BRIGADE INSIGHT the Newsletter of the Brigade Group

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BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life BRIGADE INSIGHT The Newsletter of the Brigade Group

An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer

Vol. 8 No. 1 Released in end-March ’04

Hewlett Packard at Hulkul-Brigade Centre Two more integrated residential enclaves: Metropolis and Gateway on Whitefield Road and in the Malleswaram-Rajajinagar area

SELF-CONTAINED residential enclaves are fast becoming a very well received. The success of these projects has led part of the new urban landscape in India and around the us to launch two other residential enclaves, on Whitefield Hewlett Packard are locating their new world. They offer a range of features and facilities; Road and in the Malleswaram-Rajajinagar area. facility at Hulkul-Brigade Centre, Lavelle excellent civic amenities, maintenance and security; and Designed as “mixed-use” enclaves, these projects will Road, occupying 52,000 sft of the 60,000 sft available. The recently an enriching sense of community. offer a variety of well-planned apartments to suit a range completed project has three floors, ideal Brigade Group’s two residential enclaves in J.P. Nagar of budgets, and will contain landscaping and a range of for corporate offices, software facilities, —Brigade Millennium and Brigade Gardenia—have been amenities as well as office blocks and a full-fledged club. biotech enterprises or contact centres. More on pages 6 and 7

Brigade Court welcomes Mayflower Block completed! A celebration of Tavant Technologies Mayflower Block in Brigade Millennium—15-storeys high, achievements with 250 deluxe 2-and 3-BR apts—has been completed in just 18 months and is fully booked. Construction of the The two days of festivity Oak Tree Place villas at Brigade Millennium has also been created by the Brigade completed. Bonanza concluded on 29 Cassia and February with celebrations to Magnolia, two 15- mark the completion of many storeyed luxury of our projects. The venue apartment blocks, Tavant Technologies have moved to their was the mini-stadium at new 20,000 sft facility at Brigade Court. are also fully Millennium Park, Brigade Ideal for corporate offices and software sold and both Millennium. compaines, the 40,000 sft project in blocks, are at an The evening started with a Koramangala has been recently advanced stage of completed. formal function to construction. Mayflower Block. acknowledge the excellent Jacaranda—a work of our contractors, Parkway at Mysore premium luxury 3- and 4-BR apartment block consisting consultants and associates. of 120 apts—has a few apartments available. This was followed by a get- Balloons being released add a further note of festivity. Bookings are open for Laburnum, the last of the together of our associates, blocks in Millennium. It has just 60 premium luxury customers, well-wishers and staff. 3- and 4-BR apartments. Over 1,500 guests attended the function, which began with an invocation by Manisha Deb, our Marketing Manager. Githa Shankar, Director, Brigade Group, gave a very warm welcome address, which Brigade Bonanza touched upon the The Bhoomi Puja of Brigade Parkway, human factor near Cheluvamba Park, Ontikoppal, draws a tremendous behind Brigade was conducted in Mysore on 18 January. Group’s growth and Brigade Parkway, our first exclusive 3-BR apt project for Mysore, will consist response! success. Lukose of 16 apartments on ground and three Vallathurai, IAS, upper floors. The construction has just Brigade Group’s range of on-going Secretary, Revenue commenced. and new projects was showcased at a Acknowledging our associates. Dept, GOK, was the Inside... home-buyers fest—the Brigade Chief Guest. Lighting of the ceremonial lamp formalised Bonanza—held on 28 and 29 the celebrations. The function ended with a presentation Inside Brigade 2 February at Brigade Millennium in by M.R. Jaishankar, MD, Brigade Group, who spoke of An invitation to architects 3 BRIGADE J.P. Nagar, 7th Phase. For more on the organisation’s recent achievements and expressed his Brigade Bonanza; Millennium Celebrations 4 the Bonanza, and the response it thanks to all who had made it possible. The function was Brigade Millennium update 5 evoked, see page 4. followed by cocktails and dinner. More on page 4 Two more enclaves from Brigade 6&7

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Elections 2004 8 Congrats on making Millennium such a terrific place. It looks great! So many facilities being “ “ In conversation with BWSSB Chairman 9 built—it must be truly unique for any project. The Band Stand was fab—just like in Cubbon Park. Sir MV blackmails DVG; Home Loans 10 The residents can certainly look forward to an enjoyable stay. All the best! —Kiran Boal, Chartered Accountant www.brigadegroup.com Design / CD Clearance Job Detail: Insight March 2004 AE Wr DADe AD CJ HJ Date of Print-out: 25-03-04 5:00 a.m Version: 7 Path: a4/Brigade/Insight Mar-04/Pages/page2.cdr

