Articles by Chetan Boray

As part of their wall painting projects, BBMP painted a compound wall of a 1 acre plot in BTM Layout with social and cultural awareness messages last month. Residents welfare & Cultural Association of BTM and Director of Central Library approached BBMP to get the compound wall painted in November 2009. The work started in February. It took more than four painters about a month to paint the compound wall.The plot located at 7th Main 9th cross BTM Layout belongs to Karnataka state Central Library. Nagesh, Director of the Central Library, based in Jayanagar says the proposal for a library…

According to a response given by BBMP to a Citizen Matters RTI application of 2009, four BBMP toilets are shown as having been approved for construction in JP Nagar way back in 2006-7. They are mentioned in the BBMP ward works list.At the cost of Rs 6.80 lakh per toilet, Rs 27.2 lakhs is the total cost for building all four. (A copy of the work order list is with Citizen Matters). In late March 2010, on a check by Citizen Matters, three of these toilets are missing (not constructed at the locations at all) and one is built and…

On the ninth day from Ugadi, in Srinidhi Srinivasa temple in Konankunte, Lord Srinivasa was transformed into Rama. This is a special art practised by deity decorator Sridhar K S, who says "I am doing this out of my own interest for the past eight years, and I derive happiness from it". Diety decoration. Pic: Chetan Boray. Sridhar K S. Pic: Chetan Boray. Sridhar also makes special decorations for occasions such as Narasimha Jayanthi, Gokulastami, Shravana Shanivara and other festival days, when the Sreenivasa or Vishnu idol is transformed into his many avatars. He uses simple natural materials like banana…

Jayanagar Academic Committee (JAC) organised an event on March 14th to mark its completion of the coaching programme for students appearing in the forthcoming SSLC exam. This was held at SSMRV College, Jayanagar 4th T block. More than 100 people attended the function. A volunteer teacher of the coaching progamme demonstrated to show as to how the 45 days coaching classes have been conducted. The students said that they were made to solve model question papers and the classes were very interactive and practical. The idea of this progamme was put forth by MLA of Jayanagar. Pic: Chetan Boray. More…