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Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar connected Monday inspected works related to the Sancharayuktha Project and said that the 5.50-km-long buffer roadworthy enactment from Koramangala to Sarjapur volition beryllium completed by March 2026.
The task has been planned to code the increasing occupation of congestion successful Bengaluru. It aims to grow the city’s roadworthy web by constructing roads successful the buffer zones of stormwater drains and lakes.
B-SMILE, the Special Purpose Vehicle, has estimated the imaginable to physique a full roadworthy web of 310 km, including 90 km falling nether the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) area. In the archetypal phase, a 67.69 km roadworthy web has been planned astatine an estimated outgo of ₹200 crore, according to an authoritative papers accessed by The Hindu.
As a pilot, B-SMILE has taken up works to physique a 5.50-km agelong betwixt Inner Ring Road successful Koramangala and Iblur Junction connected Sarjapur Road.
Speaking aft the inspection, Mr. Shivakumar said, “This roadworthy volition tally from M.G. Road to Bellandur (full 10 km stretch). The Army has provided onshore for roadworthy operation successful this stretch. We had requested Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to merchandise this land, and helium has granted support to proceed with the work. With the operation of this caller road, the nationalist volition nary longer request to instrumentality a detour astir the subject area, reducing question region by astir 10 km,” helium said.
He said that dense vehicles specified arsenic buses and lorries volition not beryllium allowed connected these buffer roads and that lone pedestrians, two-wheelers and cars volition beryllium permitted.
“In the archetypal phase, works are being taken up astatine respective places, including Rajarajeshwari Nagar, ITPL and different areas. No gathering operation volition beryllium allowed successful the buffer zone. Those losing onshore are being fixed Transferable Development Rights (TDR), which volition support their interests,” Mr. Shivakumar said.
Tunnel Road
Commenting connected Adani emerging arsenic the lowest bidder for the Tunnel Road project, Mr. Shivakumar said, “I haven’t received implicit accusation connected this. I can’t remark until the bids are officially revealed.”
Asked astir the lowest bid magnitude being overmuch higher than the archetypal estimates, helium said, “The authorities is not paying immoderate wealth to the bidder. The bidder has to put successful the project, and we volition supply lone 40% of our estimates.”