2 BRIGADE INSIGHT A f e w t h o u g h t s . . . Vol. 8 No. 1 Released in end-March ’04 Editor’s Note

There is a great deal of positive change in the air and much of it can be felt at Brigade Group! THE first quarter of 2004 is an action-packed mid-June 2004 from Pre-kg to 8th Std, with 9th one—with the country’s reserves reaching US $ and 10th Stds opening in 2005 and 2006 For instance, people looking for an apartment in 110 billion, many sectors of the economy respectively. Starting a school is both a daunting Bangalore now have an exciting option: residential continuing to do well, a volatile stock market, and exciting experience! enclaves. Brigade Group has four such enclaves, in and now, Lok Sabha Elections and an Indo-Pak different stages of conceptualisation and Cricket Series! Citizens can’t ask for more. FRIENDSHIP Cricket series is a fantastic step in construction, in J.P. Nagar, on Whitefield Road and the peace process between India and Pakistan. in the Malleswaram-Rajajinagar area. BRIGADE will soon be embarking on two Its timing before the elections 2004 may turn Brigade Bonanza: A satisfying two-day fest for landmark enclaves at Whitefield Road and the out to be the best googly bowled yet, which apartment buyers Malleswaram-Rajajinagar area, which are bound even our legendary Chandrashekar may be The Brigade Bonanza, held at Brigade Millennium in to change the skyline in both the localities and envious of! J.P. Nagar, gave visitors a chance to experience the may become trendsetter projects in urban space “look and feel” of a residential enclave first-hand. planning. Brigade Group is gearing up to meet LET’S hope the future will be as shining as it is And whether it was residential enclaves or smaller these challenges. made out to be. Reading our Prime Minister’s apartment complexes they were interested in, the address in the India Today conclave gives us a lot Bonanza gave them a chance to explore their options thoroughly with Brigade’s marketing team WE are making a cautious entry into the field of hope and raises our expectations. May India’s and leading HFIs, both of whom were on-site during of hospitality. With our experience in managing shine become brighter and brighter! the two-day Bonanza. It was a satisfying and serviced apartments and having undertaken two successful experience for all concerned. club projects, we are venturing into a holiday resort amidst coffee estates in my hometown of New horizons ahead Chickmagalur. We made our first inroads into the hospitality industry with serviced apartments and clubs. Our E are overwhelmed by the response to the Hospitality Division is now going one step further W —M.R. Jaishankar MANAGING DIRECTOR, BRIGADE GROUP with the setting up of a resort in the Western Ghats. Brigade-PSBB School. Classes will commence in Architects from India and abroad will be submitting proposals for the resort’s design. This and following issues of Brigade Insight will keep you posted on the Brigade sponsors subject. Brigade Runners Up in CMCA Jatre Thanks to our associates, customers and well- Cricket Tournament wishers Extending support to children’s We said it in person at our two functions on initiatives for a better society Brigade Group were runners up in the Anchor 29 February. We’re saying it again in these columns: Friendship Cup Cricket Tournament sponsored our achievements would not have been possible by Anchor Electronics and Electricals, which without the support and contribution of our many took place on 24 and 25 January 2004 at the associates, customers and well wishers. Thank Loyola High School Grounds in Bangalore. you all. The seven participatng teams were: Potential We hope you enjoy reading more on these and Service Consultants (P) Ltd, RMZ Corp, Brigade other subjects in this issue of Brigade Insight. As Group, A.N. Prakash Consultants, Mantri Group, always, we await your feedback. Tyco Engineering & Constructions Pvt. Ltd and RSP Architects, Engineers & Planners Pvt. Ltd. Tyco played an excellent “IT IS AN INTERESTING PUBLICATION game and won the trophy. which speaks not only Jaishankar addresses the students at the Jatre. RadioCity RJ, Chaitanya Hegde (extreme left) and about the Brigade Group Mr Govardhan, Chairman, Swabhimana Trust, are also seen. but also about the city in general. I shall be happy CMCA, Children’s Movement for New Brigadiers come on board... if you can put me on Civic Awareness, conducts a your permanent mailing Jatre (a Kannada word meaning Marketing list. yatra, mela or fair) every year, K. Srinivasan, General Manager (Woodrose Club) ” Gurmeet Singh, Manager—Operations & Sales which brings together school children (Woodrose Club) —Dr C.S. Viswanatha, presenting their campaigns. This year’s Jatre was M.H. Shylaja, Marketing Co-ordinator Torsteel Research Foundation, India sponsored by Brigade Group. The programme B.M. Komala, Secretary was held on Saturday, 17 January, at Baldwin S. Sangeetha, Secretary Boys High School. M.R. Jaishankar, MD, Brigade Engineers Group, and Project Managers C h a i t a n y a Mahesh G. Konapur, S. Shashidhar Hegde, RJ, House-warming at Mayflower Project Engineers RadioCity, were M. Krishna Prakash, Praveen P. Deshpande, “I would like to extend my heartiest thanks chief guests at D.S. Sathish, T. Shivakumar the occasion. for making our day a life-time memory. Engineers—Quality Control The house-warming was a great success C M C A , a Arvind Kumar Sable, M. Bhaskar Reddy, with lot of friends pouring in all the time and joint initiative of Jaishankar gives away the prizes. C. Halarameshwara, K. Muruganantham, blessing us. the Public Affairs L. Poorna Chandra, K. Ravindranath, Without your help and co-operation, it Centre and Swabhimana, conducts civic S.R. Sreenivas Murthy, C. Sudarshan, S.S. Vasanth Kumar, G. Vivek couldn’t be possible. Thanks once again. ” awareness programmes in schools. Groups of children from the 40 schools that have Civic Technical Assistants —G.C. and Saakshi, Clubs presented their campaigns at the annual G. Gayathri, Satyam J. Vora Brigade Millennium, Mayflower Block #A-1109 Jatre. Prizes were awarded based on the Quantity Surveyor campaigns and presentations. Koppu Leela Kumar Design / CD Clearance Job Detail: Insight March 2004 AE Wr DADe AD CJ HJ Date of Print-out: 25-03-04 5:00 a.m Version: 7 Path: a4/Brigade/Insight Mar-04/Pages/page3.cdr

