The Organic World is now in HSR Layout!

January 12, 2021November 29, 2018 by RW News Network

The Organic World has opened its doors in HSR Layout! Located next to MK Retail on 17th Cross in Sector 2, the store is spread over 2000 sq. feet and is equipped with a community cafe and a children’s play area to entertain all age groups.

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The store boasts of products in several categories ranging from fruits and vegetables to home and personal care. The Organic World in HSR is not your average retail store. Walk in and experience the store by helping yourself to some aromatherapy, and maybe whip up your own beauty product or grind up your very own wheatgrass shot!

Organic products are often associated only with fruits and vegetables but the store tells us otherwise. You will learn that there is a lot more to organic living than just eating organic. The store aims to educate you about taking the sustainable way out and introduces the concept of zero waste shopping and urges everyone to do their bit and make a difference! Choose Better – these are the two words that seem to sum up their motto.

The Organic World was started with the mission to make a positive and progressive difference to the world. Locally sourced and organically grown produce that benefit individuals and communities. And these not only improve a person’s general well being but also bring in socio-economic benefits working its way up from the grassroots level.

The company was launched in 2013 to give customers, the most remarkable organic shopping experience for all your daily needs, from beans to jeans and bathing soaps to cushion covers. There seems to have been no exceptions made to deliver the best quality of products to their customers while also serving a greater good.

To choose better and go organic, head to The Organic World now.

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Trucks & tourist buses clog 27th Main!

January 12, 2021November 28, 2018 by RW News Network

The residents are fed up of complaining to the authorities about the indiscriminate parking by trucks and tourist buses on 27th Main Road.

Says resident Krishnan, who has tweeted to the top cops and complained on their mobile app: “Illegal parking… creating a dangerous haphazard to the community on 27th main. It’s a daily routine, can you please clean this mess?”

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Pet lover stops men from catching dogs; gets beaten up!

January 12, 2021November 27, 2018 by RW News Network

Abhilash S, a 30-year-old resident of Sector 4, was beaten up by four unidentified assailants on November 22 at around 1145pm.

Pet lover stops men from catching dogs; gets beaten up! 8 — Representative pic

This incident appears to be connected to the allegation by pet lovers of HSR that 60 strays have been picked up from HSR and relocated elsewhere. According to this FIR (First Information Report), the incident occurred behind the Government Hostel when Abhilash was feeding the dogs.

Pet lover stops men from catching dogs; gets beaten up! 9 — Tata Ace mini truck. A representative image.

The four persons allegedly came in a Tata Ace mini truck to catch the dogs. When Abhilash protested that it’s illegal to catch dogs by unlicensed contractors, the four persons beat him up and mouthed expletives. They also threatened him with his life and drove away.

The HSR cops have lodged the case under five sections of the Indian Penal Code – 506 (criminal intimidation), 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (causing hurt), 504 (insult) and 34 (criminal act by a group).

Lost dog in the afternoon, found him dead at night

January 12, 2021November 24, 2018 by RW News Network

Yesterday at around 3pm, Bingo, a black labrador dog ran away from a house in Teacher’s Colony near HSR Layout Sector 5. Frantic owner Jayashree posted on social network groups and launched a hunt for her pet all day. The pet had gone missing from door number 297 on 4th Avenue.

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Today, she is at a crematorium on Magadi Road to bury her pet. During her search, she found her dog at 11pm yesterday. However, the labrador was run over by a car.

Though the locals stopped the car and pulled out the dog from underneath, it had died by then. On their hunt, Jayashree found her dog in Venkatapura adjacent to Teacher’s Colony. “The car driver drove away, but we can’t help it,” Jayashree told Residents Watch. “When people don’t value a human’s life, what’s a dog for them?” Having adopted Bingo when he was 15 days old, it was with Jayashree for 13 years. May his soul rest in peace.

Rooftop restaurant catches fire; shut for 5 days!

