City Strangers:- Every thing about city

OBJECTIVES 1. To make public/government proceedings and events more accessible to residents, outsiders & tourists by providing proper information by various means of communication. 2. To increase community awareness of City services, activities, policies and programs. 3. To provide program broadcast of government events, such as cultural, recreational and historical events. 4. To provide more extensive information on selected City topics and activities not fully covered by existing communications tools. 5. To supplement public safety and disaster preparedness activities/information pertaining to the City and surrounding communities. 6. To provide general announcements of current government-sponsored events and job listings. TYPES OF PROGRAMMING City Strangers Project shall be established to provide direct, non-editorialized information to the citizens of Bangalore. It will consist of the following: Community Bulletin Board - This consists of character-generated information related to City activities, programs, events and services that the City sponsors or sanctions. Messages may include, but are not limited to, current information concerning the city, such as job openings, arts and cultural activities, parks and recreation department activities, road closures, and agendas of public meetings. Such character-generated listings shall be available to all City departments, City-funded outside agencies, and City commissions, committees, and boards. This service can be in partnership with Govt/public/private bodies. Locally Produced Programs - A videotaped program that is produced by the City to illustrate the mandates, programs, services and deliberations of City government. These include, but are not limited to: videotaped tours of government facilities such as parks and City facilities, programs that highlight City departments, City recreational and cultural programs, Mayor talk show, and programs about specific City issues, such as traffic improvements and the City budget. Public Service Announcements - Announcement of important events in Print Media to citizens, that are produced by the City or obtained form outside sources. These may include, but are not limited to local, regional, state, and national issues. CONTENT RESTRICTIONS All content of this Project shall be under the sole responsibility of Govt. PRO department. All content shall be subject to approval by the City Manager or his/her designee. The following content guidelines shall be adhered to: Political Use of Project - The Project may not be utilized for the promotion or "use" of any elected official or candidate. Specific advertising messages on behalf of or opposing any political candidate or measure on a ballot shall not be permitted. Candidates for election or reelection to any office shall not be permitted to "use" the municipal cable channel, except as may be part of a formal public meeting from the time of their legally qualified candidacy until after the election. Position Advocacy - Any direct advocacy messages including specific promotional messages on behalf of or opposing any ballot initiative, measure proposal, or items under consideration of the City Council or its commissions or advisory bodies shall not be permitted. Factual information on any ballot issue affecting City, County, State, or Federal government services may be presented as long as it is done in a fair and equitable manner. Commercialism - There shall be no commercial advertising or other information which promotes the sale of any product or service offered, except for promotional announcements for City sponsored or sanctioned events. Lotteries - Advertising or other information concerning any lottery, gift enterprise or similar promotion is prohibited. Promotion of Religion - Programming which directly promotes religious beliefs or religious philosophies shall not be presented on the municipal channel. Promotions - Promotional announcements for City sponsored or sanctioned events will be permitted on the platform. However, promotional announcements for events, charities, or outside organizations in which the City has no official interest or sponsorship shall not be permitted. Defamatory Material - Subject matter which is defamatory in nature (i.e. slander) shall not be mentioned through this platform. Copyright Restrictions - Programs containing copyrighted materials will not be broadcast without proper copyright authorization. Agencies submitting programming for telecast are responsible for obtaining all necessary copyright clearance and shall hold the City, its officers and agents, harmless in any case of copyright infringement. Liability - The Project members and/or its teams and assigns, will not be responsible for the accuracy of any information broadcast through this platform. USE OF CITY PROGRAMMING AND EQUIPMENT All information about the City, shall be deemed property of this Project. PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP The Project body will accept sponsorship of programming which meets the desired goals and objectives of the Objective. Any information sponsored (in full or in part) by a commercial, civic or private entity may carry a brief sponsorship statement at the beginning, end or beginning and end which states the following: "This program is made possible through a grant from ______________" USE OF INFORMATION DURING EMERGENCIES Government use of the platform during emergencies and disasters declared by the Mayor of the City or his/her designee has absolute priority over other information. During such emergencies or disasters, this platform shall be permitted to accept live, taped, character-generated and audio information from other governmental or non-governmental entities when such announcements are deemed by the Authorities or their designee to provide important public information pertaining to the emergency or disaster or other conditions requiring protection of the public health, safety and welfare. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

City & Crime

IMPORTANT FOR YOUR SAFETY....

Hi All!

With the incidents happening around us and the crime that is been reported we can SAFELY say that each day is getting worse in our good old garden city. Under this situation we will always have a question in our conscious mind which asks us AM I SAFE ? No one can give you an accurate answer to this .... crime is like an accident which we can meet up with at anytime.The best way not to meet with it is to follow the doctors proverb "PRECAUTION IS BETTER THAN CURE" . Crime happens only if there is opportunity given to it or when there is chance for it.