3 Globalisation and architecture ation to “Globalisation effectively means that you are An invit making the entire world into one small city. It means that Bangalore and New York are just different districts. A man travelling between these cities experiences the same comfort level ite ts as far as appearance, systems, practices and r h a A c c ng technologies are concerned”, explains architect for designi Hafeez Contractor. world-class Globalisation has had an impact on esort architecture too. “This phenomenon has Hill Rat an demanded an architectural and urban setting in location standing response to the new-found business, out Bangalore hrs from technologies, and new social and political 4 isit : st, please v orders”, he says. of I te re x r ssio n n n your E p e so t The trend is also seen r tail s a d .com r/re Fo de a g roup www.bri g de in housing developments. “Global building is about creating buildings according to international ARCHITECTS from around the world are being The resort will have 100-150 rooms/ standards. Today when invited to submit proposals to design Brigade cottages, conference facilities, swimming pool we design, we cater to Group’s maiden resort venture in the Western and other sports and health facilities. the highest international Ghats. Construction of the cottages will take place standards. Lighting and We aspire to make the resort among the progressively. Our primary objective in inviting ventilation, fire best in the world. We are therefore looking for proposals from architects is to obtain a fresh, prevention and car an outstanding and innovative design for the creative and outstanding architectural design for parking norms are of resort. the proposed resort. international standards. We also incorporate finishes, garbage disposal systems, fire escape services, roads, amenities and signage of global You’ll be proud to call it your own standards. All these are new innovations in building design. Selective membership to the phases: the sports facilities in the second “Vernacular architecture which uses local Memberships Woodrose Club is now open. Its quarter of this year; the health club and gym in materials is dead. Using local materials has Open structure complete, the the third quarter; and the rest of the facilities, become more expensive. Woodrose Club was on public including rooms, restaurant and banquet hall, in “Architecture at any point in time responds display for the first time on 28 and 29 February the last quarter. to technological, political and social issues of during the Brigade Bonanza. The Club is located in an idyllic setting—on a that time. At this point in time the influences An exhibition arranged in the Members’ 2.5 acre plot within the serene, green Brigade and advancements due to globalisation need Lounge allowed visitors to visualise the full Millennium campus, with the three-acre great sensitivity and aptitude on the part of potential of the Woodrose Club. Signage Millennium Park right next door. architects and developers to establish identified both the layout of the Club An award-winning design is becoming more appropriate architecture.” and the facilities it would offer. These of a reality with each passing day. Excerpted from Times Property Bangalore, 12 March facilities will be operational in three

