Bandra Boy Alistar Pereira - Fatal Driving Accident Issue

Alistar Pereira - a young lad from St. Paul's Road, Bandra is in the news for all the wrong reasons. On the other hand, this type of an accident could have happened to any one of us.

At the moment, his parents, family and close friends are in a terrible trauma over the sad situation of him getting a 3 year sentence.

- Is he being targetted because the powers-that-be feel that he has no one to really come up and back him ?


- Is he being used as an easy-to-get scapegoat by the cops to reduce rash driving in the city.



- Others who have more financial and political clout, yet have committed crimes far greater, are let off on bail and are blatantly flaunting their freedom. Is our judiciary really just ?





Let your 'straight from the shoulder' statements on this blog, share your views on this important issue. Maybe, justice will eventually prevail !

Bandra Fair Blog Contest

Bandra Fair puts Bandra on centre-stage for a week of devotion and festivities. Most residents of Bandra and its surrounding areas celebrate 8th September as the birthday of Mother Mary, followed by a week long of festivities that follow with everybody in a merry-making mood. All these activities are centered around one of Bandras hillocks, and the crowning glory of this hill - the 103 year old , Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount.

During the Bandra Fair, the entire area is decorated with festoons and buntings. Many pitch up stalls selling religious objects, roasted grams and sweet items which is a must buy for most people visiting them. Stalls sell sticky Goan sweets and wax idols of the Virgin along with an assortment of candles shaped like hands, feet and various other parts of the human body......

BUT?

- Has the Fair lost its charm ?

- As Bandraites, can something constructive be done to enhance the fair, even as we play host to our relatives and friends beyond Bandra ?

- Are restrictions really the answer to controlling the crowds ?

Please comment for a better Bandra Fair, in the coming years.

Your suggestions are important to all Bandraites.

Please mention your Name and contact no.,

as each of the top 3 suggestions

sent on or before 16th September 2007,

will get an exciting prize.

Get your thinking caps on and blog your thoughts...

Bandra ALM Platform...

We welcome all ALM Committee Members from Bandra to use this as a platform to highlight any civic issue that needs publishing for public interest. Nothing vulgar, personal, political or religious, please!

We welcome a name / contact list of your ALM office bearers / managing committee members as we are in the process of compiling and publishing this info on BandraNET.com, so that inter-ALM networking and co-ordination through communication is made possible to create a better Bandra.

Bandra Roads Condition

Inspite of being an elite suburb, our roads are too terrible for words...

Even main roads have potholes that resemble moon craters. Motorists have nightmares navigating from point A to B, inspite of paying taxes on every little thing.

Its time ALM's take up this issue seriously. If local neighbouring roads are not maintained, NO TAXES to the BMC ! Road Contractors will need to get an O.K. from the ALM office bearers, before their dues are paid.

Enough is enough! Before loss of life or limb is the order of the day, action need to be taken. Please comment if you have any other PLAN OF ACTION !

Bandra is Beautiful. Lets keep it that way !

Bandra Promenades

I've witnessed many untoward incidents at our promenades.
Security needs to be improved.