Manasi Paresh Kumar – Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Indian Music Experience project: Creating informed audience for Indian music

February 9, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Featuring over 400 artists, the museum boasts of some priceless artefacts, like Ustad Bismilla Khan’s Shehnai and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi’s silver pan box. The idea was to create an informed audience for music, who are aware of the history and efforts that went into preserving Indian music.

I have no love for concrete or steel; want more buses: R K Mishra

January 29, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

In an interview with Citizen Matters, RK Misra who had earlier batted for the steel flyover says he would now choose 12,000 buses over the Elevated Corridor project.

Steel Flyover debate: Metro to airport needs to be done quickly, says Naresh Narasimhan

January 23, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

There are less expensive fixes available for the Hebbal traffic mess, which can make the steel flyover unnecessary, according to Naresh Narasimhan. He thinks metro line to airport is the best fix for the problem.

Residents north of Hebbal fed up of traffic, says RWA president

January 22, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

People in Hebbal area and beyond hope that the airport traffic will move on the flyover, leaving the grade for local traffic.

‘No citizen movement can represent universal will of people’

January 18, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

There is bound to be a strong reason for people who support elevated roads in their own backyard to oppose ‘steel flyover’ in another area. Such complex arguments can never be classified into binaries. Here’s a slice of such complexity simplified for clarity.

Story of Bengaluru’s traffic: Bus numbers remain same while private vehicles boom

December 13, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Years of negligence towards public transport has finally resulted in today’s congested and polluted Bengaluru. All the catastrophe is well-documented in data, yet it hasn’t got enough attention from the government.

Incompetence is driving transport policy in Bengaluru: Bhaskar Rao, IPS

November 16, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Hydrocarbons are on their way out and solar or electrical vehicles will become the order of the day, says former Transport Commissioner and director at the KSRTC. But for that, Bangalore needs an urgent change in mindset and policy.

“We have no choice but to move to e-autos”

November 6, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

As the transport department struggles to phase out two-stroke autos, here is what an official has to say about the challenges of introducing e-autos on Bangalore roads.

E-rickshaws as antidote to air pollution: Hope for Bengaluru or pipe-dream?

November 2, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

A recent study report says that by switching to electric autos, carbon emissions can be reduced by 0.11 million tonne per year, PM10 by 114.5 million tonne per year, and NOx by 37.6 million tonne per year. So when will Namma Bengaluru make that switch and what’s been stopping it?

ITPL gas leak: Metro trenching tests failed to spot GAIL pipelines

October 30, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Agencies working in Bengaluru do not share the list of their utilities while working in the same area. Unaware of what was beneath the ground, Metro workers dug deep and accidentally damaged GAIL pipeline.

CAF flashback: What saved your neighbourhood from becoming a messy, commercial hub

October 23, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

As the Citizen’s Action Forum turns 10. we look back at their decade of activism that has changed Bengaluru in so many ways. In the first of the series, the tale of the PIL against BDA’s Master Plan 2015, which saw the curb on commercial activities on roads less than 40 feet wide.

Student bus pass: BMTC caught unprepared as it tries to go digital

October 3, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Last year, the BMTC issued 3.7 lakh student passes and the online option saw a huge rush this year. Sadly, the BMTC was not prepared.