𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈

Ever fixated on a more equal and sustainable world • Views are personal

[Riya Upreti @riyaelity]

No Indian city is designed to handle heavy rain and the monsoon.

Delhi, Gurgaon, Surat, Mumbai. Every year, it's the same story.

Builders occupy agricultural land, lakes are filled for development, roads are constructed without proper leveling, and drainage systems are not cleaned by municipalities.

Roads get flooded and posh societies are waterlogged, no proper planning, random development.

There is no point building expensive infrastructure if it cannot withstand two days of rain.

Sad to see people losing their lives because of the incompetence of the authorities.

[𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈 @nishkarshs]

It's an India wide scam. I got one roadside parking 'scheme' to shut down by simply raising an RTI a few years back in Udaipur.
We all should do it. Takes 10 mins and 10 rupees.

[Vivek Shah (CA, LLB) @cavivekshah]

@Parth_Go Even at Nariman Point. It’s a city wide scam. Think of it as cost of living.

The ones who have been tagged are mute spectators.

[Parth Gohil @Parth_Go]

Parked my car at Colaba (in the lane next to Cafe Mondegar). A bunch of guys with pay and park placards promptly came and said the parking charges are Rs. 150/- per hour. I asked them to show the rate card and their IDs and they didn’t have any of these to show. Later when I came back after 2 hours, they said just pay us Rs. 100/- in total for 2 hours. I asked them why so much variation between the rates? They said they have to pay more monthly charges (to whom is anyone’s guess).

No ID cards, no official rate cards. Just parking ticket machines. Pls look into this @MumbaiPolice @MTPHereToHelp @mybmc @RoadsOfMumbai

[Goutham @gouthamciti]

here’s what i hate the most about us indians

this is the aftermath from a quiz night at a tier-1 VC in blr

the ppl in this room were prolly the top 0.01% of the country in terms of income & education

still we expect someone to clean after us, even with a dust bin in sight

[Janhavi Jain | Building SKIPD @janwhyy]

WeWork charges ₹15,000 a month for a desk and wifi. A Blue Tokai cold coffee costs ₹280 and comes with both.

There are people in every Third Wave and Blue Tokai in this country right now who ordered one coffee 4 hours ago and have been on back-to-back Zoom calls since. The café sees them. The café has absolutely given up trying to turn that table.

An entire generation looked at coworking prices, looked at café prices, and made an obvious decision.

cafés became India's largest coworking network by accident, and nobody's figured out how to charge for it without losing them.

[Ajay Kamath @ajay43]

If a corporator thinks it’s okay to beat up a doctor, then the next time there’s a pothole in a road in his area, is it okay to beat him?
Asking for several friends

[𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈 @nishkarshs]

It is ridiculous how much @livemint pesters you for a payment you have already made or don't want to make. Wth guys

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

> Work 10-12 hours daily
> Pay 30% tax on salary
> Pay 30–50% tax to buy car
> Pay tax on car insurance
> Pay road tax
> Pay tax on ethanol-blended fuel

After paying all this, cars worth lakhs are floating in sewage, gutter water.

Now will pay ₹15–20k in repairs. Shameful !

[Nishant Kumar @nishkumar1977]

I travel across Europe by trains. People mind their business, read books, or the ones listening to music have their headphones on. Once in a while all you can hear is an infant crying.

I'm right now in a Vande Bharat train. Literally 30% passengers are watching YouTube or insta reels on their speaker phones. Ringtones so loud that even the next coach can hear it. People screaming and not actually talking.

Why can't we a little bit more civic, a bit more civilized. Why can't we understand that somebody's entertainment can be a nuisance for others. Same behaviour we carry abroad and then get called out.

When will we learn????

[Hardik Rajgor @Hardism]

When FIFA suspends Nepal, India or an African country's football federation over "government interference", it is supposed to be a verdict and commentary on the third world institutions in place in these countries.

But when the US President calls the FIFA head to overturn a red card in the middle of a World Cup, and then celebrates the said call and decision on social media, it is to "save the game" and reverse the "injustice".

It is not hypocrisy. It is hierarchy.

[𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈 @nishkarshs]

@madmanweb And then reducing GST. No wonder all our public transport projects are failing. You are making it very easy to buy the new vehicle, with the auto car makers taking all the profits and benefits and the public ultimately taking long term hits.

[𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈 @nishkarshs]

@piyush_trades They just need to set the playing field truly level. BSNL is a good idea for the extreme corners and last mile as an option. Don't think it can ever be a competitive mainstream option again. There's got to be more private competition. Need to think pro market, not pro business.

[Bhaskar Rao @Nimmabhaskar22]

It’s extremely laudable that @krishnabgowda is clearing the muck on Bengaluru footpaths which had gathered over years of misrule.
Footpaths definitely will look clean. As a former Cop, am deeply concerned about the reactions of countless Bussiness dispossessed poor people who were eking out an honest living.
These people need to be sent to hawking zones or shandies created on Government Land.
I trust that @krishnabgowda is a sincere and sensitive leader. Many take to crime and dangerous activities if they are robbed of their possession and occupation.

[eat Walk repeat @EatWalkRepeat]

Hope @krishnabgowda doesn't stop with hawker clearance. Some rich violators cars need to be towed off

5th Main Rd, Indira Nagar 1st Stage, Stage 1, Indiranagar

@ICCCBengaluru , @GBA_office

[𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈 @nishkarshs]

@nishantzen @nagarjund The parking question is a brain fade, I am sure.

Footpaths are not for parking.

That aside, our cities offer too much free roadside parking. It should not remain so.

[𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈 @nishkarshs]

Reading the newspaper in #Mumbai, there are just stories of people dying due to basic infra glitches.

- 2 women died of electrocution, live wires in puddles on the road
- 11 y.o. boy died as a tree fell on his school van
- Another person fell into an unrepaired manhole

WTH

[𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈 @nishkarshs]

@krishnabgowda I hope this also covers non central areas of Bengaluru, and not just the prime ones

[𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝓈 @nishkarshs]

@jellyx20 Government in India has a strict parent syndrome. They think they can decide for others without giving adequate choice out explanation.

[Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats]

I'm quite happy that ethanol blending has reached the "UPA-started-this" stage. Means BJP had realized it's a bad idea and will move to "cancel-it-and-take-credit" stage.

[ದರಿದ್ರ @filtercoffeee]

Is this obstruction of footpath as well or it just street vendors