Articles by Nagesh Aras

BMTC, which already wasn’t quite popular with Bengalureans, is running skeletal services now. Can sanitation measures, support of private operators, help?

A review of DULT’s draft parking policy proposal highlights many issues – it is not based on data and lacks an implementation strategy. Is it designed to fail, like earlier plans?

That Bengaluru gets into a regular water crisis, is something we all know. But whose job is it to protect our water resources? It’s our state pollution control board. And here’s why KSPCB is incapable of bailing us out.

KSPCB has been asking apartments in the city to pay up lakhs as compensation for defective sewage treatment plants. But the Board itself is responsible for approving many plants that had design and fabrication issues.

Apartment STPs (Sewage Treatment Plants) are set up after getting government approvals, yet they malfunction soon and residents keep spending lakhs to correct defects. This scenario can change with some reforms in the STP approval process.

The draft Comprehensive Mobility Plan is problematic from the legal, technical and financial perspectives

There are many planning issues around the bus priority lane project in ORR. Here are some solutions to those

BBMP and BMTC have not thought through many practical difficulties in implementing the bus priority lane (BPL) on ORR. Questions on bus clumping at junctions, traffic management in service roads and so on remain unanswered

There is much optimism around the bus priority lane to be operational on ORR tomorrow. But there’s no clarity on what outcome we can expect, or how the project will fit into the overall transport plan for ORR and the city

How can the humble bus or the local train be made attractive to Bengalureans? From ensuring seats to creating apps, a lot needs to be done for this. Here are some pointers

The government can take some quick impact decisions to fix the road congestion issue – including improving signal timings and rationalising bus routes.

Ward committees look good in theory. Bengaluru has started witnessing monthly meetings in wards slowly. But is the existing system good enough to allow ward committees to work for public?