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• MEMBERS’ LOUNGE • BILLIARDS • OPEN-AIR DECK • CARD ROOMS LOUNGES • LARGE GYM • RESTAURANT • STEAM ROOMS The Conference Hall With two wooden-floored • LAWNS • SAUNA •JACUZZI (capacity of 30 to 80 courts, the badminton room • CYBER CAFÉ • 27 GUEST ROOMS people), opening out doubles as an indoor • OPEN-AIR STAGE • CONFERENCE ROOMS into a stone courtyard auditorium—complete with • SWIMMING POOL • BANQUET HALL stage and separate entrance • BEAUTY PARLOUR • WILL BE AFFILIATED TO • BADMINTON OTHER CLUBS IN INDIA • SQUASH • TT

Memberships are open on a selective basis. Brigade Millennium residents will enjoy priority membership at a special membership fee. Swimming Pool Library

For more information on the Club and details about membership, contact Srinivasan or Gurmeet at 98443 05229 / 05243 or visit our website www.woodroseclub.com Design / CD Clearance Job Detail: Insight March 2004 AE Wr DADe AD CJ HJ Date of Print-out: 25-03-04 5:00 a.m Version: 7 Path: a4/Brigade/Insight Mar-04/Pages/page4.cdr

Millennium Celebrations The Brigade Bonanza

marketing team interacted with the visitors who came in a steady stream all day, both days. Questions were answered, doubts clarified, Manisha Deb, Marketing Manager, suggestions made...and decisions taken. And renders the invocation. with 11 Housing Finance Institutions in attendance at the Bonanza, the decision-making Left to right: Venkataraman, Zachariah, architects of process could be Brigade Gardenia and made with greater Brigade Millennium ease and confidence. respectively, light the lamp A walk through Millennium Park led to the while Jaishankar looks on. Children were understandably reluctant to massive, airy shamiana in which the Brigade leave Millennium Park’s playground. It was clear Bonanza was being held on 28 and 29 February. they thoroughly approved of this kind of family After registering outing! at the entrance, A section of the audience. visitors could examine the “ The arrangements at the informative panels inauguration function were excellent that described and we really enjoyed the evening. Brigade Group’s There was great attention to projects—residential apartment blocks and RadioCity comes to enclaves, commercial complexes, software detail—from the ‘Brigade Millenium’ facilities and serviced apartments. A screened- name backlit on the entrance arch to Brigade Millennium off enclosure provided a quiet space to watch a the seating arrangements, presentation short film on Brigade screens, lighting in the park, the live Group. band and the food was nice.

At the centre of I would like to thank you and the the shamiana was a Brigade Team“ for inviting us for the quadrangle of function. tables. It was here —Deepak Jagtiani

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Sheetal Iyer interviews Jaishankar at Brigade Millennium project office. Indira Sharma, GM-Mktg, looks on. Augusta Club RadioCity RJ, Sheetal Iyer, took a walk down Millennium Avenue while she interviewed M.R. Brigade Gardenia, Next to RBI Layout, J.P. Nagar Jaishankar on the RadioCity show—Full Meals Real Estate Special. The show aired on 29 Feb, while the Brigade Bonanza was underway. Jaishankar spoke of the 725 apts in the 5 blocks in Brigade Millennium, about 91 FM Brigade’s other projects, the efforts being taken to make the projects environment-friendly and, of course, about the Brigade Bonanza. The freewheeling discussion about Brigade Millennium was interspersed with some of Jaishankar’s favorite songs.

Gardenia update A cheerful, gracious place to relax and entertain

• OVER 24,000 SFT • SWIMMING POOL BUILT-UP AREA • LOUNGE Brigade Gardenia now has bookings open for all • GYM WITH HEALTH CLUB • RESTAURANT the five 2- and 3-BR apartment blocks in the • SNOOKER / POOL • TT • PARTY AREAS enclave: Magnifica, Golden Magic, Jardine, • INDOOR BADMINTON • COFFEE SHOP Glacier and Carinata. Brigade Gardenia had a great response from buyers at the Brigade Bonanza held on 28 and 29 February. Design / CD Clearance Job Detail: Insight March 2004 AE Wr DADe AD CJ HJ Date of Print-out: 25-03-04 5:00 a.m Version: 7 Path: a4/Brigade/Insight Mar-04/Pages/page5.cdr

