A Citizens Movement for Sustainable, Multi-Modal, Integrated Mobility for Bengaluru! Campaigns: https://nitter.gq/t.co/bjdjMmLbE0 Convenor: @SandeepAnirudha
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Exactly, we can keep talking about planning, but until the planning authority is capacitated with experts, and a holistic masterplan formed, what planning can we expect?
@krishnabgowda @GBAChiefComm @GBA_office @NITIAayog @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar
@krishnabgowda Dear Sir, WHO WILL DO THE PLANNING? You need to first capacitate the MPC with experts, if at all you hope to plan! UNPLANNED DEVELOPMENT has brought Bengaluru disrepute.
If you recall, the Supreme Court in 2023 called Bengaluru 'A template for Urban Ruin due to Unplanned Development' :
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You might also have read the detailed cover page article by @IndiaToday : 'Bengaluru - How to ruin India's best city' : nitter.gq/BengaluruAgenda/status…
With due respect, "Not making the same Planning mistakes" MEANS:
1) Not sidelining the constitutionally prescribed planning authority - The 'Metropolitan Planning Committee' (MPC).
2) Not failing to 'BUILD INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR PLANNING' - by appointing experts to the MPC.
A good place to begin : To create a holistic master plan for a city, the MPC requires a multidisciplinary team of experts. A successful master plan must balance social equity, economic growth, environmental sustainability, and infrastructural efficiency.
The essential experts needed to form a holistic master plan are grouped below by their core focus areas:
1. Spatial & Urban Design Experts
* Regional Planners / Urban Planners / Town Planners : Serve as the project leads to synthesize data, set zoning laws, and design land-use frameworks.
* Urban Designers: Focus on the physical form of the city, ensuring public spaces, streets, and buildings are cohesive, attractive, and functional.
* Architects & Landscape Architects: Design public buildings and integrate parks, green spaces, and waterfronts into the urban fabric.
2. Infrastructure & Engineering Experts
* Transport Planner / Mobility Planners: Design transit systems, bike lanes, pedestrian walkways, and road networks to reduce traffic and improve connectivity.
* Civil & Utility Engineers: Plan critical infrastructure including water supply, sewage systems, waste management, and power grids.
* Smart City / GIS Specialists: Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map data and integrate smart technology for data-driven city management.
3. Environmental & Sustainability Experts
* Environmental Scientists / Ecologists: Assess environmental impacts, protect local biodiversity, and plan for climate resilience (e.g., flood mitigation).
* Sustainability Specialists: Ensure the plan incorporates renewable energy, green building standards, and carbon-reduction strategies.
4. Socio-Economic & Legal Experts
* Urban Economists: Analyze market trends, employment opportunities, and financial feasibility to ensure the city can attract investment and sustain growth.
* Sociologists / Community Development Specialists: Study demographic data to ensure equitable access to housing, healthcare, education, and recreation for all social groups.
* Legal & Regulatory Experts: Ensure the master plan complies with national laws, land acquisition acts, and property rights, while drafting enforceable zoning codes.
5. Governance & Stakeholder Engagement Experts
* Public Facilitators / Communication Specialists: Manage public consultations, workshops, and surveys to ensure citizens and local businesses have a voice in the plan.
* Project Managers & Financial Advisors: Oversee capital budgeting, implementation timelines, and public-private partnerships (PPPs) to move the plan from concept to reality.
If you start recruiting the above experts to the MPC, we'll know that you mean business! All the best!
