Mounesh

Friday, January 7, 2011

A new year trip

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Bangaloreans Really useful (auto rickshaw law by traffic police)

Really useful….. Do read for your own benefit…!!!

Written by one of the corporate employees at Bangalore –Mr. Nitin Chandrashekarappa!

FYI Bangaloreans.

You are in a hurry to catch the train. You pack all your stuff and frantically run out in the hope of catching an auto. You come out and see 5 autos standing at the corner. You thank God and ask them - "Majestic chaloge kya??” The Answer is "Rs 200 hoga!!”. "Kya?? It just cost Rs 100 till Majestic". "Bahut rush hai sir!!". You move on to the next auto, to try your luck and surprisingly, you have the same conversation "Bahut rush hai sir!!". Finally you give up and bargain the price to Rs 170 and hope you don't miss your train.

Sounds more than familiar??

You stand on the road and keep on asking the passing autos for a ride to your destination - if it's not your day, the autos will not even bother to stop; if you're a bit lucky they might actually slow down to hear your destination's name and think for a second( i always wonder if they are calculating their net profit) and then speed away. However if you are more lucky, the auto guy might actually quote you an exorbitant price and then speed away. But if it's your extremely lucky hour of the day, you might end up getting an auto which is ready to take you to the destination at meter price.

In my six years of existence in Bengaluru, these experiences have been really instrumental in teaching me great virtues - Patience and Tolerance. But at what price??? exorbitant rates, extremely rude behavior and what not ......After years of feeling used, i set out to find the answer for this misery - was there no government system that could bring these auto guys to justice? As a citizen, how can i express my concern?

This search took me to the Koramangala RTO office (BDA complex) and to my surprise i found that there did exist a government system which i believe 99.99% of Bengaluru is unaware of !!
The System
Note the vehicle number (KA-XX-YY-ZZZZ) and email the details to transcom@kar.nic.in. Based on the prefix XX (for example KA-01), complaint will be sent to one of the ten RTO offices in Bangalore and adjacent taluk areas.
Alternatively, one can also call these offices at the number given below based on the vehicle number prefix and directly lodge a complaint.

Vehicle Prefix (KA-XX) Bangalore location Phone number

KA-01 Koramangala 080-25533525
KA-02 Rajajinagar 080-23324104
KA-03 Indiranagar 080-25254310
KA-04 Yeshwantpur 080-23376039
KA-05 Jayanagar 080-26630989
KA-41 Gyanabharthi 080-28602833
KA-50 Yelahanka 080-28561366
KA-51 Electronic City 080-25735522
KA-52 NeelaMangala 08234-285598
KA-53 KR Puram 080-25617951

Once the complaint is received at the corresponding office, a notice is issued to the address of the vehicle’s registered owner, requiring him/her to turn up at the RTO office within 7 working days. Every RTO has about 10 IMV’s (Inspector of Motor Vehicles) who seize the vehicles which don’t report to the RTO.

The penalty levied from the auto-waalas is rs.100 under section 200.

The various offences among others for which one can lodge a complaint

Refusal to come to destination (Any destination!!!)
Demanding excess fare
Using rough language
Cheat the public, for e.g. taking longer routes.
Faulty Meter

There is also a helpline number - 080-22353785 available Monday – Saturday from 10:00 am - 5:30 pm on which one can call to lodge complaints.

The numbers speak for itself

I was shocked when I found that the Koramangala RTO office received only 5 complaints a month. With over 1,00,000 autos plying on Bangalore roads, shouldn’t it be like 5 complaints a minute?

What’s wrong with the system?

Lack of Awareness among the Bangalore citizens
The system is inefficient in data gathering- emails or phone calls cannot be stored and processed properly, leading to ineffective use of these complaint data.
Converting these complaints into notices issued to vehicle owners is still a manual process
Limited government officials to handle

So, will our impatience always have to take a backseat? Can something be done to improve/compliment the system to make it more effective? Will we get a better platform to raise our voices democratically?

Unless each of us understand and contribute, we cannot expect the system to change!!!

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Friday, May 7, 2010

Shri Panchamukhi Hanuman temple at 5km from Mantralayam

Hi all
found these old snaps of our visit to Shri Panchamukhi Hanuman temple at 5km from Mantralayam & Bechande few Km from mantralaya on the way to raichur where Raghavendra Swamy had stayed.

Interoduction of Mantralayam & its surrounding places
Link for the "Sri Panchamukhi Temple of Lord Anjneya Swamy"
Facebook Link of Shri Panchamukhi Hanuman

Rock standing on three point...Can u see that?

They were good as they did not harm us....

Ramesh & Vinay

Ramesh & Vinay With Monkey

Me (always bad phose)

Sacchin in Rajine Kanth Style....

Me with Sacchin

Kishor & Mallikarjun

The total Group in one single snap clicked by Sacchin (1st Row- Ramesh, Chandana, Mahesh, Me, 2nd Row- Venky, Sumanth, Vinay, 3rd Row-Manjunath, Mounesh K, Kishor, 4th Row- Mallikarjun)

Different shape of Rocks (This one is called as Pushapaka Vimana)

This one in the form of Bed & pillow

These Slipers were made in huge size and placed here every year it automatically wearout every year

Keep a coin & wish something, This is right side of the temple look for next pic for full pic

They say this is the "GADDHA" (Meaning = Tool used to fight in GADDHA YUDHA)been used by Hanuman ji which they kept here to the piller exectaly right side exit Downstairs.

Sacchin busy at watching the Doom of the Temple,

Foot mark of Lord Hanuman Ji near the right side of the Main entrance of the Temple wher people were giving there Tribute.
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Full Stone Picture...

This was the Video taken by one of my friend near mantralaya when we had been for a wedding at Raichure ...The place is Bechande few Km from mantralaya on the way to raichur where Raghavendra Swamy had stayed, It is on the bank of the river Tungabhara (This year 2009 Mantralaya was drown out in the heavy rain with other villages in Raichur) There was a tree on which Raghavendra swamy students use to tie the bag filled with rice in it brought from the people in the form of "Bhiesha" after pooja swamy use to sprinkle "holi water" then steem use to come out of the bag and the rice use to be cooked rise thats the reason the place is called Bechande meaning "cooking rice with out fire"
Youtube Part1 of Mantralaya Raghavendra Swamy Brindavana Pravesha
Youtube Part2 of Mantralaya Raghavendra Swamy Brindavana Pravesha