5 Brigade-PSBB School Millennium update Report Card

With the last faculty recruitments underway, building nearing completion and admission The entrance portal to Brigade Millennium, A section of Millennium Avenue. processes moving which stretches across the 60’ wide along smoothly, Millennium Avenue, is now ready. Brigade-PSBB School is readying itself for the start of its first academic year. Brigade-PSBB School, which follows the CBSE syllabus, will open with Pre-kg to Standard 8 levels. Standard 9 will commence in June 2005 and Std 10 a year later. One of the sheltered seating The mini-stadium and amphitheatre as seen Magnolia Block construction arrangements in the 3-acre from the terrace of the project office. nearing completion. For more information on the school, Millennium Park. Mayflower Block is seen at the far left availability of seats and Magnolia Block next to it. and admission procedures, visit www.brigadepsbb.org

A view of the Millennium Park. The school building nearing completion, The entrance portico of the recently as seen from the min-stadium. completed Mayflower Block. Two more programmes by Brigade-CTVTI

Brigade Construction and Vocational Gesco Corporation, Brigade Group, Yashaswi O nanna chetana, Training Institute (Brigade-CTVTI) has Constructions, Krushi Builders, Surfa Coats Ltd, aagu nee aniketana been set up by Brigade Foundation Santech Engineers, Laxmi Nirman Pvt. Ltd, JMC in collaboration with NICMAR Projects and Salarpuria Properties Pvt. Ltd. The BRIGADE-PSBB BANGALORE BRIGADE (National Institute of Construction programme was held at Hotel Atria. CTVTI Management and Research), Pune. 35 students attended the Regional Contact After Brigade-CTVTI conducted Seminar (RCS) for Centre of Distance Education A collaboration between: its first Management Development Programme, (CODE). The preceding CODE exams were held Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Schools, Chennai, rated by Outlook as one of the top 7 schools in India, (MDP) two more programmes have been between 16 and 20 December 2003 in the and conducted. Brigade Millennium campus. Brigade Foundation, a charitable organisation One MDP on Financial Management for set up by Brigade Group. Construction Engineers was held between 29 Positions available for We are looking for full- and part-time: and 31 January 2004. The Programme was Vice-Principal and Trainers attended by 20 delegates from organisations at Brigade-CTVTI. like Sankalp Group, A.N. Prakash Consultants, For details and applications visit our website: Librarians www.brigade-ctvti.org or fax: 2297 3525 Bharat Builders, Prestige Group, Embassy Group, Lab Assistants (For computer, science, language and math labs, a/v room) Assistant Teachers Brigade Group requires properties in the for Pre-School Classes range of 15,000 sft (1,400 sqm) and above, located in prime residential, commercial and Instructors in: retail areas of Bangalore and Mysore. Should Sports Swimming Properties have clear titles and should be untenanted. Please write with details including plot Yoga Music dimensions, location map, landmarks, road width, land usage, applicable F.A.R. and Dance Arts & Crafts Wanted expected commercial terms. Incomplete for joint-development or outright purchase details will not be entertained. For more information, write to us or visit our website. Attenders Ayahs

Last date for receipt of application: Brigade Towers, 135, Brigade Rd, March 31st Bangalore 560 025. Fax: 91-80-221 0784. For details and application procedure, please visit our website: [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com www.brigadepsbb.org Design / CD Clearance Job Detail: Insight March 2004 AE Wr DADe AD CJ HJ Date of Print-out: 25-03-04 5:00 a.m Version: 7 Path: a4/Brigade/Insight Mar-04/Pages/page6&7.cdr

