Manisha

Trying to do the right thing.

[Shantanu Singh @evilshantanu]

EcoWorld road connecting to the ORR is chaos, and so is doddanekundi back road, the chain reaction of bad traffic mgt by brookfields, Standard Chartered and Honeywell, as a result the kids school buses trapped for hours @Jointcptraffic @ChristinMP_ . Residents of APR are helpless

[Whitefield Rising @WFRising]

‘ that’s why every civil society org now needs to come together and file cases against the municipality.

If they can’t keep the drains clean after spending more than a 1000 crore every rainy season, then there is something very wrong.

And we are all paying that price - from our pockets and on the roads!

[Sudhir @sudhir21271]

@Captain_Mani72
Atleast push to save the Trees that are along the Setback area.
There are many along the Periphery at BDA HSR Layout that won't hinder Construction of Main Building.

[Ashwin Mahesh @ashwinmahesh]

GBA need not have got into this conversation. Making walkable footpaths is not its mandate. That can be left to the corporations. Now has BBMP distinguished itself in this in the past. What GBA needs to do is develop a proper Master Plan. The constant intervention in the work of the corporations only reminds people that GBA is neglecting its own work as a planning body.

[Manisha @Manya23]

184 trees in danger again! Why are Bangalore authorities encouraging this destruction of Green Life in what is now the HOTTEST Urban Heat Bowl of Bangalore! Humble request to prevent this atrocity.
@GBA_office @CPBlr @Captain_Mani72 @TimesNow @dhanyarajendran @DeccanHerald

[Sreemoy Talukdar @sreemoytalukdar]

I'm afraid @virsanghvi is bang on the money on this one. In my infrequent visits abroad, I have literally wished at times that the floor splits into two and I vanish.
Arriving late and demanding breakfast, smuggling muffins wrapped in napkins, boorish behaviour on public transport, complete lack of self-awareness. So on and so forth.
https://t.co/pLEdcGSajF

[Hims 🪷 🚴 🌱 🧘 @maveinlux]

2010, New Delhi, I was driving home late one night around 1 AM after a family gathering.

I stopped at a red traffic light in Green Park. There were no other vehicles around, just our car.

Suddenly, a BMW pulled up behind us and started honking aggressively, demanding that we drive through the red light.

I pointed to the signal and stayed put.

The driver got out, dressed in a suit, hurled abuses at me, and ordered me to move. When I refused, and picked up my phone, he banged on my window. Eventually he backed off, got back in his car, and sped away by cutting across in front of me. I drove off when the signal turned green.

This is the reality of India, even today: owning a big car, a big house, or having formal education is no guarantee of basic civility, class, or moral character.

This was just one of many road rage incidents in New Delhi/NCR, I experienced before I finally decided to pack my bags and leave the country.

A truly civilized society is one where people follow the law even when no one is watching, and do what is right without needing supervision.

When I moved to Singapore, this is exactly what I saw, people naturally did the right thing. The same held true when I later moved to Europe.

Regarding the recent dancing incident at the airport, many people defended it by saying, “The authorities didn’t have a problem, so why do you?” That’s exactly where they miss the point.

You never know who is sitting on the same flight, someone mourning the loss of a loved one, a person who just received a cancer diagnosis, a parent who lost a child, or someone who just lost their job. When you show such insensitivity in shared public spaces and don’t care about other people’s emotional state, that’s where a society fails.

People often abuse me for raising these issues and quickly brush them aside by saying, “Every country has problems.”
That’s true, every country does have its issues.

But the scale is vastly different. Other countries have 99% civility and 1% assholes. In India, it feels like 99% assholes and 1% civility.

Yes, I agree that no country is perfect, but the proportions make all the difference.

To those who defend such behavior and treat every public place like their personal living room: fuck off.

[Satya @solidview]

Why are we like this, Bengaluru?

The Deccan Herald editorial flagged up the cut-paste planning a month ago.

But yet 9 unscientific flyovers based on blatant cut-paste planning threatens to make the city a dig zone for decades.

Do we care enough? That's the question for us.

[Naveen Menezes @naveenmzs]

One corporation became five, yet on the ground, the reality still looks exactly the same.

Location: ORR in Kalyan Nagar

@HennurBlr

[Nitin Pai @acorn]

This is the perennial problem of Indian government funded R&D.

Allocations are rising. Disbursement is as stuck in bureaucracy as ever.

This is the single biggest feedback I have got from scientists across the country and across disciplines.

Fix the plumbing! @IndiaDST @ANRFIndia

[Sudhir @sudhir21271]

@PCMohanMP
Area in your Constituency.

Lake is Going, Going..... Gone.

[Satya @solidview]

Gen Z is asking the right questions and that is very good for Bengaluru.

@RishvanjasR must watch 4 minute video.

See it. Share it. Sort it.

[HennurBlr @HennurBlr]

Few weeks back, this was a towering canopy at Raghavendra circle on TC Palya main road.

Who allowed this level of trimming @eshwar_khandre @GBAChiefComm

Sadly this tree won’t last long ! Garden city is being destroyed by the builders in connivance with municipal authorities

[Whitefield Rising @WFRising]

Read that again: the highest number of deaths due to civic negligence is in Bangalore.

@GBAChiefComm @DKShivakumar @osd_cmkarnataka

A crying shame and criminal atrocity.

Due to potholes, hanging and loose HT wires among them.

For 6 years in a row.

The numbers are from 2024.

Will be the same in 2025 and 2026 as well. We have just seen a man get electrocuted due to electric cable in a busy street.

Senior official from @NammaBESCOM says wires snap due to rain. It happens only in Bangalore apparently.

[Uma Mani @umaindia]

Empty sites of 5th Main, HSR Lyt & it's cross roads, Sec and 7. Despite multiple complaints and requests, GBA officials are too reluctant to address the issues by either clearing it themselves or reaching out to the owners https://t.co/5gt2nBkiJK

[Sudhakar Rao @sudhakar10]

This two-minute video captures the reality of #Bengaluru beyond headlines or political narratives of being India’s IT capital.

No footpaths.
Footpaths taken over by garbage.
Abandoned vehicles.
Sewage on the streets.
Broken roads.
Oversized political posters choking already congested roads.
The entire area stinks of urine and shit

This isn’t a one-off stretch. This is near Banashankari bus stand, a route I take every single evening with my 10-year-old daughter.

We proudly call Bengaluru cosmopolitan and people-friendly. But will those words hold meaning for the next generation if this is the reality they grow up seeing?
She recently asked me, “Isn’t there a better place in India to move to?”
I didn’t have an answer.

@DKShivakumar this is not about perception anymore. It’s about lived reality. It makes me cry to see what our city is going through. When will it shake you up?!

@GBAChiefComm @GBA_office

@TVMohandasPai @kiranshaw @bhatnaturally @venkat_fin9 @IamKishorBhat @KiranAradhyaadv @WeAreBangalore

[Whitefield Rising @WFRising]

If that would actually solve our problems.

What about one - ways, enforcing discipline, makings sure walking paths are not encroached by businesses?

[HennurBlr @HennurBlr]

Mounds of rotting Garbage near #Blessing garden near Byrathi.

No one seems to attend to this place @GBA_office @GbaEastCity7056 @BABasavaraja

[Kiran Aradhya @KiranAradhyaadv]

Whole city looks like a dumpyard, but the focus is on IPL tickets and VIP lounges.

Thank you @DKShivakumar 🙏

[Nitin Pai @acorn]

Millions of people around the world have been made to suffer destruction, violence, displacement and disruption of normal life…for what exactly?

Stop this stupid war.