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An elected representative should be able to understand and solve public problems. Here are a few examples of what I have done.

Have you seen this bus?

Everywhere in Bangalore, it is easy to see the Big10 bus. But do you know the story of this bus? And do you know –we can make the entire bus system as good as the Big10 bus, if we elect the right people as our public representatives.

Dr Ashwin Mahesh is the man whohad the idea for the Big10 bus.

He had a simple idea. There are 10 big roads fromother cities to Bangalore, covering all directions –Hosur Road, Bannerghatta Road, Sarjapur Road,

Kanakapura Road, etc. On these 10 roads, he suggested to BMTC that we should run brightly coloured, easily visible buses from far outside up to the city centre. The buses should be frequent – passengers should not spend much time waiting at the bus stop. They should be able to plan their trip with confidence that they can complete it on time.

Let us vote to make Ashwin our MLA. Let us vote for good ideas that can improve our lives.

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A city of great lakes?

There are 183 lakes within BBMP’s boundary, and more than 200 other lakes surrounding the city. If we cleaned them up and maintained them properly, Bangalore should never have a water problem. To achieve that, we need the right leaders.

Ashwin Mahesh is the man who figured out how local communities can help maintain lakes.

The easiest way to take care of the lakes is toinvolve the local communities. For many years,

BBMP and BDA tried to take care of the lakes themselves, and failed. Many were encroached, and contaminated by sewage. Then Ashwinand others worked on Puttenahalli Lake, and showed how local communities can do it much better. And now, even BBMP is following this model, involving citizens in maintaining the lakes.



Have you seen Bangalore Traffic Police work with smart technology?

In India the private sector is doing very well, and our companies, especially companies from Bangalore, are world famous in the technology sector. But can we also use technology to make Indian society better? And can we use IT to make government work smarter?

Ashwin Mahesh realised that withjust a little training, a lot of work ingovernment can be done much moresmartly.

As an advisor to the Bangalore Traffic Police, Ashwin helped build the first traffic management center in the country. Here, sitting in one place, the police can see what traffic is like in different parts of the city. And all of this can be seen on a map on the wall – a complete picture of traffic, updated every minute. As a result, BTP is the most digital traffic police in the country.



Strengthening local businesses

Every local business would like residents in the area to know about its products and services . Similarly, residents in different neighborhoods would like to know the shops in the area, and what they are selling. By bringing the two together we can build strong local economies.

Ashwin Mahesh found thatmapping local shops increases ease of doing business and is good for customers.

As an advocate of local economic development, Ashwin is in the process of mapping all the local businesses in different wards in Bommanahalli and making this information available to local residents both in print and online. This will promote and enhance local business activity, benefiting both shop-owners and their customers.



A city for people, not just cars!

Our streets are not safe for pedestrians and bicyclists. Sidewalks & bike lanes are poor or do not exist, roads are hard to cross, and intersections are chaotic. If we improve the design, the city will be much safer. But for this we first need leaders who understand the importance of design.

Ashwin Mahesh knows how to make streets safer for pedestrians

and . and bicyclists.

As a member of the BBMP Technical Advisory Committee, Ashwin has been working to improve the design of city streets. Vittal Mallya Road, the first road built to these new design standards, has excellent sidewalks, superb lighting and a strong road surface. Local businesses maintain it. Ashwin also initiated the Namma Cycle program at IISc, for bicycle sharing in the campus. Students, faculty, staff and visitors can travel within the campus in an environmentally friendly way.



You hate corruption. So should your MLA

In recent years, people across India have risen up to demand an end to corruption. But it will take more than protests to end corruption. It will take political leadership. We need to elect leaders who are determined to end corruption.

Ashwin Mahesh has been a leader in the fight to end corruption

Karnataka was once one of the best-governed

states in India, and we need to restore that pride once again. Ashwin was one of the founders of Corruption Saaku, and was with the India Against Corruption campaign from the very beginning. Ashwin has been fighting corruption for more than a dozen years. He was one of the designers of the famous Zero Rupee Note, which anti corruption campaigners use throughout India as a symbol of their fight for clean governance.



All over the country, garbage from the cities is sent to villages. This is morally wrong, and also a sign of bad governance. Nor is it necessary. If we are responsible, we can be efficient in managing waste in homes and offices, and vastly reduce the quantities sent to landfills.

Dumping SAAKU!

Ashwin Mahesh is the man whopushed for the segregation of waste

Ashwin proposed the Dumping Saaku legislation,

which bans cities from dumping waste outside their boundaries. He worked with the BBMP to create a new framework for Waste Management, by which dry and wet waste is segregated at source, and sent for processing to local waste management facilities. Ashwin also led a protest walk from Mandur to Bangalore, to demand that the BBMP stop sending its waste to landfills.


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Bangalore needs 10,000 low cost houses to be built every year. But even the existing EWS lands are being converted to commercial use. Do you know Ashwin demanded the Karnataka govt. should stop this and fund construction of sufficient houses for the poor?

Every family needs a proper place to live

Ashwin Mahesh opposed the conversion of Ejipura EWS lands intoa mall

Ashwin wrote to the Chief Minister and demanded that at least 300 crores should be allotted each

year for low income housing in the city. As a result of this intervention, the State government has given BBMP 300 crores this year for constructing houses for the poor - 50 in each ward. If we consistently keep up this level of funding for EWS homes, we can avoid large-scale homelessness.



Bangalore enjoys the honour of being the global IT hub. Using this strength, can we build systems that enhance Bangalore’s governance challenges? Can IT be used for public participation in local governance? For improving health outcomes?

Using IT for better Governance

Ashwin Mahesh has led the way increating IT tools for governance andcivic action

Ashwin built the Bangalore Governance

Observatory (www.bcity.in), a platform for citizens to report their concerns on day to day governance. This is primarily a crowd sourcing tool that helps to push for better governance. He also created a platform (www.vaccidate.in) that helps the parents of the newly born children to get timely alerts for precise vaccination dates.



http://www.bcity.in/

http://www.vaccidate.in/

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