Bengaluru needs 1,074 km of new roads in four years: SFC report

Bengaluru volition necessitate 1,074.05 km of further roadworthy web implicit the adjacent 4 years, the Fifth State Finance Commission noted successful its report. The committee has recommended that the authorities allocate funds to the caller metropolis corporations to conscionable this request by taking up astatine slightest 250 km of roadworthy operation each year.

The proposal follows the request proposals submitted by the metropolis corporations, aimed astatine addressing congestion successful the city. Bengaluru presently has a roadworthy web of astir 13,000 km, which has remained stagnant for much than a decade. Meanwhile, the fig of vehicles has doubled successful the past decennary and has reached astir 1.3 crore. About 1,500 caller vehicles are added successful the metropolis each day.