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The High Court of Karnataka connected Thursday sought the effect from the State authorities connected a PIL petition challenging the projected passageway roadworthy task and the tender invited for operation of passageway roads from Hebbal to Central Silk Board junction, with 8 introduction and 8 exit points, nether Build-Own-Operate-Transfer mode.
A part seat comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Joshi passed the bid connected the petition filed by Adikesavalu Ravindra and 2 others.
The petitioners person claimed that the task has been precocious without lawful appraisal of its economical viability, societal and biology interaction oregon law validity.
It has been claimed successful the petition that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) was prepared successful haste and suffers from glaring factual inaccuracies, including lack of site-specific geological, hydrological and biodiversity studies and a flawed postulation exemplary that excludes two-wheelers and auto-rickshaws, which represent 70% of city’s vehicular composition.
“The passageway task envisages imposition of exorbitant tolls, exclusively connected cars, portion dropping the dedicated autobus lanes arsenic mandated successful the Comprehensive Mater Plan and privileging backstage car usage, thereby creating a discriminatory expressway for the elite’, which is successful usurpation of the Article 14 of the Constitution of India,” the petitioners person contended.
The task deliberately circumvents the mandatory request of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and anterior biology clearance nether the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and the task has been “artificially” classified arsenic “exempt” from these biology laws connected the crushed that it is simply a passageway and not a highway.
The petitioners person besides claimed that advancement of the task without the support of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority and the Bengaluru Metropolitan Planning Committee renders it constitutionally and statutorily infirm.
