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Bengalurians will have to brace themselves for much digging and roadworthy closures, arsenic Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced connected Monday (October 20, 2025) that a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is being prepared for the white-topping of 500 km of roads successful Bengaluru astatine a outgo of ₹4,000 crore.
Speaking aft inaugurating the white-topping and broad roadworthy improvement enactment successful the Gandhinagar Assembly Constituency, helium said the metropolis has 1,650 km of large roads, with achromatic topping presently being done connected 104 km of caller roads.
“White topping roads past for astir 25 to 30 years and the enactment has already been undertaken connected 148 km of roads. A full of ₹1,800 crore is being spent connected the improvement of 83 roads. Black topping enactment is nether mode connected 182 roads covering 350 km, costing ₹695 crore. The Chief Minister has allocated a caller assistance of ₹1,100 crore, from which we person undertaken the asphalting of 550 km of roads,” helium said.
‘Bumper compensation’
On the Bangalore Business Corridor (BBC), Mr. Shivakumar said, “In the past Cabinet meeting, it was decided to physique an 117-km agelong corridor. According to the BDA Act, determination is nary proviso for treble compensation. However, our authorities has decided to springiness bumper compensation to farmers — 3 times the modular compensation, Transferable Development Rights (TDR) oregon Floor Area Ratio (FAR). No erstwhile authorities had shown specified courage.”
Mr. Shivakumar said helium had requested ₹1.5 lakh crore for metropolis improvement erstwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Metro Yellow Line, highlighting that Bengaluru pays the second-highest taxes aft Mumbai. “But I person not received a reply from him truthful far,” helium said.
The Deputy Chief Minister besides mentioned that the authorities has decided to physique 113 km of elevated corridors.
Critising BJP MPs, “The radical of Bengaluru person elected 5 MPs. If a azygous MP brings adjacent ₹10 to Karnataka, I volition bow to the punishment fixed by the people. During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s time, grants were being received for everything. The publication of existent BJP MPs to the State is zero.”
More than 10,000 potholes fixed
Speaking connected potholes, Mr. Shivakumar said the authorities person closed much than 10,000 potholes crossed the city. “Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai authorities had submitted an affidavit to the tribunal citing 20,000 potholes. The tribunal was examining this. But our authorities has empowered radical to study issues straight via photos, whether it’s a pothole oregon garbage. This enactment has been done by the Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar governments.”
Mr. Siddaramaiah, speaking connected the occasion, besides instructed Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Chief Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao to adjacent each potholes and laic 1 furniture of tar wrong a week.
In Gandhi Nagar
White topping and roadworthy improvement works worthy ₹58.44 crore person been approved successful Gandhinagar Constituency, covering 5.57 km. The task includes power, h2o and drainage ducts, rainwater strategy and parking bays.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who launched the modernisation of Chickpet successful Gandhinagar constituency, on with the achromatic topping of roads successful the area, speaking astir the uniqueness of the streets successful the area, which dates to Kempegowda’s time, said, “We erstwhile thought astir widening the roads here. But Dinesh Gundu Rao did not agree. ,” helium added, praising the Gandhinagar MLA for readying and implementing the modernisation of roads and the improvement of Chickpet alternatively of widening them.