January 12, 2021November 24, 2018 by RW News Network

The Vape, the rooftop restaurant on 27th Main Road in HSR Layout had a freak fire in the wee hours of today. The fire force officials took more than half an hour to extinguish it. No casualties were reported.

A fire force official from the Sarjapur Road station said that they received a call at around 4am about the fire on the fifth floor of Rio Arcade where The Vape is located. “It was due to an electrical short circuit,” he said.

The restaurant staffers clarified that it was due to a short circuit in the generators. The restaurant is shut for five days due to this.

Here is the video of the fire that took place last night.

Rooftop restaurant catches fire; shut for 5 days! 13 — The restaurant is on the 4th floor of Rio Arcade on 27th Main Road, Sector 1

Rooftop restaurant catches fire; shut for 5 days! 14 — The location

Software engineer dies when water tanker runs over him on 27th Main

January 12, 2021November 23, 2018 by RW News Network

What’s your ‘dosha’?

January 12, 2021November 22, 2018 by RW News Network

The Organic World is the newest entrant in HSR Layout offering organic produce. What we loved most is the way they have these educational counters on how to check for nitrate content in vegetables and fruits with a tester, to pamphlets on the various doshas in our bodies.

Look at the pictures and answer the questions to know which ‘dosha’ you belong to and accordingly adjust your dietary requirements, according to Ayurveda. Your health is everything. This is for your information only and not a prescription for any ailments.

Top traffic cop inspects Silk Board; junction improvements working well!

January 12, 2021November 20, 2018 by RW News Network

Yesterday, Additional Commissioner of Traffic P Harishekaran visited Silk Board and the surrounding areas of Hosur Road, Madiwala, Bommanahalli and Mangammanapalya. Bommanahalli MLA Satish Reddy apprised the top cop about the traffic situation on Begur Road, Bommanahalli Main Road and Silk Board junction.

A number of measures were discussed, including the exploration of any government land available near Silk Board junction that can be used to park the buses and ease the congestion. There is a lorry stand behind the existing service road near Silk Board where the buses are parked. The top cop wanted to check if that is government land, so it can be used to make a bus station out there.

In addition, asphalting interior roads off Hosur Road and Outer Ring Road (ORR) are planned since much of the ORR traffic on Bannerghatta Road was using internal roads to reach their destinations due to the ongoing Metro work near Jayadeva junction. The other ways to expedite the widening of Begur Road was also discussed during the visit. The residents can hope to see better traffic management around the area from Silk Board junction to Jayadeva flyover in the coming days.

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In the last 10-12 days, the Madiwala traffic police has been doing a commendable job of easing congestion near Silk Board with a number of junction improvements. By shifting the Madiwala market, much of the road over there is decongested. Some more junction improvements are planned at Total mall side of Madiwala after the intersections of Bommanahalli and Begur Road are fixed.

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Top traffic cop inspects Silk Board; junction improvements working well! 24 — Removal of Madiwala market vendors

Top traffic cop inspects Silk Board; junction improvements working well! 25 — Madiwala market road where hawkers were removed from the central median

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After the Silk Board measures, the Madiwala cops now say that many of their fixes have met with success. Earlier, you had to wait for four signals before it was your turn to cross the Silk Board junction from HSR Layout. “Today, it’s possible to go past it after the second signal itself,” says a senior traffic cop. And this has been made possible through a number of remedial measures taken by the traffic police outlined below:

1. At Silk Board junctions, the waiting time for pedestrians will be a lot less as they will now be able to cross the road at every signal change unlike earlier. In addition, there is a barricade erected when vehicles use the free left turn at silk board from Bommanahalli. This way, the pedestrians are able to cross the road without much hassle as the traffic will be orderly.

2. The bus stop towards HSR Layout near Silk Board has been moved further away from the junction to avoid people clogging the area.

