ashwinmahesh's profile picture. The challenges we face are complex. They cannot be solved without hard work, or without the public participation of informed, problem-solving citizens. (RHO)

Ashwin Mahesh

@ashwinmahesh

The challenges we face are complex. They cannot be solved without hard work, or without the public participation of informed, problem-solving citizens. (RHO)

Competition between the five corporations of Bangalore can help move some things faster than otherwrise. Central and South Corporations are both putting together lists of projects they can do to distinguish themselves among the five. Am not aware of West, North, East ... but…


Land acquisition for PRR starts to run into problems. This was predictable, for several reasons. One, the govt is offering various options, but not the option available under the 2013 Land Acquisition law. Two, the delay in building the road after the project was notified has…

ashwinmahesh's tweet image. Land acquisition for PRR starts to run into problems. This was predictable, for several reasons. 

One, the govt is offering various options, but not the option available under the 2013 Land Acquisition law. 

Two, the delay in building the road after the project was notified has…

We should build four more Freedom Parks ... one in each of the city corporations.


Bullocks protest Bengaluru roads, refuse to haul their carts in town without hoof insurance, oxygen masks. Demand transfer to villages.


For both these numbers to be true, the coverage in the rest of the state has to be 95%. Somehow, I don't think that's what's happening.

ashwinmahesh's tweet image. For both these numbers to be true, the coverage in the rest of the state has to be 95%. Somehow, I don't think that's what's happening.

Voter list manipulation is real. Voter manipulation is also real. Both subvert democracy.


70,000+ people move to east Bengaluru and its beyond-GBA areas each year. Can Metro 'solve' the traffic problems of the area? The Blue line will help, of course, but it will also be quickly full, and the population will continue to grow. We really need to invest massively in…


Like I did earlier with the arterial roads in South corporation, I've also started putting together a track-sheet for Metro lines in this part of town. This is a preliminary list to get this going. Some of you provided feedback and inputs to the earlier set on roads, which I then…

ashwinmahesh's tweet image. Like I did earlier with the arterial roads in South corporation, I've also started putting together a track-sheet for Metro lines in this part of town. This is a preliminary list to get this going. Some of you provided feedback and inputs to the earlier set on roads, which I then…

After the next delimitation, there will be 42-44 seats in the Assembly from Bengaluru. Inside the ring road, it won't make much difference, but outside the ring road, every single constituency will become two or three new ones instead.


At last the Lokpal has stumbled upon a case that even it should be able to investigate.


Public school teachers should not be used for any duties other than teaching and school administration. Barely 50% of the students in our government schools are even passing, and we are forced to lower the passing grade to help more of them artificially pass. In this situation,…


A lot of things that Indians do in large numbers will be world records. That's what it means to have the world's largest number of people. We should aim for some other records - first, for example, the world's largest number of literate and healthy people. Instead of things like…


One can make a nice image capcha with this - spot the images with more roads than holes.

ashwinmahesh's tweet image. One can make a nice image capcha with this - spot the images with more roads than holes.

What we see on the main roads in the multiplier effort of how the inner roads look. We've totally lost the plot there, and are dreaming that it can somehow be fixed on the main road instead!

ashwinmahesh's tweet image. What we see on the main roads in the multiplier effort of how the inner roads look. We've totally lost the plot there, and are dreaming that it can somehow be fixed on the main road instead!

There's often a lot of coverage of city-level projects, but what comes up a lot when people directly interact with elected representatives usually includes many local things as well, which don't get the same coverage. This list from yesterday's interaction in Koramangala with the…

ashwinmahesh's tweet image. There's often a lot of coverage of city-level projects, but what comes up a lot when people directly interact with elected representatives usually includes many local things as well, which don't get the same coverage. This list from yesterday's interaction in Koramangala with the…

In the back-and-forth between industry leaders and the government, I'm looking for a sign of what is actually needed to be done, and that's hard to find. We need AREA DEVELOPMENT PLANS all over Bengaluru to ensure that the infrastructure we build can carry the load it receives,…


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