RW December Wrap: HSR Habba, tree pruning, ewaste, walkathon, seed balls & more
HSR Habba turned out to be a mega noise and visual pollution creator. Illegal buildings galore. E-waste pickup point and more stories.
HSR Layout
All the news about HSR Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
HSR impacted by demo & GST
Most businesspersons in HSR Layout have blamed demonetisation and GST for their losses in the last one year. Some say their turnover came down drastically for the first few months after demonetisation. The others contend that their profitability has suffered, and forecast that it may take another year or two for things to stabilise.
Who is responsible for cyclist Vijay’s accident?
Vijay Kundaji didn’t really figure in my list of friends, though we met at regular intervals during Citizens for Bengaluru meetings. He seemed reticent and a man of few words who liked a comfortable corner — unlike me.
What I’ve Learned
Mind Blogs 1.0 is a book authored by Christina Daniels, Nirmala Govindarajan and Zahid. Here is an extract from one chapter authored by Zahid.
IIMB study on Residents Watch
The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) is now doing a case study on Residents Watch and it’s use of social media for bettering the community. Five years ago, we set up the Facebook Group, which now boasts of almost 2500 members. More recently, we created a Facebook Page (ResidentsWatch) for real-time updates to the … Read more
Editor honoured by NSUI
Residents Watch, your monthly neighbourhood magazine’s editor Zahid H Javali was honoured by the National Students Union of India on the late Dr Abdul Kalam’s 86th birth anniversary celebrations last month. And the timing was just right. The magazine celebrates its 5th anniversary this month. It’s perhaps the only glossy magazine in India that is … Read more
Water conservation at Vibgyor
Vibgyor High School on Harlur Road has successfully installed 200 water aerators (3 litres per minute) in both its buildings. “This means, savings of atleast 8000 litres of water every day,” says Sector 2 resident Lalithamba BV. Kudos to the school management and Sector 2 resident Shashidhara K for completing this project. Every drop of water … Read more
Sector 3 residents foil future flooding
Resident Mohan Rajaram sent a Whatsapp message to the informal Sector 3 Whatsapp group that the storm water drain, footpath and road was encroached to make a private garden on 17th A main in Sector 3. “The drain height needs to be rectified too. It is higher than 17th A Main Road… the water will … Read more
Fresh Menu fined
Responding to repeated complaints by residents Thota and Faraz in Sector 3, the BBMP finally took action on the Fresh Menu restaurant on 18th C Main. It had become a nuisance in the locality as its kitchen waste was flowing on to the road. Health inspector Vinod fined them twice and they appeared to have … Read more
Civic monitoring app required
City Development minister KJ George launched the ‘Fix My Street’ app for citizens to report on civic problems involving the BBMP. However, there are already two popular apps that do exactly the same thing: BBMP Sahaya and IChangeMyCity. And yet, we have not seen real issues getting solved, first-hand. And this is particularly when we … Read more
Film shoot disturbs residents
The other day, Sector 4 resident Fazal Khalil complained on our Residents Watch group about a film shoot happening late into the night. Says Fazal: “It’s such a nuisance to all of us… the fumes from the generator van and the mess they make after eating, by throwing the food leftovers all over the place.” … Read more
BDA Complex to turn into a mall?
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) planned to revamp the Indiranagar BDA complex more than three years ago but nothing happened because the deeply entrenched shopkeepers protested that they would lose their livelihood. But that is just one of the reasons. The real reason is that the BDA is good at mooting ideas but bad at … Read more