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Volunteers, Kishore and Aravind, water the plants in Vasanth Nagar every alternate day in the evenings. Pic: Rajkumar Dugar

How four Vasanth Nagar residents are saving plants during lockdown

April 13, 2020 Rajkumar Dugar

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.

ನವೀಕರಣದ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಯಶವಂತಪುರ ರೈಲ್ವೆ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ. ನಾಗರಿಕರು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಎಫ್‌ಒಬಿಯನ್ನು ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುತ್ತಲೇ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ ಚಿತ್ರ: ಅಭಿಷೇಕ್ ಆರ್

ಯಶವಂತಪುರ ಪಾದಚಾರಿ-ಸೇತುವೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಸಂಚಾರದ ಸಮಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಲಿನ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕಡಿತಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

January 5, 2020 Rajkumar Dugar

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

How a foot-over-bridge can slash travel time and pollution in Yeshwanthpur

November 25, 2019 Rajkumar Dugar

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

Faulty streetlights in your neighbourhood? Here’s how to do a ‘streetlight survey’ and get BBMP to act

August 25, 2019 Rajkumar Dugar

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

Vasanth Nagar citizens survey 439 streetlights; get BBMP to fix missing and defective lights

August 21, 2019 Rajkumar Dugar

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

Why integration of Metro with Railway station is needed at Cantonment

September 20, 2017 Rajkumar Dugar

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!