#Bengaluru : #UrbanRuin #UnplannedDevelopment
#RegionalPlanning #UrbanPlanning #PlannedDevelopment #74thAmendment #MPC #BetterBengaluru
@GBA_office @GBAChiefComm @BelawadiBlr @SandeepAnirudha @BengaluruAgenda @civicbangalore @BLRMobility @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @NITIAayog @NIUA_India
Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
My take on traffic mess in Bengaluru:
👉🏿 solely due to #UnplannedDevelopment
👉🏿 Contempt of Constitution #74thAmendment
👉🏿 No MPC - No institutional capacity to plan
👉🏿 hence no Holistic Masterplan
#UrbanRuin
@krishnabgowda @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @BengaluruAgenda @BLRTownHall
#BreakingNews | Bengaluru Gridlock: 5-Km School Journeys Stretch Beyond 2 Hours | Bengaluru Traffic Shock: 5–6 Km Takes More Than 2 Hours In Whitefield, Varthur Road Among Worst-Hit Stretches
Sandeep Anirudhan (Citizens Agenda B'Luru Convener) joins the conversation
@afreen_hussain_ shares more details
#TheBreakfastClub #Bengaluru #Bangalore #BengaluruTraffic #BangaloreTraffic | @kritsween
1/n | BENGALURU DOES EVERYTHING IN REVERSE?
*Needed 20 years ago, being done now?
*If Constitution was followed - and MPC empowered with experts in urban, regional & transport planning - would Bengaluru have witnessed such Unplanned Devt & dysfunctional transport?
@CMofKarnataka
2/n | To fulfil @MoHUA_India’s funding requirement, @OfficialBMRCL in connivance with @DULTBangalore, issues a sham CMP - when transport planning should be integral to the city’s Master Plan, which doesn’t even exist.
Even the State Govt scams the Centre?
@PMOIndia @mlkhattar
3/n | Shouldn’t @MoHUA_India make a Master Plan a precondition for funding, rather than a Comprehensive Mobility Plan?
A mobility plan is a subset of the Master Plan. How can you plan mobility without first planning the city?
#Illogical #SystemicFault #Correction
@NITIAayog
While it's a relief that a Minister finally understands a city's needs - the tragedy is that it took so many decades, and the bigger tragedy is that it is still a state minister, and not the mayor of the city who's in charge!
#74thAmendment #Swaraj #CityGovt @krishnabgowda
"Bus is the nearest mass transit available to people. We propose to add 4,500 buses, majority of them EVs, to Our bus fleet", says Greater Bengaluru Development Minister @krishnabgowda.
#IndiaTodayKarnatakaRoundtable #Bengaluru | @Nagarjund @Akshita_N
Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
2/n Bengaluru pays the highest metro fares across India. This shows that the Govt here has no understanding of what should constitute a city's mobility.
* Firstly, because the city doesn't have it own Govt, as prescribed by the 74th Amendment of the constitution.
* Secondly, the state govt policy is directed by the vested interests of ministers in the cabinet, who ignorantly chase after car-oriented projects like tunnel roads and elevated corridors.
* Instead of investing in and subsidising public transport, the state govt wishes to invest on and subsidise car use; displaying its lack of planning wisdom.
* The ideal mobility regulator under the National Urban Transport Policy, the UMTA is non existent or non operational here. The BMLTA that has been constituted is merely a showpiece with no actual powers.
This Karnataka Govt is directionless and misguided - it is causing untold and irreversible harm to Bengaluru!
@BLRMobility @CMofKarnataka @DKShivakumar @MBPatil @DULTBangalore @RLR_BTM @dineshgrao @RahulGandhi @INCKarnataka @INCIndia @siddaramaiah @mlkhattar @MoHUA_India @ut_MoHUA @Tejasvi_Surya @NITIAayog @solidview
#PublicTransportFirst #MassTransit #RollBackMetroFare #NammaMetro #MetroFare #metroticketpricehike #PriceHike #Bengaluru #PublicTransport #Metro
Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
Dear @CMofKarnataka Both State and Center are stakeholders in @OfficialBMRCL . In fact, State has invested higher amount, so it has a majority say!
COMPARISON: Bengaluru Vs Chennai Metro
Same MOU, different behaviour:
* TN reduces fares by 40%,
* Karnataka increases fares by 71%!
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How come the Tamil Nadu Govt reduced the fares in Chennai, rather than increase it? You don't care about the citizens?