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rd b n fits i f you Roads to Whitefield being upgraded Earlyr-b iegi s e e ter n ow! Whitefield today is a hub of commercial activity. Road)—has called for their upgradation. The the median and either side of the road will also At one end of the IT Corridor, this locality has development of these two roads is significant in feature in the project. Priority will be given to Now—at the pre-launch stage—is the best time to register for your apartment. over the recent years developed into a nerve that it makes commuting to Whitefield quick aesthetics, footpaths on either side, modern You get the benefit of pre-launch prices. NO PAYMENT NECESSARY. NO OBLIGATION. centre. The International Tech Park, a state-of- and easy, and is bound to lead to further signage, and improved lighting for better (applicable to both enclaves) the-art convention centre almost complete, a development of this locality that is now suddenly visibility. proposed star hotel, super speciality hospital, close to the heart of the city. Apart from Whitefield Road, the BDA has NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE medical college, and the growing residential The Whitefield Road is being developed at a also undertaken the development of roads on Register at: www.brigadegroup.com areas in the belt have made this a prime locality cost of Rs 8.60 crore by the BDA. The road will either side of the K.R. Puram cable-stayed in its own right. be ready in four months time. bridge. email: Pressure on the two roads to Whitefield— Whitefield Road will have four lanes with a A bridge enroute to Whitefield is a [email protected] [email protected] (These are press advertisements which were released in different publications.) Airport Road and Whitefield Road (Old Madras scientifically designed median. Landscaping of bottleneck and holds up traffic in peak hours. The bridge will be reconstructed and broadened. Design / CD Clearance Job Detail: Insight March 2004 AE Wr DADe AD CJ HJ Date of Print-out: 25-03-04 5:00 a.m Version: 7 Path: a4/Brigade/Insight Mar-04/Pages/page5.cdr

8 Towards a more aware Elections 2004 Careers at “ Behold this and always love it! It is E Institute for Social and Economic VOT Change, Bangalore; Dr A. Ravindra, very sacred, and you must treat it as formerly Chief Secretary, Government Brigade Group such...” —Sioux Indian of Karnataka; and Ms. Mirai Chatterjee, Coordinator of Social Security at the Self-employed Women’s Public Affairs Centre (PAC) is a non-profit Association (SEWA), Ahmedabad. organisation dedicated to the cause of The three campaigns that are being run by improving the quality of governance in India. Engineering the PAC to increase awareness about elections •General Managers—Projects PAC’s focus is primarily on areas in which the • and voting are: Dy General Managers—Projects / Quality Control public can play a proactive role in improving 1. Creating a voter’s list as part of the & Systems / Quantity Survey / Purchase / Electrical governance. PAC undertakes and supports •Managers—Customer Support / Maintenance / Summary Revision Awareness Campaign 2003. research on public policy and services, Electrical / Plumbing This is being sent to the Chief Election • disseminates research findings, facilitates citizen Senior Manager / Manager—Services Commissioner. • • action, support for collective action and Project / Site Engineers Electrical Engineers 2. A radio campaign to urge citizens to •Plumbing Engineers •Technical Assistants provides advisory services to state and non-state check their names on the voter’s list. •In-house Architects agencies. 3. A “Campaign for Free, Fair and Informed PAC’s Board of Directors consists of nine Elections to the 14th Lok Sabha”. eminent and experienced women and men from different walks of life and different parts of the Marketing

country. Dr Samuel Paul, formerly Director of “I know no safe depository of the •General Managers •Dy General Managers “ • • • Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad is ultimate powers of society but the Managers Executives Customer Service Executives •Secretaries Chairman of the Board. Dr Kamla Chowdhry, people themselves... Trustee, National Foundation for India; Prof. —Thomas Jefferson K.R.S. Murthy, formerly Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; Mr Manubhai Shah, For more information on PAC and their initiatives, visit: Accts & Admin •Accounts Officers / Accountants Managing Trustee, Consumer Education and http://www.pacindia.org •Cost Accountants •Estate Managers Research Centre; Mr M.R. Jaishankar, Managing or write to them at : Director, Brigade Group; Mr P.P. Madappa, Public Affairs Centre formerly Managing Director, Karnataka 422, 80 Feet Road, VI Block, Koramangala Antibiotics Ltd; Dr P.V. Shenoi, formerly Director, Bangalore 560 095 HR Mgmt •Dy General Manager •Executives This budget’s focus is on infrastructure…

The BCC’s budget for 2004-2005 was works on rejuvenating parks and lakes in the Advtg & PR •Managers •Executives presented recently. The infrastructure projects city. We will set up citizen centres in all the ranked high and some new ones are on the wards and also refurbish the existing BCC offices anvil. Excerpts from an interview with the BCC across the city. Commissioner, M.R. Sreenivasa Murthy, on Business what’s special about this budget... This budget is totally development-oriented Development It focuses on infrastructure, improvement of • A better quality of life is given due attention amenities and upgradation of basic services of Liaison Manager / Officers in this budget the citizens of Bangalore. Streamlining traffic, resurfacing existing Experience: General Managers—10 to 15 years Dy General Managers—8 to 10 years roads, laying 1,000 kms of new roads, Last year’s performance Managers—5 to 8 years, All others—3 to 5 years improving 500 kms of sidewalks, building We implemented all our promises. Side- flyovers, grade separators, subways and taking walks, roads, parks, lakes, flyovers…its all Those who are looking for placements in the next 3 to 6 months may also apply. care of approach roads to Bangalore that are happening. Development is a continuous outside the BCC’s jurisdiction. We are keen on process, and we will strive for it. For details and application procedure, please visit our website: providing street lights and street furniture on arterial roads of Bangalore. We will continue the Excerpted from Times Property Bangalore, 27 February www.brigadegroup.com

