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Dedicated safe cycling infrastructure for HSR Layout

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Residents and government agencies together are teaming up to implement HSR Layout’s cycling project for children, office goers and everybody – how can you help?-By Saju Joseph

What if our children could cycle safely around the neighborhood going to schools, classes and doing errands freely?

What if we had at least 25% of our office-going [...]

Purva Amplithon- A Children’s Day Marathon

Purva Amplithon Winners

Residents of Purva Fairmont Apartments in HSR layout celebrated the Children’s Day in a very special way. The Purva Fairmont Residents Association organized the Purva Amplithon for kids on 13 November 2011, a running event with race distances of 1km, 4km and 8km. Nearly 100 children enthusiastically participated in the event.  There [...]

Now Harvest solar power at home, sell it to Bescom

Solar Farm on the Roof

The City has considerable number of solar power users and hence the Bescom has chosen Bangalore to implement the novel plan on a pilot basis.

The trigger for the idea came in the form of an application by Ravishankar, a resident of HSR Layout, seeking grid connectivity for his rooftop solar power [...]

HSR BDA Complex lie vacant for 4 Years

Empty BDA Complex

The vacant shops in a commercial complex,  constructed by Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), at HSR Layout can be considered as an example of how government funds go waste if there is no proper planning or vision.

The shopping complex was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister S M Krishna on October 30, 2003. [...]

Give way to 14th Main flyover work, take detour

14th Main Flyover-HSR Layout

Traffic flow will be affected at the junction of 14th Main, HSR Layout, as Bangalore Development Authority has started flyover construction here. City traffic police have suggested an alternative route to avoid traffic woes, starting Saturday.

Since the construction of the flyover is expected to take three-fourths of the road at the [...]

3rd Sector Park-BDA Yet to Decide

HSR Layout 3rd Sector Park Site

Long Back we had reported about Rocks being dumped in the site meant for Park, it’s been 2 years , though the rocks has been cleared Residents of HSR Layout 3rd Sector are eagerly and painstakingly waiting for work on the neighborhood park of 17th ‘A’ Main, 23rd ‘A’ [...]

HSRians Going on Vocation?-Inform Police

Safety First Vocation Next

Taking off on a holiday with your family could put your house at risk. With several people leaving behind independent houses and apartments locked for more than a week during summer vacations, burglars fancy their chances. Inspector L Y Rajesh of HSR Layout police station says, “With [...]

Snakes are out Beware!

Snakes are out in Bangalore

Summer is when slithering creatures crawl out of their dwelling and haunt air-conditioned houses and offices. Several incidents have been reported where strange reptiles have found their way into domestic households, scaring the residents out of their wits.

The wildlife cell of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) [...]

Sewage overflows-Diseases spread on Haralur Road

SJR Redwoods-Haralur Road

Sewage water has flooded the basements of Ambalipura Residency, SJR Redwoods and Park Vista in the locality, leaving the residents to combat a host of diseases.

Other than Ambalipura Residency, the apartment complexes of SJR Redwoods and Park Vista, which together houses over a thousand families, are bearing the [...]

Sewage from HSR Apartments flowing into Iblur lake kills fish

Iblur Lake-Photo Courtesy-The Hindu

Fishermen of Iblur Lake faced a loss of Rs.1.8 lakh from a total income due to the death of fish caused by the inflow of sewage into the lake water.

“We lease the lake out for fishing and sell these fish with the help of fishermen. Because of the death of the [...]

Neighborhood's Low ranking upsets Corporator

Recently HSR Layout came 16th in the DNA-AZ research on the most liveable areas in Bangalore.

Residents feel the wide roads have changed the equation of HSR  Layout for its betterment. Besides, it has a number of well-maintained parks. But the biggest advantage of this 1500-acre locality is the beautiful Agara Lake.

K Latha [...]

Judges colony: HC upset with Govt’s apathy

The Disputed Land

The state government has incurred the wrath of the Karnataka High Court over its ‘apathy’ in providing housing facility for judges.

“We need not beg for it. Crores of rupees are spent by the government on rents but housing facilities have not been provided for judges,” a Division Bench [...]

Civic works at residents expense in HSR

Meenakshi Classic-27th Main Road, HSR

The scene of stray pigs grazing on the garbage opposite to a big bungalow, heaps of earth piled up and huge tunnel-like pipes on either side of the roads in a peaceful residential area like HSR Layout was not what any resident, who saw the layout being brought up in [...]

BDA's Vegetable Market to come at HSR Layout

Fresh Fresh Veggies

If all goes well as per BDA’s plan, the residents of HSR Layout can have a Big Vegetable Market on the lines of Raithara Santhe located elsewhere in Bangalore, where Fresh Veggies will be sold at reasonable prices. The proposed markets would be built on public private partnership. Of the 39 [...]

Be Alert-Muggers on Prawl on Outer Ring Road

Accenture Outer Ring Road

Since the past three months, a group of bike-borne muggers has been targeting motorists on lonely stretches of the Outer Ring Road, especially between Bellandur and Marathalli, Iblur and Kaikondrahalli, and Kaikondrahalli and Wipro. They are bold enough to strike victims in broad daylight. Police say they strike only once or [...]