Rajkumar Dugar, Founder and Convenor of Citizens for Citizens (C4C), works on civic initiatives in and around Vasanth Nagar. He hopes citizens in other areas will replicate and improve upon these projects, to leave the surroundings “a little better than I found it”
Plants in public places are becoming water-starved during the lockdown. In Vasanth Nagar, four residents have been going out and watering such plants to ensure they stay alive.
ನಾಗರೀಕರು ಬಹಳ ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಯಶವಂತಪುರ ಹಳೆಯ ರೈಲ್ವೆ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದವರೆಗೂ ಒಂದು ಪಾದಚಾರಿ-ಸೇತುವೆ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸೇತುವೆ ಬಂದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಎರಡು ಜಾಗಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಅಂತರ 2.3 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಇಂದ 200 ಮೀ ಗೆ ಇಳಿಯುತ್ತದೆ
For years, citizens have been demanding a foot-over-bridge connecting Yeshwanthpur old railway station with the Metro station nearby. The bridge would reduce the distance between these two points from 2.3 km to 200 m
Recently, the residents of Vasanth Nagar surveyed all 439 streetlights in their neighbourhood, and identified faulty lights. Once they presented their data, BBMP was forced to start repair works. Here’s how you too can do a streetlight survey, and get BBMP to act
When Vasanth Nagar residents couldn’t get BBMP to fix damaged and missing streetlights in their neighbourhood, they undertook a ‘streetlight survey’. Armed with solid data, they’ve got BBMP to start works. Around half the defective streetlights here have already been fixed
BMRCL had planned the integration of its station with Cantonment Railway Station, but changed it later. When people sought reasons, many were given, of which none seems valid enough!