What does the Karnataka Govt think its job is - Welfare or exploitation?
Stop spending on silly projects like Tunnel Roads and Elevated Corridors, and use that money instead to subsidise the Metro & Public Transport.
Roll back the unacceptable fare increase done last year!
* Fare Fixation Committee is not mandatory. It is only set up on the insistence of the state. Fire the Fare fixation committee, because it has proven to be unfit!
* Let BMLTA (which is the mobility regulator for the city) have the power to oversee and fix fares, and subsidise various modes of transport!
@siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar @mlkhattar @MoHUA_India @ut_MoHUA @Tejasvi_Surya @DULTBangalore @NITIAayog @dineshgrao @RLR_BTM @INCKarnataka @solidview
#PublicTransportFirst #MassTransit #RollBackMetroFare #NammaMetro #MetroFare #metroticketpricehike #PriceHike #Bengaluru
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ಕೇವಲ ಒಂದು ಸಾರಿಗೆ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲ, ಅದು ನಮ್ಮ ನಗರದ ಲಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಿಗಳು, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳ ಕನಸುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊತ್ತೊಯ್ಯುವ, ಪ್ರಗತಿಯತ್ತ ಮುನ್ನಡೆಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ಈ ಎಲ್ಲರ ದೈನಂದಿನ ಜೀವನಾಡಿಯ ಸಂಕೇತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ದರ ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆಯ ನಂತರ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕರಿಂದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾದ ಆತಂಕ ಮತ್ತು ಬೇಸರವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಅರ್ಥೈಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಲ್ಲೆ. ಜನರ ಅಹವಾಲಿಗೆ ಕಿವಿಯಾಗಬೇಕಿರುವುದು ಪ್ರತಿ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಯುತ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ಎಂದು ನಂಬಿರುವ ನಮಗೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅಹವಾಲುಗಳೇ ಆದ್ಯತೆಯಾಗಿವೆ.
ಸತ್ಯ ಸಂಗತಿ ಏನೆಂದರೆ;
ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ರೈಲ್ವೇಸ್ (ಆಪರೇಷನ್ & ಮೇಂಟೆನೆನ್ಸ್) ಆಕ್ಟ್, 2002ರ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ದರಗಳನ್ನು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ದರಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ವಸತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ನಗರ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯದ ಮೂಲಕ ರಚಿಸಲಾದ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ದರ ನಿಗದಿ ಕಮಿಟಿ (FFC) ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ಆಕ್ಟ್ನ ಸೆಕ್ಷನ್ 36ರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ, ದರ ನಿಗದಿ ಕಮಿಟಿಯು ನಿಗದಿತ ಅವಧಿಯೊಳಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಶಿಫಾರಸುಗಳನ್ನು ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಬೇಕು, ಮತ್ತು ಸೆಕ್ಷನ್ 37ರ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಶಿಫಾರಸುಗಳು ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ಆಡಳಿತವು ಒಪ್ಪಲೇಬೇಕಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಜಾರಿ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಿದೆ. ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಅಥವಾ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ರೈಲು ನಿಗಮಕ್ಕೆ ಈ ಶಿಫಾರಸುಗಳನ್ನು ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸುವ ಕಾನೂನಾತ್ಮಕ ಅಧಿಕಾರವಿಲ್ಲ.
ಈ ದರ ನಿಗದಿ ಕಮಿಟಿಯನ್ನು:
● ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರವೇ ರಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
● ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್ ನ ನಿವೃತ್ತ ನ್ಯಾಯಮೂರ್ತಿಯವರು ಕಮಿಟಿಯ ನೇತೃತ್ವ ವಹಿಸಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ.
● ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ನಿಯಮಗಳ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತದೆ.
● ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಸತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತಾವೇ ಈ ಶಿಫಾರಸುಗಳನ್ನು ಕಡ್ಡಾಯವಾಗಿ ಅನುಸರಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಈಗ ನಮ್ಮ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೆಲೆಯೇರಿಕೆ ನಿರ್ಧಾರದ ಆರೋಪ ಹೊರಿಸುವುದು ಅಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ನಡೆ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ, ಜನರನ್ನು ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ತಪ್ಪುದಾರಿಗೆಳೆಯುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವಾಗಿದೆ.
ನಾನು ಈ ಕೆಳಕಂಡ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಔಪಚಾರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಲಿದ್ದು, ಕೇಂದ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ನನ್ನ ಒತ್ತಾಯಗಳು:
● ದರ ನಿಗದಿ ಕಮಿಟಿಯು ಶಿಫಾರಸು ಮಾಡಿರುವ ದರವನ್ನು ಮರುಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಬೇಕು.
● ದೈನಂದಿನ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕರು, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಬಡಜನರಿಗೆ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಸಮಾನವಾಗಿ ದರ ನಿಗದಿ ಮಾಡುವ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸಬೇಕು.
● ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ನ್ಯಾಯದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸುಸ್ಥಿರ ಆರ್ಥಿಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಸರಿದೂಗಿಸುವ ನೀತಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಗಮನ ಹರಿಸಬೇಕು.
ನಗರಗಳ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾರಿಗೆ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸೇವೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಜನರ ಹಿತವನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು ದೇಶದಲ್ಲೇ ಮುಂಚೂಣಿ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ನಾವು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ ನಿವಾಸಿಗಳ ಹಿತರಕ್ಷಣೆಗಾಗಿ ಸಂವಿಧಾನಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ, ರಚನಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ನಿಲ್ಲಲಿದ್ದೇವೆ.
ವಿರೋಧ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳು ಹರಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ತಪ್ಪು ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಬದಿಗೊತ್ತಿ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಜನತೆಯ ಹಿತಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ನೀವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಜೊತೆ ನಿಲ್ಲಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ. ದೆಹಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಹಿತ ಕಾಪಾಡಲು ವಿಫಲರಾಗಿರುವ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ನಾಯಕರೇ ಇಂದು ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ದರ ಏರಿಕೆಗೆ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರವನ್ನು ಗುರಿಯಾಗಿಸಿ ಟೀಕಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ನಾಟಕ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
● ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಸಂಸದರು ಈ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಸಂಸತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕೆ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ?
● ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಸಚಿವರು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಉನ್ನತ ದರದ ಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ಗಳನ್ನು ಏಕೆ ವಿರೋಧಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ?
● ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗರ ಬೆಂಬಲಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಲ್ಲಬೇಕಿದ್ದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ನಾಯಕರು ದೆಹಲಿ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ವಕ್ತಾರರಂತೆ ವರ್ತಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಯಾಕೆ?
ಅಸಮರ್ಪಕ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೆ, ನ್ಯಾಯಯುತ ಅನುದಾನದ ನಿರಾಕರಣೆ, ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಬೆಂಬಲ ನೀಡುವಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಸರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ವಿಳಂಬ ನೀತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಈಗ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜನರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೊರೆ ಹಾಕುವ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ದರಗಳು, ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರನ್ನು ಶೋಷಣೆಗೊಳಿಪಡಿಸಲು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಾಗಿವೆ.
ರಾಜ್ಯ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ನಾಯಕರು ತಮ್ಮ ಹೈಕಮಾಂಡ್ನ ಓಲೈಕೆಗಾಗಿ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ನೀಡುವುದನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಜನರ ಹಿತಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಈಗಲಾದರೂ ತಮ್ಮದೇ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಗಳ ಬಳಿ ಧ್ವನಿಯೆತ್ತಲಿ.
#RollBackMetroFair
#RollBackMetroFare Bengaluru has the most expensive metro fares in the country! Namma Metro is heavily over-priced! It has reduced the metro to an elitist mode of transport! This is unacceptable.
