Turn your vacant land to parking lot

Until yesterday, a vacant plot may have become garbage dumping places, houses for rats & other dangerous creatures & becoming mosquito hub. Today, a site owner in Jayanagar has turned his vacant residential plot into a parking lot. Interestingly, he is earning more money from the vacant plot than he could have after constructing a building there.

Vishwanath had left his residential plot vacant on 7th Main Road in 5th Block Jayanagar for more than ten years. His neighbors often complained that his site had become a hangout for people looking to carry out illicit acts. Vishwanath was also tired of receiving complaints for a crime he never committed. Recently, he turned his vacant residential plot into a parking lot sensing so much value for his plot.

Vishwanath was tired of receiving complaints from neighbors. Recently, a textile dealer approached him seeking permission to use his vacant plot as a parking lot. At a time when the negotiation was under way, one more businessman, who deals in gold ornaments, contacted him for the same reason. Sensing so much value for his plot, Vishwanath cleaned it up, removed the undergrowth, heightened the compound wall and installed wide gates for the vehicles to pass through.

Finally, he has now signed a rent agreement with a promise of earning Rs. 25,000 a month a huge sum in the neighborhood where many houses have long fallen vacant for lack of tenants. Vishwanath's is believed to be the first private parking lot in the whole of Jayanagar.

Source: Jagran CityPlus

BAS Amateur Astronomy Workshop July 2010

Bangalore Astronomical Society (BAS) is organizing an Amateur Astronomy Workshop. People at some point in their lives had a fascination to learn about Outer-Space and the night sky . This enthusiasm and interest is very easily lost and is buried .People generally tend to lose interest because they don’t get the correct answers and solutions to questions like “What Do I Do Learn More?” ”Which Telescope Should I Use?” “How Do I Explore The Sky And See The Celestial Objects?”

BAS is organizing an Amateur Astronomy Workshop on the 24th and 25th of July 2010. The workshop will be conducted by very experienced Amateur Astronomers ,Astro-Photography experts and Instrumentation specialists from the Organization.

The Workshop is open to all above the age of 15. Registrations for the Workshop have begun and they end on the 22nd of July 2010. The mode and details of Registration are as under:

The registration process is a Two Step Process
In Step 1 you will fill in a form with all the necessary details
In Step, 2 you will make payment for the Registration fee in accordance with the fee structures specified below:

Registration fee for BAS Student members* = Rs. 200
Registration fee for BAS regular members* = Rs.300.00
Registration fee for BAS family members *=Rs. 200 (if the family member is a student) else Rs. 300.00
Registration fee for Students who are not members of the Bangalore Astronomical Society =Rs. 250.00
Registration fee for non members= Rs. 400.00

* members of BAS are to be registered mambers of the society , members of the google group are not considered members

BAS Amateur Astronomy Workshop

Date:24th &25th July,2010
Venue:National College,Jayanagar,Bangalore
Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm on both days

(The Workshop is open to all above the age of 15.BAS will not arrange for Transport/food/stay for the participants)

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Around 60 trees were uprooted due to the rains that lashed Bangalore city

Around 60 trees were uprooted due to heavy rains accompanied by thundershowers, hailstorms and strong winds in Bangalore city on Wednesday evening.According to the weatherman, around 17.7 mm of rainfall was recorded on Wednesday.Places like BTM Layout, JP Nagar, Jayanagar, Rajajinagar, Malleshwaram and Magadi Road reported one or two trees fall incidents.

The maximum number of uprooted trees were reported from Vijaynagar. According to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike officials, 40 trees fell in the area.The BBMP has declared a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for the family of Shankar R, who was killed on Monday night at ISRO Layout, when a tree fell on him.A private bus was damaged on Magadi Road when a tree fell on it. A BSNL tower too was damaged by strong winds. In Rajajinagar Block 3, a scooter was damaged but no injury to human life was reported.Vehicles were also damaged at several places, but no incidents of human injury were reported.

B Puttanna, director, Met dept said the amount of rain received this month was above normal. He said in April, around 46.3 mm of rain is normal for the whole month. “We have already surpassed that and there are still 10 days left,” he said.He said the city will continue to receive rains for the next two days.Traffic jams and waterlogging were reported from across the city.

Reference:
http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/bangalore-counts-damage/167364.html

Continuous power cuts make summer hotter and may affect water supply in city

In several areas of Bangalore city, there was a 3-4 hour power cut and in others, it lasted nearly six hours, leaving residents annoyed.According to one BESCOM official, there is a shortage of about 500 MW as there is a generation problem in all the power stations in the state. While some technical snags at RTPS are causing some paucity, there are other problems at BTPS and other hydel power stations. Altogether, there is a huge shortage, which the Bescom is managing by measures like power cuts across several areas, he said.





Dry weather will prevail across the state for the next few days. Temperature is above normal, says state meteorological incharge director B Puttana.BWSSB sources said at least 30 out of 55 pumping stations that lift water from the city’s low-level reservoirs (LLRs), are now hit by intermittent power supply. This will affect water supply to most eastern and northern parts of the city.

“There is no scheduled power cut and power comes and goes all the time, disrupting our routine. We are having a minimum four-hour cut which sometimes goes on to six hours. The worrying part is that whenever we call up the authorities, they don’t even bother to pick up the call and when they do, they speak very rudely, telling us that they can’t help,’’ Said Arun Lobo, a resident of KR Layout in JP Nagar 6th Phase.

Continuous power cuts make summer hotter and water supply may affect in most eastern and northern parts of the city. “It is the lower and middle classes which voted the BJP to power, but they are the ones who can’t afford UPS and other devices for their children to study during exams. The least the government could do is provide them uninterrupted power during the evenings so their children can study,’’ says N Mukund from Jayanagar 5th Block.

• Source: Times of India