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9 Quenching Bangalore’s Thirst

A conversation with BWSSB Chairman Shri Vidyashankar, IAS Shri M.N. Vidyashankar, Chairman, Bangalore Bangalore city. With the help of Japan Bank for Water Supply and Sewerage Board, graduated International Co-operation, the pilot project from Delhi School of Economics and has an started in June 2003. It covers about 40,000 MBA from Harvard University. Joining the Indian connections in the city, supplying water 7 days a Administrative Service in 1982, he has served in week. And this will be ready for the entire city different departments in the State Government by September this year. We are the first city in and also in the Ministry of Personnel and Public the country to execute the 7-day water supply Grievances, Government of India. and leakage reduction systems. He spoke to Jaishankar on the many aspects The 7-day water supply will be operational of the present water situation in Bangalore: by December 2005 or January 2006 for the entire city. Water supply: We are in a position to meet all the water Jaishankar with Vidyashankar, IAS, BWSSB Chairman. requirements of the city. Today we are pumping Tertiary Treated water: Reducing leakage, promoting use about 800 million litres of water per day to the We are focusing in a very big way on Tertiary of tertiary non-potable water and city. Treated water. We also have two of the biggest augmenting potable water—this Currently, the total water demand is of the Tertiary Treatment Plants in the country—one in three-pronged attack will see us order of 970-980 Mld (a million litres per day). Yelahanka and the second at Vrishabhavati We are, as of now, supplying 860 Mld. The valley. through till 2025 comfortably. reason for the gap in supply and demand is due We are thinking of building two more plants to the fact that some areas in the east and (capacity of 60 Mld) behind Koramangala and Increase in sewage handling: south that have been added to Bangalore City the Airport. Currently we have the capacity to handle 420 don’t have the network to take our water. We In due course, Tertiary Treated water be will million litres of sewerage. Now Stage 4 Phase 2 are now networking all these areas too. 5900 be available throughout Bangalore. Networks will bring an additional 400 Mld, which means borewells in the city have been added for use for central Bangalore will be very difficult our total sewage handling by 2009/10 could be until the network is ready. Plus new tankers are because we have no space for laying any of our in the order of 1000 million litres per day. also being hired to make water available in the pipes. But we are certainly thinking of covering city. it in all the industrial areas because the Water conservation: industrial water requirement is going to be very All new houses constructed Future requirements of water in Bangalore huge. exceeding 2000 sft need city: Our request would be for industries to have necessarily have rooftop With the commission of a two-pipeline facility. Tertiary Treated water is harvesting. Both the BDA and Cauvery Stage 4 Phase 2, we very clean. It can actually match bottled water the BMP have amended their should be able to pump an available in the city. building bye-laws. additional 500 Mld, making it Also, for entire home requirements like At the present levels of 1500 Mld of water to the city washing clothes, utensils, cars, gardening, etc., precipitation rainwater can take care of 100 by 2009-2010. (excluding cooking and consumption.) Tertiary days of water requirement of the city! Today, Bangalore’s population is in the Treated water is very good. Rainwater harvesting is for consumption as neighbourhood of 6 million. We expect the well as for ground water recharge. In fact, there population to be about 8.3 million by 2025. Reducing water leakage: are open wells in Bangalore that are fed by Our total water requirement by 2025 will Water leakage is inevitable. The rooftop harvesting and the water table even in increase to 2000 Mld, as per a high growth internationally accepted norm is about 20%. We the peak of summer is very good. scenario in Bangalore City. can reduce leakage even below 20% but the I know that Brigade Group is planning two cost of reducing leakage will be very high, much such large open wells in their enclaves, setting a Non-potable water in the city: more than the amount of water we lose. trend for the city, which I hope will continue. The supply of non-potable water will be at Currently, the water leakage in Bangalore is reduced rates. For example, the current about 30%. Words of advice to citizens of Bangalore: industrial rate is Rs 60 per litre. Today we are We have already started a very ambitious Please conserve water, because it is a very selling non-potable water at Rs 19 a litre. programme to reduce water leakage in finite resource. It is renewable, but still finite. Rainwater harvesting—some useful tips