A few tips that can definitely help everyone,

1) Avoid speaking to people whom you don't know (auto rickshaw driver, taxi drivers ....)

2) Avoid late night parties.

3) Do not mix drinking with your wonderful ability to drive.

4) Avoid taking ladies to the late night parties, if you cannot avoid then try going in groups.

5) Avoid taking short cuts when going out in the nights.

6) Avoid restaurant/dhabas in the outskirts of the city as these are places where anti social elements usually hang out.

7) Report incidents to the police if you feel it is the correct information that you are providing to them.

8) Make sure you inform any one before you visit them late at night and also specify time frames.

10) Couples in love please please avoid meeting up in lonely places.

11) Avoid arguing with auto rickshaw drivers and also when you find people who are fighting on roads(it could be a trap)

12) Avoid having personal and friendly conversation with taxi drivers, auto rickshaw drivers , Cab drivers (Specially women)

13) If the driver behaves suspiciously/ rudely try to divert the vehicle to some public place and then immediately get off. Inform the transport department and your manager.

14) Women make sure that you are carrying something to protect yourselves such as a bottle of pepper spray and also make sure that you are wearing a jacket or a shawl if you are not escorted by a man whom you know.

Linking the "list of phone numbers of police stations of your respective areas in Bangalore". Please keep them handy so that it will be of some use to you some day... As the famous Theory of Charles Darwin goes " Survival of the fittest" . When there is no mercy from the assailant why then should be the same from you.

With Regards,
Vinod S.

About City

Hi Parag,

Excellent work ,

Though i haven’t had the time to go through the entire site, it’s solid. Here some basic information you could put on the site

Based in the southern part of Karnataka with kannada as its mother tongue, Bangalore is one of the most cosmopolitan of all cities. Other languages which can also be spoken very easily is English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. People are friendly and helpful. Also called the Garden City & now SILICON Valley/Software capital of the India.

1. The Bangalore Main Railway station is in Majestic ( Subhashnagar)
2. The Main interstate and long distance bus service is also situated in Majestic . Its called Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation - KSRTC.
3. The Main Central Bus Stand is also based in Majestic , making it one of the only places where all three main transport modes are in access within 300 metres. It is also name as KempeGowda Bus Stop
4. The airport is on airport road at a approximate distance of 10 kilometres from majestic. . Auto fare of 50-60
5. The main form of hired private transportation in bangalore is a auto rickshaw and sometimes a city taxi.
6. The minimum auto fare in bangalore is rs 10 AT RS 5 PER KILOMETER. The Radius of bangalore is approximately 14 kms, so from one end to another can be a max of 30 Km ( Leaving out outer parts)

Other Main Commercial Centre iin the city consisting of City Market ( Kalasipalyam), Chikpet, Balepet, Ottipet, Chamarajpet, Nagarathpet and other pets compromising of old Bangalore city commercial areas.

Bangalore can chiefly be broken up into five parts, Bangalore central consistin of the city areas and in the heart of the city.

1. Bangalore SouthEast east – consisting of Indiranagar, Koramangala, Hal area airport, KR PURAM
2. Bangalore South- JP nagar, Jayanagar,
3. Bangalore West- Vijaynagar, Mysore Road, Basveshwarnagar, Rajajingar, Malleshwaram,Yeshwanthpur
4. Bangalore North- RT Nagar, IISC Campus, Sadashivnagar, Hebbal,
5. The areas overlap into other geographical sites, the best way to get around is to ask. Its easy to get confused due to the numerous one ways.

Newer areas are M G Road, Brigade Road, Commercial Streetfor the visitors including Malls called the FORUM (KORAMANGLA) Bangalore Central, ( MG ROAD) GARUDA MALL ( OFF MG ROAD) Lifestyle Richmond Road, and others.

The places to visit in Bangalore are:

1. Vidhana Soudha housing the Legislative House Opposite the High court is a visually beautiful place 4 kms from majestic
2. Lalbagh – A very large garden in the middle of the city housing beautiful plants and trees in a few hundred acres
3. CubbonPark- A Smaller Park which has a place for children to play.
4. ISCKON Temple- Made at a cost of approx 40 crores is a very beautiful temple on BangaloreTumkur Road (also called west of Chord road- near Yeshwantpur) is approximately eight kms from the railway station.

Bangalore consists of various temples and various other places to visit,

The entire city is easily accessible except for traffic jams, Other terminus of Railway station is Bangalore Cant, Bangalore East, K.R.Puram and Yeshwantpur.

