dwellers.

It was decided in the meeting to shift the wholesale wing of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee to the previously identified location in Byatarayanapura. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Mr Khan said that the Chief Minister has sought a report within 15 days from the officials on the steps taken to implement various schemes and developmental projects in the constituency.

KSRTC goes online

2007-03-13T01:00:00.000-07:00

Now you can book KSRTC bus tickets from home KSRTC, on Monday, launched booking of tickets through credit/debit card online. internet. You log on to www.ksrtc.in, create an account giving personal details and follow the instruction to book ticket to your destination and take a print out. Public need to produce photo ID and e-ticket while travelling. Passport, driving license, ration card, voter’s ID and PAN serve as photo ID. Public with account in any of the banks can book tickets provided they have credit/debit cards with visa and master logos.

Payment gateway for account-holders with visa and master logos is provided by ICICI. However, SBI account holders can get e-ticket through direct debit to the account. KSRTC has launched the system in association with SBI, ICICI and Radiant Info. KSRTC is the first road transport corporation to launch this system in the country. Transport Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy launched the programme by accepting a model e-ticket in Bangalore.

HOW TO BOOK

*Log on to www.ksrtc.in
*Create an account
*Log on with username & password
*Select destination, date of leaving & confirm
*Enter details of credit/debit card (including cvv code)
*Take a print of e-ticket
*Travel with e-ticket, photo ID
*No extra charges except reservation fee