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Articles by Vaidya R

About Vaidya R
Vaidya is an engineer working in Bangalore and tweets at @aydiav.
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A group of people wading through knee deep water inside Rainbow Drive layout
Environment

Rainbow Drive — layout or lake? The man-made tragedy of Bengaluru’s flood-prone neighbourhoods

September 5, 2022 Meera K and Vaidya R

Multiple factors have led to areas like Rainbow Drive flooded. Holistic solutions are possible, but what will it take to make it happen?

Illustration on Right to Information
Governance

When Karnataka showed the way with a pioneering Right to Information law

August 17, 2022 Vaidya R

20 years ago, Karnataka got the KRIA act, before the 2005 RTI Act. Transparency activists have faced successes as well as failures and frustration.

potholes and disintegrating road surface
Infrastructure

Road maintenance: What BBMP does not track

July 6, 2022 Vaidya R

BBMP guidelines specify the processes for road maintenance. But at every step, from measurements to documentation to audits, it is ad hoc work.

Cementing of roadside drains in a busy commercial district in Bengaluru
Infrastructure

Managing drains: How BBMP ignores its own guidelines

June 20, 2022 Vaidya R

A 2007 BBMP committee had developed guidelines for roads and drains. So why do Bengaluru’s roads still deteriorate into pothole-ridden lunar surfaces?

Road surfaces are sloping towards the sides
Infrastructure

How is it that roads in Electronics City have no potholes?

May 27, 2022 Vaidya R

Anyone familiar with Electronics City knows the township roads are clean and well laid, and it is hard to spot potholes. What is their secret sauce?

E-auto driver Nagesh
Commute

E-autos gaining traction as last mile option: What will it take to make them viable?

May 2, 2022 Vaidya R

E-autos are pollution free, cheaper to maintain and provide a better riding experience. What needs to be done to make them ubiquitous?

Trend of SARS-Cov-2 viral load across Bengaluru Urban
Health

What wastewater surveillance in Bengaluru reveals about COVID-19 trend

January 3, 2022 Vaidya R

A wastewater surveillance project shows the trend in COVID cases in Bengaluru; data indicates a possible rise in the coming weeks!

rainy day
Environment

Annual rainfall increasing in Bengaluru, data shows

December 6, 2021 Vaidya R

Bengaluru saw unprecedented rains this November. Larger trends indeed show changes in the city’s annual and monthly rainfall patterns.

Lesser whistling ducks at Mallathahalli Lake
Environment

What we lose when we lose a lake — the Mallathahalli Lake experience

August 25, 2021 Vaidya R

As plans are set in motion to ‘develop’ Mallathahalli Lake, a citizen shares stunning images of the biodiversity that is under threat here.

A helpline for funerals
Health

Bengaluru’s COVID deaths: With June numbers still worse than April’s, has the second wave really subsided?

June 28, 2021 Vaidya R

We analyse COVID death rate data from BBMP bulletins. Even accounting for the back-counting of cases, the results are far from comforting.

A collapsed drain after rains in October 2020
Environment

Did Bengaluru really get excess rains in 2020?

November 4, 2020 Vaidya R

This year, some parts of Bengaluru got extremely high rainfall while some others didn’t even get the usual amounts. This also means floods and damages were disproportionate across the city.

Mobile Fever Clinic parked at JJ Nagar where all residents of the containment areas are being tested for #COVID19 by collecting throat and nasal swabs. BBMP Commissioner/Facebook
Health

COVID cases: How’s Bengaluru really doing?

October 25, 2020 Vaidya R

Are COVID cases likely to reduce further in Bengaluru? Are death rates really coming down? Here’s what the data suggests.

Environment

Will this year’s rains ease Bengaluru out of water scarcity?

August 20, 2019 Vaidya R

Till July end, Karnataka faced severe rainfall deficit, and water levels in Cauvery reservoirs were plummeting. But in just two weeks, the situation has turned around completely. What does this mean for Bengaluru’s water crisis?

Commute

Seven reasons why I decided to ditch BMTC buses!

July 30, 2018 Vaidya R

While steps like bus lanes and flyovers mess up the traffic flow for buses, revenue targets set for BMTC staff end up disrupting the convenience of the commuters. BMTC never seems to get it right!

Society

What’s in a bus stop name?

April 9, 2017 Vaidya R

As the city loses each of its popular landmarks to new buildings and businesses, what happens to the old bus stands named after those landmarks?

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