City residents, traders protest over Metro

City residents, traders protest over Metro
Deccan Herald

Even after a near go-ahead from Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy, opposition to Bangalore Metro continued from residents and traders of Indiranagar and CMH Road.....

Even after a near go-ahead from Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy, opposition to Bangalore Metro continued from residents and traders of Indiranagar and CMH Road.

On Saturday, a delegation headed by senior advocate Pramila Nesargi met Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) officials and demanded realignment of the metro routes.

Traders from Maha Kavi Kuvempu Road, who had received preliminary notification for land acquisition from KIADB also joined the protest, saying that the project would adversely affect over 500 commercial establishments. Though the recommendations of the Justice Shivshankar Bhat Committee, that was constituted to look into the grievances of residents and traders of CMH Road and Indiranagar, is still awaited, Ms Nesargi said that preliminary notification had been sent to occupants, a move which she termed high-handed and arbitrary.

However, the BMRC clarified that the matter regarding realignment on CMH Road was pending before the expert committee, and they would go by the verdict of the committee.

“We have reserved our realignment decision till the report is out. The preliminary notification was sent by the KIADB following the course of law and the BMRC has not been involved in land acquisition,” explained Sandeep Dash, Executive Director (Finance), BMRC.