Monday 7 February 2011

How Good is Our Rajarajeshwari Nagar ?

Last year, The Times of India, in collaboration with Janaagraha, launched Bangalore Patrol, an assessment programme, spread across the 198 wards of Bangalore.

This was done to assess basic services such as water, environment, sanitation, mobility and public amenities in these wards.

The measurement was on a scale of 0 to 10.

“The result wasn’t exactly what we’d expected,” they say in their report and add: “It was worse.”

Here is what the report shows about our Rajarajeshwari Nagar – Ward 160.

[It should be remembered that this ward is very large and not limited to Ideal Homes, BEML Layout, BHEL Layout and surrounding areas.]

In overall ranking, Rajarajeshwari Nagar stood at 56 among the 198 wards. Its overall score was 6.06.

The scores for basic services were: Water – 7.06, Mobility – 5.06, sanitation – 7.66, environment – 4.35 and public amenities – 2.93, Crime – 6.08.

The drawing presented here is by L. Mahalakshmi, student of VIII standard, in Sri Rajeshwari Vidyashala, published in ReachoutPlus School Showcase.