Roll Back Metro fares now!
@CMofKarnataka @NITIAayog
#AffordablePublicTransport
2/n | BETRAYAL BY @CMofKarnataka?
COMPARISON Bengaluru Vs Chennai - Same MOU, different behaviour:
* TN reduces fares by 40%,
* Karnataka increases fares by 71%!
Welfare or Exploitation?
credits: @dayatiger197312 / @solidview
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#RollBackMetroFares
Bengaluru Suburban Rail's missing deadlines
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@SandeepAnirudha @CNNnews18
#Mobility #UnplannedDevt #SuburbanRail #Bengaluru
Bengaluru top congested city again! But is the Govt getting its act together or worsening the situation?
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@CMofKarnataka @DKShivakumar @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @ut_MoHUA @SandeepAnirudha @rajdugar @News9Tweets
#Mobility #Transport #UnplannnedDevt
A #Bengaluru software engineer, Pankaj Tanwar, has creatively turned his motorcycle helmet into an #AI-powered road safety tool.
The smart helmet can identify traffic violations in real time, capture visuals with location & no plate details, & share verified evidence with BTP.
How Bengaluru’s Tunnel Road Might Make Traffic Worse!
youtube.com/watch?v=1WYvi8wI…
Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
An MP could give the Govt a full 'Transport Plan' that the city desperately needs in two days; what is shocking is that the Govt does not have the mandated authorities, nor the capacity to come up with such a sensible plan on its own in 33 years. Instead the Govt chases after dubious, ad-hoc and arbitrary Non Plan projects suggested by scammers!
Just imagine how dysfunctional the Govt has become!?
The Metropolitan Planning Committee, the prescribed Planning Authority for the city, exists only on paper - no experts or planners have been hired. The BMLTA, the transport regulator for the city also exists only on paper. And a minister goes around announcing all kinds of Non-Plan projects that lack common sense even.
33 years since the 74th Amendment was passed the city has not had a single Masterplan that is compliant with the law. Result = Unplanned Development = Urban Ruin!
It is not about which plan is better than which. The real question is what needs to be done to fix this Planning and Governance vacuum in the system!? How can the Govt be made to comply with the requirements of constitution, law and due process?
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In today’s meeting with DCM Shri @DKShivakumar, I presented an Alternative Sustainable Mobility Action Plan, which is a holistic and comprehensive roadmap for decongesting Bengaluru. Sharing key points from the presentation here.
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Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
IISC are also BJP / JDS people ?? 🙂
DCM @DKShivakumar on Saturday expressed frustration over the constant criticism of Bengaluru’s traffic. "Everyone is tweeting about congestion, but no one offers solutions. The population and number of vehicles have increased, but the roads remain the same. When we work in the government, we face only PILs/blackmail."
Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
The number of cars or people in Bangalore is not going to be stagnant while he builds the tunnels or flyovers. By the time the tunnel is built, we'll have that many more cars and people, and the tunnel will be jammed too (if it isn't already flooded). How many tunnels does he plan to keep building? How many more roads will he widen? How many times will we keep having the same discussion on potholes? The idea is to reduce dependency on owned cars and offer sustainable and practical alternative solutions - such as ramping up metro construction, routes, footpaths, last mile connectivity, feeder buses, more bus routes, and bicycle friendly lanes. I shouldn't feel forced to take an auto or cab to go 1.5 kms. I should be able to walk or cycle without being assaulted by gravel, sand, stones, dust, emissions, and sewage. I shouldn't have to drive 1.5 hours for just 22 kms each way for work. Metros and buses should suffice. May God grant him the humility and patience to listen to what everyone is saying.
#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka: On BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, Dy CM DK Shivakumar says, "He has asked for the time, and I have told him that we will meet on Tuesday. Let him give suggestions; no one can stop me. Only God can stop me. There is a law in this country. You have seen tunnels in Mumbai, Delhi, and so many other places. Let him give suggestions; he is an MP, and I welcome him. He should help us; he should get money from the PM and give alternatives... Let them give a solution; if there are good solutions, we will openly debate and discuss..."
Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
So called "Elected representatives" mindset..
@DKShivakumar A million Bangaloreans have said No to Tunnel..
Please drop the Tunnel. Build Public transport. That is what Bangalore wants..
Bengaluru, Karnataka: On the tunnel road project, Dy CM DK Shivamkumar says, "Let anyone oppose, I am least bothered. They have put a PIL. They (opposition) don't want the government to flourish. I will look at it personally. I can't stop working because Tejasvi Surya is opposing. Let those who want to protest do so. What work has he done? Let him come up with a plan of action. Not even a single penny has he brought from the central government. Why couldn't they do a flyover, cut cables hanging on roads? By joining hands with the mafia, they have destroyed Bangalore. Some people are opposing the tunnel road project, challenging it in court. But I will continue it no matter what. It is a must to de-congest Bengaluru. Some BJP leaders are not supporting us, but I will still continue to do the project."
Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
4/n Politicians, real estate mafia and the industry captains of the city have a stranglehold over the city's planning and govt, but none of them seem to have the well-being of the city in mind....? Only profits and vested interests!?
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Why aren't any of them pushing to fix the planning mechanism? Why aren't any of them pushing to fix the governance mechanism? Why aren't any of them pushing to fix transparency and accountability?
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@kiranshaw @DKShivakumar @siddaramaiah @CMofKarnataka @DULTBangalore @TVMohandasPai @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @BLRMobility @DULTBangalore @tdkarnataka @RLR_BTM @DKShivakumar @CMofKarnataka @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @narendramodi @civicbangalore @CAFBengaluru @Namma_Bengaluru @bengalurupost1 @BengaluruAgenda @east_bengaluru @BAFBLR @WF_Watcher @BangaloreRepair @namma_BTM @whitefieldwards @Nammawhitefield
Bengaluru Mobility retweeted
3/n Meaningful or just optics?
Another meeting between industry captains and Govt -
❓ But did they agree on fixing governance and rule of law?
❓Will the Govt abide by the 74th Amendment of Constitution? Will it truly devolve governance?
❓Will the Govt operationalise the Metropolitan Planning Committee? Will it appoint experts such as Urban Planners and Transport Planners to the MPC? Will it allow the MPC to form a Vision plan and Masterplan for the city?
❓Will the Govt allow the right constitutional authorities to plan and develop the city? Or will it keep bumbling on with ad-hocism and arbitrary advice from illegitimate advisors and vested interests?
WHAT DO THE INDUSTRY CAPTAINS SUPPORT -
CONSTITUTIONALITY & RULE OF LAW?
OR
MISGOVERNANCE, AD-HOCISM, AND VESTED INTERESTS❓❓❓❓❓
#UnplannedDevelopment #AdHocism #Arbitrary #UrbanRuin #UrbanDecay #74thAmendment #NagarPalikaAct #Constitution #Planning #RealBrandBengaluru #BrandBengaluru #CivicApathy #PotholeCity #ITSlum #SiliconSlum
@kiranshaw @DKShivakumar @siddaramaiah @CMofKarnataka @DULTBangalore @TVMohandasPai @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @BLRMobility @DULTBangalore @tdkarnataka @RLR_BTM @DKShivakumar @CMofKarnataka @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @narendramodi @civicbangalore @CAFBengaluru @Namma_Bengaluru @bengalurupost1 @BengaluruAgenda @east_bengaluru @BAFBLR @WF_Watcher @BangaloreRepair @namma_BTM @whitefieldwards @Nammawhitefield
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We had a very constructive meeting with Deputy CM @DKShivakumar to agree to an action plan to fix key infra bottlenecks in roads, ORR, PRR drainage traffic n garbage. @TVMohandasPai @GBAChiefComm @TheTanveerAhmed @rk_misra
