Feb 10 - Feb 16, 2018
Events of the week Feb 14: Valentie's Celebration “Cupid Ball” Dinner and dance party, Venue : Shift, 3rd sector HSR layout. Time :14th feb at 20:00 to 15th Feb 13:00. Feb 15: Guitar club presents future shock, Venue :OPUS, # 26 Harlur road. Time: 20.30 to 23.00. Feb 17: Amrutha the white elephant open out: A Thai cocktail evening, Venue: HSR layout. Time :19.00 to 22.00. Feb 17: The Love Story Musical Love Stories, Venue :OPUS, # 26 Harlur road . Time :19.30 to 22.30. Feb 17: Story telling sessions Venue: Art blend café 2nd sector parangipalya, HSR layout. Time:11.00 to 12.00. Feb 17: Block chain 102Ethereum Core, Venue: Green bubbles startup services, No l-165, Sri Gayathri complex, near Bhagavathi hospital, Sector 6 HSR Layout. Feb 17: Children’s Story Time ! Age group: 5 to 12yrs. Time: 3:30pm to 5:00pm Venue: “Pravesh” Montessori House of Children, “Shashi”, 165/A, 6th Cross, 3rd phase, JP Nagar. Block a spot call: 99163 01903.
Dug up and filled with trash, BTM road is a nightmare
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portion of 3rd Cross Road in Dollar Scheme Colony, BTM Layout 1st Stage, was dug up over a month ago. However, no civic work has been executed and the street has been in a shambles since then. To make matters worse, citizens are tossing garbage onto the road, sullying the environment and creating trouble for walkers and commuters. The problem needs a quick fix. -Kiron Varghese
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HSR Citizen Forum to take Initiatives to make HSR a Role Model There are ver y few citizen
major relevant and needed issued
representative Groups in HSR, but
which was addressed cleanly. Follow
one among them is definitely HSR
up on garbage dumping was another
Citizen Forum led by Dr. Shanthi.
aspect which drew the attention of
The year 2017, was very eventful so
many of this Group. Few people were penalised when seen using plastic. The follow up by the group was so good that most of the shop owners and vendors switched over to re-usables when customers started using carr y bags and containers to hotels stalls. The group ensured a tie-up with Ensyde to collect e-waste. One interesting factor that this group did during last year was to encourage urban farming, community gardening at common place, trees gardening, Balcony gardening and conducting workshops on horticulture among others. Installation of 20 leaf composting tanks in HSR Parks for dry leaves has eased the process. The group took the initiative in having 12 lane composters which was donated by the MLA, Mr. Satish Reddy, for de-centralised processing of lanes for wet waste.
far as this Group is concerned. It had taken several initiatives and measures to ensure that many social and eco works could be accomplished with a multi task engagement on hand. The Group successfully completed them, which is the noteworthy point during the entire period of 2017. On February 3, 2018, on 24th main,
specifically defined and thrust is
Parangi Palya, Dr. Shanthi called her
given on those issues, then the ward
BDA had the right kind of impact.
associates and volunteers and met
can soon be a role model or else, both
This was evident by the fact that only 3
with them to discuss possibilities of
the segregation and the plastic use
PoP Ganeshas came to the immersion
more innovation and improvisation
might hit the residents back without
points out of the 300 Ganeshas.
than making vague approach. She
any success and boomerang on us”. In
It also undertook a lot of awareness
ban, having a clay Ganesha stall at
called for having ownership of blocks
order to sustain all the hard work
drives including water conservation
in the entire area of HSR. There are 25
done in the previous year, the job has
through a skit, eco-Divali in schools,
such blocks, she said in the layout.
to be taken ahead with precision.
pl ant i ng of s apl i ng s and it s
Each block shall have one ownership
The Forum had worked hard on
importance, Segregation and plastic
(one person to be responsible) for a
issues concerning eco-initiatives like
ban among many others.
block and may have 2 to 3 volunteers
making clay Ganeshas in parks,
The seed ball event in parks and
with him or her as the case may be.
apartments and complexes.
schools drew a lot of interest among
She added that” if the roles of the
Announcements in autos,
the young and old.
ownership and volunteers are
enforcement of Pop Ganesha idols
Black Spot clearance was one the