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Karnataka Power Muddle: October 2006
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Enter your search terms. Thursday, October 26, 2006. Powerful Solutions - 2. Text of letter sent to press (on 22nd July, '06):. Further, with such an arrangement worked out, the TADADI and Nandikoor projects, based on coal shipped in from across the seas, can be given a quiet burial, protecting our eco-sensitive coastal areas simultaneously. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 1:37 AM. Text of letter sent to press (10th Oct, '06):. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 1:25 AM. Wednesday, October 25, 2006. The growth pros...
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Kerala disconnect-tion: June 2006
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Enter your search terms. Sunday, June 11, 2006. Text of letter sent to press. The need for atleast one regular overnight superfast daily service between Bangalore and Ernakulam (in fact Thiruvananthapuram) has existed from decades. However, even with any number of representations made by various groups of people at all kinds of levels, all that the South Western Railways has responded with is this dose of confusion. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 1:49 AM. Bangalore, Karnataka, India. View my complete profile.
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Water Supply Privatisation: November 2006
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Enter your search terms. Monday, November 13, 2006. Exchange with Mr L (through Bangalore-based ‘Hasiru Usiru’ Yahoo Group), 1st week Nov, ‘06. I was not at the talk, but was happy to note from your report (as cited below) a good account of what probably happened. Instead I am quite shocked that you feel "(T)he participation of an organization like Janaagraha in setting up and administering the regulatory mechanism" is what will help us tide over the crisis. Since when did Janaagraha represent me? Furthe...
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Kerala disconnect-tion: November 2006
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Enter your search terms. Thursday, November 09, 2006. Sri Laloo Prasad Yadav has reportedly flagged off yet another weekly train (supposedly superfast) between Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram) and Bangalore, with another set of (train) numbers, timings, combinations and permutations of types of accommodations. All that this is going to achive is to add to the existing confusion. Perhaps, that ultimately is the answer. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 8:26 AM. Bangalore, Karnataka, India. View my complete profile.
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Traffic / Transport Solutions: June 2007
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Traffic / Transport Solutions. Enter your search terms. Saturday, June 16, 2007. Party to the loot. Text of the letter sent to the Indian Express:. I refer to the report captioned "Metro rail: Officials face the music" in your columns today. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 5:31 AM. Even after some twenty years of reforms in the various areas of economic activity, benefiting everyone concerned, there remains one key infrastructure sector that has hardly seen any change the public bus transport services sector...
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Water Supply Privatisation: January 2007
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Enter your search terms. Tuesday, January 23, 2007. Counter to Medha Patkar's call (Oct '05). Letter sent to the press, and posted on 'Hasiru Usiru' web-site:. Municipal water supply, the country over, is in a shambles. In such a scenario, when the bottling industry comes forward to make good quality water available right through the country, and at reasonable prices, it is fulfilling a desperate need. What is there if you have to pay for it? Would you rather pay the doctor's bills? Counter to NAPM call.
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Health-careless: March 2008
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Enter your search terms. Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Over the past fortnight, I have been noticing a massive ad campaign by ESI over press as well as TV making me wonder what new venture they are onto. Going by their past track record (refer letters below, addressed by me to the press), they can’t be up to much good. Just last evening, I was parked beside the ESI hospital in Indiranagar for a while. It looked as desolate as ever. What a colossal waste of public money! Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 5:40 AM.
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Governance: January 2008
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Enter your search terms. Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Bangaloreing voters' list review. Text of the letter sent to TOI:. Organised private sector companies are today being entrusted with far more sensitive jobs, and one fails to see how much more sensitive these kinds of jobs are. Besides, the general public today has far greater faith and confidence in the abilities and integrity of these kinds of companies than they have in most of the government organisations. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 10:29 PM. My bl...
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Health-careless: December 2006
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Enter your search terms. Saturday, December 09, 2006. Unshackle (vimochana), please! Text of letter sent to The New Indian Express:. Perhaps Vimochana would like to support this view? They are doing good work and they have a powerful voice. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 4:25 AM. Not for the poor; only for the desperate. I asked the rest if they corroborated the view. They were unanimous in agreement. And, mind you, these are all from really poor sections of the society. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 4:09 AM.
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Traffic / Transport Solutions: December 2006
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Traffic / Transport Solutions. Enter your search terms. Tuesday, December 05, 2006. At the instance of a friend, I have recently been taking lectures, as part of an awareness building programme, for 10th standard students of a school, on the outskirts of the city, comprising mostly children from the poorer sections of society. Moral of the story:. Posted by Muralidhar Rao at 9:31 PM. Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Been a regular commentator on civic and economic issues through the 'letters to editor' colum...