3. The timers that were under disrepair have been fixed at the junction to further ease movement.

Footpath encroachments removed on 27th Main Road

January 12, 2021November 20, 2018 by RW News Network

The HSR traffic cops removed several footpath encroachments on 27th Main Road from flyover junction to the HSR police station. The rest of the stretch will be carried out in the next few days, according to HSR traffic police.

Footpath encroachments removed on 27th Main Road 28 — Representative picture

Regarding the 24th Main Road encroachment, the cops said that the measures are temporary in nature. “We do it today but the next day, the vendors are back,” said one senior cop. Regarding shops encroaching the footpath, the cop said, “That’s the job of the BBMP officials. They know the law and we are ready to do a joint encroachment removal drive if they agree.” In addition, the traffic police are unsure about removal of footpath vendors. “They have no designated spot where we can shift them,” they said. When we told them about 18th Cross off 24th Main Road near Bescom office to be used as an alternative market road, they said they will look into it. This was proposed by Brig (Retd) RS Murthy, the former president of Sector 2 Residents Welfare Association a long time ago, but nothing came of it.

When we asked BBMP assistant engineer Ananth Raju about it, he said, “We will fix a date and send a letter to the traffic police to help us with the eviction. We also need the presence of residents and the media when the removal is happening to avoid the backlash from shopkeepers and vendors.” We will keep you posted, dear reader, so you can watch the removal while it’s in progress.

HSR Habba is back and the residents are angry!

January 12, 2021November 19, 2018 by RW News Network

The last time HSR Habba was held at BBMP Grounds in Sector 2, the residents were mighty upset because the organisers had visually polluted HSR Layout with flex banners and posters across the neighbourhood. Importantly, they had even nailed scores of posters on trees, which is the worst way to propagate anything. In addition, they were also guilty of noise pollution as their cultural programmes went on beyond midnight.

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This time around, they have created a flutter among citizens by putting out on social media that they will put up over 1000 “eco-friendly” banners and 1 lakh pamphlets. Even if it’s a cloth banner, it’s visual pollution of the highest kind. Imagine staring at the banner at every cross section of HSR Layout. We have no idea how BBMP or the traffic police can give permission for that kind of atrocity. But we do know that it has the blessings of local MLA Satish Reddy.

The HSR Habba guys defended themselves by saying, “We also have sporting activities like running race, throw ball, volleyball, tug of war, slow cycling, lemon & spoon, in addition to the flea market,” said one official of HSR Habba. However, that comprised only half a day’s worth of sporting events while the other two-and-a-half-days are geared towards shopping and entertainment. But the organisers have assured us that there won’t be posters being nailed to the trees like they did the last time around. If you do spot them, take a picture and mail us, dear reader. The organisers have also assured us that they will finish the musical performances by 11pm.

Therefore, the HSR residents are urging the MLA to understand the citizen’s concerns and ensure that he does not aid and abet visual pollution of this magnitude. In addition, the last time around, the cultural functions went on till 1am causing much noise pollution as well. They hope that the function ends by 11pm and the decibel levels are curtailed after 9pm. The Sector 2 Residents Welfare Association has written to the BBMP a number of times in the last three years about not commercialising the grounds, but to no avail. They have insisted that the open grounds should only be given for sporting events and no permanent structures be erected.

The residents have tweeted to the BBMP Commissioner, BBMP mayor and Deputy Chief Minister regarding the misuse of the playgrounds as well. Going by the handle of @WeAreHSRLayout, they tweeted that “BBMP Grounds are getting misused for commercial activities, fully promoted by MLA Bommanahalli! This ground was saved from building a judges colony only to be misused by people in power! This is a misuse of law!”

Prostitution in HSR rears its ugly head again

January 12, 2021November 19, 2018 by RW News Network

We scan all things HSR Layout on social media and we came across yet another sales call by pimps. In October, we had reported about how prostitution had gone bold and brazen and how the HSR cops had trapped them. We have informed the HSR cops to take action on them. They are publicising their services using the Twitter handle: @ovimaniz84. When you click on their message, it takes you to a ‘Locanto’ website that has more details like the one below.

