Satya
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Pragmatist expanding the limits of idealism in the affairs of the world.
Madrid is building 74km forest belt of half a million trees 🌳 around the city to fight extreme heat, air pollution & climate change. We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #renewables #biodiversity #IPCC
Had the Karnataka MLAs spent time in the Vidhana Soudha discussing safety and security preparedness for IPL fans, it would have upheld the dignity of the House. Instead, we saw MLAs pleading and even threatening for free tickets for themselves and their families. This is not just poor priority. It exposes a deeper problem - a VIP mindset that sees public office as entitlement. Why should any sports body owe MLAs anything? Why should elected representatives expect privileges denied to ordinary citizens? Public office is not a privilege. It is a responsibility. This culture must end. #IPLTicket #MLAIPLKarnataka
Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said with road widening unviable, tunnel roads are the only solution. "After discussions with @nitin_gadkari and PM @narendramodi, plans are underway. Land acquisition will cost ₹2,000-3,000 crore & construction about ₹17,000 crore. He said Karnataka’s cost is ₹700-800 crore per km, lower than ₹1,300-1,400 crore in other states".
I have been flagging this for over a year. And now it stands exposed. BBMP’s so-called “feasibility study” to ease Bengaluru traffic is nothing but a cut-and-paste job of a 2019 BMRCL-commissioned report, with over 60% of its content blatantly copied. For this academic fraud, the BBMP has spent ₹5 crore of public money, only to push a pre-decided agenda - the ₹40,000 crore Tunnel Road project. This is not governance. This is daylight loot backed by intellectual dishonesty. Despite such a disgraceful revelation, the @Siddaramaiah government continues to bulldoze ahead with a project that risks irreversible damage to Bengaluru’s future, clearly driven by vested interests. Will the State Government now scrap this flawed project? Will accountability be fixed for this blatant misuse of taxpayer money? #TunnelRoadBeda #BengaluruDeservesBetter deccanherald.com/india/karnatak…
In 1984 a German reporter in Paris explains how to cross Place de la Concorde: "Walk steadily across and never look at the drivers. If you do, they'll think you've seen them and won't stop."