If a person is confused the safest course of action is to get down at Majestic and take a prepaid taxi, City taxi or a Auto from the prepaid counters, slightly costly but safer.

Hospitals are many in number, The main hospital being in Government, Victoria Hospital, Bowring hospital, Jayadeva institute of cardiology, KIDWAI cancer Institute, and NIMHANS – national institute of mental health and neuro sciences- a premier neuro and mental institute.

The official uniform for the police is khaki and the traffic police is white.

There are numerous traditional hotels in Bangalore. The most common daily fare of meal generally consists of IDLY VADA, or DOSA, Upma, for breakfast , A Full meal or Uta ( Meaning Uta), or north Indian meal,

The traditional bangalorean eats rice mostly and some time wheat.

Bangalore is also famous for its pub , 80 % of which is based around the MG Road area, Bangalore loves beer. Some of the Pubs are Pub World, Tykas, Nasa, 13th floor, 1942, F Bar, and many more.

Bangalore shutting down time is 11 pm. There are also various theatres in Bangalore with the last show being at 9-45 pm. Hindi, English, tamil and telugu movies are regularly screened.

Distance from Bombay ~1000 kms

Distance from delhi ~2200 kms

Regards,

Sanjeev Misra.

Public Opinion

Public Opinion

After a lot of sharing about this initiative in public i have taken this work as a community project & christened "CITY STRANGERS" !!

Basic idea is to create awareness among ppl, that precise information is must, when we suggest someone, about anylocation, or place, or college..instead of giving some rough idea.
There are already so many agencies in place who provide all sort of stuff, but how fast it is accessible to a newcomer in city, that is important.....

1. One suggestion was to speak Bangalore One Incharge & enroll them to start a counter on which ppl can leave notice/info about house available on rent..they can charge some fee for that..n later if any one need accomodation, person can check out B'loreOne..so that we can avoid middle man..n info will be proper..end user will not get confuse....b'caz govt already in process to popularise B'lore One kiosks.
2. One more idea, when ever we send any invitation, or call letter, or any sort of info, where person has to visit our premise, then we can provide a small area/route map & easisest way to reach(say bus nofrom main bus stops)..person will get benefitted, n with out wastage oftime n money he/she can reach to destination..even service provider companies always send letters to customers, they can hv area map printed on back of envelope......
3. Every company has their own website, mentioning their address. how good if they provide a route/area map n easiest way to reach to their office... these all small small initiative can help to somebody, who really need information about any place in shorter time.....
4. Last time one person shared with me, that BMTC buses can have a route map (of the places which ever it covers under source & destination place) on the back of bus or any other visible place on the bus. Or Else Important places which it covers during its route.
5. Even Bus Stops can be used to put up a small area map & connectivity with Main Bus stops, by providing bus nos. on it......Shops near the bus stops can be used to display B'lore city map, free of cost to people.
6. If u come across to any useful information in public interest such as change of traffic, oneway system, that also can be put here....
   
   These are so many other ways by which we can provide some structure in this regard. u also suggest me, what rd other areas where we can put effort..
   
   rgds,
   parag saxena

An Initiative

City Strangers


Hi all, there is a small initiative from my side, to create awareness about information.In todays world things have become really hi-tech, but their approach to mass people is still not overwhelming. i.e. the reach of information to populaion is not clear. We have so many ways to circulate any information, as through newspaper, telephonic calls, advertisement, sms, emails, blogs & so many. but out of that how much percentage of population is getting benefitted. As a developing country, India has achieved progress in most of the aspects, take an example of Information Technology. We are no where less than any other developed country.

But when we really see the reality, it is some thing different. Modern means of communication is available with low medium class to upper class. but still flow of information is not proper. As an example if you r new to city as a job seeker, u spend lot of time to search a house, then getting companies addresses, even when u get a call & u go for written test then again searching venue place..Other categories can be as a tourist, student, daily commuter etc.

Like that there are so many places where we waste our preciuos time, and we all know that time never comes back. How good if create a awareness in public, so that whenever we sent any invitation to any body, our put address on any website or adv. place, provide a small route map aslo, so that the concern person can reach to that place with out confusion. Apart from that if we provide bus no, starting from diff bus depo in b'lore, it will be awesome. Infact city buses can have a route map on them mentioning main-main places on the route.

These small means of information can make citizens life happier & comfortable.

So i want initiative from all of u, who read this article n love bangalore city, plz come fwd & give your valuable suggestions & feedbak. if possible we can take certain actions by enrolling civic/goverment authorities in that plan.

Now what ever require to initiate this plan, i need ur help and support..

With Rgds,
parag saxena.