Pedestrians ignore footpaths, choose roads

Pedestrians prefer walking on roads instead of navigating broken and inconvenient footpaths. People take the road instead of walking on broken footpaths on both conventional and Tender (Specifications for Urban Road Execution) S.U.R.E.  footpaths. Tender SURE infrastructure is designed to avoid road cutting and major maintenance. Shobha, a 64-year-old pedestrian walking on Jayanagar’s 27th cross, […]

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No ration for migrants in India

Lack of awareness of the One Nation One Ration prevents migrant workers from receiving subsidized ration in the city. BENGALURU, Oct.20 Migrants still face problem in procuring subsidized ration despite the implementation of One Nation One Ration Card. Suresh, a migrant from Isri, Jharkhand, said, “It is very difficult to live here. I do not […]

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E-Tickets for bus travel in Bangalore

BMTC buses to launch online booking of tickets soon with Kannada and English language settings. After the e-pass, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is coming up with electronic tickets (e-tickets) for passengers. This e-ticket will be launched very soon in collaboration with Tummoc, a Bangalore based start-up. According to Arnab, coordinator of BMTC, “Many commuters […]

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Digital relief for students

The Directorate of Collegiate Education (DCE) has distributed over 2,50,000 laptops and tablets in the last three years. The free laptop/tablet distribution scheme in Karnataka continues to give free devices to college students. “I received my tablet in 2021 from my college,’” said Hrishikesh Donajamaeth, an alumnus of Sri Jayachamarajendra (SJ) Polytechnic College. “Not only […]

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