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This shows two websites that they are operating from. Please note that not only is prostitution prohibited, it is also quite risky to your health and life. There have been many cases where people have blackmailed clients by recording their sleazy footage, while some have robbed them at knife-point.

Therefore, it pays to remain faithful to your partner rather than resort to these adventures that could ruin you and your family. The cops can only police whenever they get wind of this by posing as prospective clients. However, you can prevent this prostitution by not being part of it. No clients, no business.

COPTALK

The local cops have informed us that any resident who feels suspicious of people movements in their neighbourhood can call up 100 and report about suspected prostitution in their areas. “Although they say HSR Layout because it’s a high tech area, the pimps identify an area in HSR but take them elsewhere for the actual act which might not be in HSR,” said one police official. “Also, there are 10-15 pimps involved. The moment you become a decoy and pose as a prospective client, these people follow you to check if you are a cop. If they get even a slight doubt, they will escape.”

HSR Ward Committee or Sham Committee?

January 12, 2021November 18, 2018 by RW News Network

After the residents went to court asking the BBMP to set up a ward committee, the civic body followed the court orders. They sought refuge in the local corporator who inducted his own contacts. When the citizens protested against this nepotism, the BBMP Commissioner said the residents can send in their applications and he will personally see to it that they get a berth.

However, when the ward committees were finalised, none of the 500 applicants from across Bangalore found their names on the list. Such is the state of affairs in Bangalore. Thankfully, HSR Layout is slightly better off. One can spot civic activists like Padmashree, Chitra and Dr Shanthi Tummala on the 12-member list and we know the work they have done towards garbage segregation, plastic ban, composting and so on. But the rest of the list appears to be bogus at first glance.

FAKE DESIGNATIONS

Lets begin with the representatives from resident welfare associations (RWAs). The names on the list are complete unknowns and their designations don’t even exist. You only have presidents not chairmans at RWAs. The president of Sector 6 RWA was Raje Urs last year and not Venugopal Reddy. In fact, there has been no such name holding any core committee level position in the history of Sector 6 RWA. We have got this confirmed from both the past president of Sector 6 RWA Raje Urs and the current secretary Deshmukh.

Such is the level of misrepresentation in this list cooked up by the BBMP under the misguidance of corporator Gurumurthy Reddy. Similarly, in Sector 1, the president has been Jayaram Reddy, but the list shows Govindaswamy as its chairman when there is no such position in the first place. Similarly Jayaram Reddy has confirmed that Govindaswamy was never the president or secretary of the association. “The committee met only once to send this list to the BBMP, it’s all bogus,” said Jayaram Reddy to Residents Watch. “The list was made only to follow the court’s orders. There’s no other purpose to it. I will talk to the Federation about this misrepresentation.”

Corporator Gurumurthy Reddy claimed that he had conducted “2-3” meetings in the last one year. Even if this were true, it clearly highlights the sham. “We will call you for the next meeting,” he told us. When pressed on the charge that there are bogus names on the list, he only said, “Is it so?”

When we spoke to BNR Reddy, the chairman of the Federation of HSR Layout Residents Welfare Association, he was even more categorical: “The corporator did not consult the associations while drafting people into the committee. This is all his handiwork.”

BOGUS LOT?

Both civic activists and resident association members are not even aware of the other names on the list. We can only conclude that they are just dummy candidates to abide by the court order. When there are so many civic activists in HSR Layout, why pick complete unknowns? Or do these people even exist? Do we have their Aadhaar IDs, so we can cross check? We urge BBMP Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad to take cognisance of this and weed out the falsehood reflected in this list not just in HSR but across Bangalore.

Without further ado, here is the list of people who are part of the Ward Committee for HSR Layout. No real meetings have happened so far. And most of the names don’t even ring a bell. Such is the sham in the ward committee list. Should the courts intervene again to whet the lists now and ensure regular meetings are held? In all likelihood, it appears to look that way!

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