The news is widespread that Abhinav Bindra, the 25-year-old Indian shooting ace, won the 10 meters air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics 2008 and gave India its first gold medal on Monday (11th August’08) morning. To commemorate this event, sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture at the premises of Tata housing in Bangalore. Those on tour to Bangalore can witness the sculpture!

Hailed as the IT capital of the country, Bangalore is one of the most prominent cities of the nation. It is served by the newly constructed Bangalore International airport and offers the latest amenities to its passengers.  Many important airlines like Air Deccan, Indigo Air and Kingfisher Airlines operate from this airport.

Besides this, a rapid transit system, the Namma Metro is being developed in the city that will cover a 33km stretch of underground and elevated rail network. The city is also well connected to other leading metros of the nation and also to other important cities of the state through the Indian railways.

The most popular mode of transport in the city are the autos, the three wheeled black and white auto rickshaws. Besides auto, taxis and buses operated by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation are other means of transport available in the city,

Besides being the garden city, Bangalore is also the home to many prominent IT firms of the country. Some of the well known IT firms that are present here include Infosys, Cognizant Technology solutions, TCS, Wipro and Accenture.

Hailed as the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore is a preferred destination for many reputed domestic and international companies. The city only had a couple of dozen IT firms during the early 90s, but  today it has more than eleven hundred reputed multinational and national IT firms operating at various parts of the city.

Out of the 40 SEI CMM LEVEL 5 firms in the world, 18 are locted in Bangalore. Quite a few modern IT tech parks and industrial complexes have come up recently providing the required infrastructure to the various IT firms.

With dipping supply of coal, the power situation has become critical in the country. Earlier this year, Coal India Ltd had lowered its supply projection from 305 million tonnes to 292.15 million tonnes for 2008-09. There was also a shortfall in the supply of other forms of energy. And the result is for everybody to see.

            Bangalore has reportedly faced a diesel shortage as diesel was being diverted to run generators. Mumbai is witnessing increasing incidents of load shedding. The Hyderabad IT hub faced power cut for the first time in perhaps a decade. West Bengal is also suffering due to technical snags in power supply and shortage of coal. The situation is no better in other parts of the country.

            The government needs to take immediate steps to improve the situation.

Bangalore is the capital of the state Karnataka in India. It is a hi-tech city and an IT hub of the country with numerous job options in this field. It is also known as the Silicon Valley of India. Global giants like Wipro and Infosys have offices here. Some world famous hotel groups also have operations here. They include groups like Le Meridian, The Park and The Leela Palace. Bangalore has a moderate climate. It enjoys mild summers and cool winters.

See also the  Map of Bangalore