rainwater spill-off from the compound/garden 1. Keep your roof clean. Potted plants are the stored water free of mosquito larvae. areas. This will have the added benefit of okay but take care about the pesticides A few strands of ‘Khus’ will keep it reducing the flooding of low lying areas you use, as these will leach into your smelling sweet. following heavy showers. rainwater sump. 4. You can boil or UV purify the water which In Bangalore we are fortunate to have water 2. A mesh or bag filter will keep out most you use for drinking and in the kitchen. that is pure and free from chemical, organic and impurities as the rainwater is led into the Sizing the rainwater sump microbial impurities. sump. It is advisable to have a separate The idea is to build enough capacity to trap We also get a good amount of rain, sump for rainwater interconnected to the most of the rainwater, while not having to spend averaging about 90 cms per year, spread over 9 Corporation water sump. As the rainwater a fortune on the sump. months between April and December. sump fills, quickly pump the water to the There are good ferroconcrete sumps Rainwater harvesting in Bangalore is now overhead tank so as to be able to harvest the available—pre-fabricated and door delivered. being made mandatory for all new buildings. next shower. You may also wish to build a percolation pit 3. Put a few guppies in the sump. This will keep to recharge the groundwater, from the —David D’Costa, In & Around Richards Town

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10 Snippets: The day Sir MV blackmailed DVG!

THE real greatness of a city is measured not only by its monuments, 1912-1918). They met often and, over filter coffee and vadais, would institutions and infrastructure, but also by the greatness of the people have long, intense discussions. Most of their conversations covered who have been nurtured on its soil, and who, in turn, have contributed matters relating to the state and its development—subjects close to to its growth and identity. both their hearts. Sir MV sensed that although DVG contributed generously of himself You might know of a road in Basavanagudi called DVG Road. It is to the community, on a personal level, his friend lived in near-penury. named after a man of rare character: D.V. Gundappa. We had written Wanting to help, Sir MV pointed out that their discussions were about him in our last column of Snippets, but for those of you who invaluable to him in the discharge of his professional duties as Dewan. may not remember, we’ll repeat a few salient points. He would, therefore, like to make DVG’s contribution official by D.V. Gundappa, born in 1889, was a matriculate who started appointing him Consultant to the Kingdom of Mysore. working as a journalist at the age of 16. Two years later, he was DVG refused to consider the idea. “My vritti dharma (vocation) is publishing his own newspaper. He went on to become a titan of writing and journalism. I cannot take money for conversations with a Kannada literature, writing on subjects that covered philosophy and friend”, he said. Unable to persuade him otherwise, Sir MV agreed to literature, sociology and history. go along with DVG’s decision—on condition that they discussed only Those of us who consider citizens’ initiatives a modern day personal matters henceforth. A sort of blackmail, so to speak! For a man of DVG’s wide-ranging interests, this was as hard a punishment as could be imposed. And as Sir MV expected, DVG capitulated after a few meetings and reluctantly agreed to be a Consultant. The Mysore Treasury issued him generous cheques at regular intervals. Sir MV felt pleased that his friend was enjoying a few justly earned rewards. Time passed. DVG died in 1975, about fifty years after the incident which we have just recounted. Amongst his few possessions was a steel trunk. When family members opened it, they were shocked to see a stack of cheques of the face value of Rs 1200, Rs 900, Rs 1400… amounts that would have added up to the equivalent of several lakhs in 1975. phenomenon, should know that DVG was a passionate activist, ever All the cheques were issued by the Mysore Treasury, paid to DVG for

ready to give his time for a worthy cause. He was the moving spirit his services as Consultant. Not a single cheque had been cashed. ILLUSTRATIONS: NETRA SHYAM behind the Popular Education League and the Social Service League. In Despite the fact that they came at periods 1945, he set up the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, a forum when he had suffered dire monetary intended to awaken national consciousness among people. He was also difficulties. the Founder-Editor of the Institute’s journal, Public Affairs. Sometimes the greatness of a man It so happened that one of DVG’s closest friends was the famous can be measured not so much by what engineer-statesman, Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Dewan of Mysore between he does, as by what he doesn’t do. DVG Read more about DVG at www.brigadegroup.com/insight

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