BDA redraws plan for Arkavathy Layout

BDA redraws plan for Arkavathy Layout
Times of India

Two 100-foot roads connecting the four corridors, two lakes, which will be sourced from rainwater, Cauvery water supply for drinking and secondary treated water for non-domestic purposes, minisewage treatment plants are the main features of the proposed Arkavathy Layout, which will be developed at an estimated Rs 950 crore.

After the controversy surrounding the Arkavathy Layout and subsequent government’s assurance to allot 20,000 sites on January 15, the BDA has now finalised the redesigned layout plan. The layout has been redesigned after the government cancelled the tenders and fresh tenders were invited for civil works on September 30. The works have been split into 22 packages.

BDA commissioner M.N. Vidyashankar told The Times of India that the layout will have a road network of 386 km, ranging from 30 ft to 100 ft. Two 100-foot roads running up to 8.4 km will connect the North, South, East and West corridors of the layout. Spread over 2,750 acres, approximately 7 sq km, the Arkavathy Layout will initially have 20,000 sites, of which 20 by 30 ft dimension sites are 8,000; 30 ft by 40 ft are 6,000; 40 ft by 60 ft are 3,500 and 50 ft by 80 ft are 2,500
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Of the estimated Rs 950 crore, the BDA will spend Rs 480 crore for land acquisition; Rs 64 crore for water supply; Rs 54 crore for underground drainage; Rs 70 crore for power supply; Rs 141 crore for roads, pavements, shoulder drains and marking of plots and Rs 141 crore towards establishment charges.

For water supply, a separate scheme to draw non-potable water from Hebbal secondary treatment plant has been mooted and for drinking purposes, Cauvery water will be supplied. The secondary sewage treatment plant at Hebbal, which is the closest to the layout, has a capacity to store 60 million litres of water per day. The BDA will have a dual water supply connectivity to the layout, as per the new rules of the BWSSB which will supply potable and non-potable water.

“Depending on the water supply demand, we will construct mini-sewage treatment plants to cater to the needs of non-potable water supply. Arkavathy Layout will be perhaps the first to come under the scheme after the new rules have come into force,’’ Vidyashankar said.

Once the sites are allotted, the BDA will require at least one year to complete the civil works — laying water, UGD and power lines. As per the estimation, the BDA will have to spend Rs 2.5 lakh per acre for water and power lines and Rs 1.85 lakh per acre for UGD connections.

PROJECT SCHEDULE
Tenders invited for 22 packages of civil works, advertisements published on SEPTEMBER 30.
Last date for receipt of offers, OCTOBER 20.
Financial bids to be opened by OCTOBER 28.
Work order for civil works to be issued by NOVEMBER 7.
First phase of work, including marking of sites, to be completed by JANUARY 7, 2005.
Allotment of sites and site numbers by JANUARY 15.