Ramanagaram to be made a satellite town

Ramanagaram to be made a satellite town
The Hindu

The aim of the development plan is to ease the growing pressure on Bangalore

# Shikaripur and Jewargi also to be developed
# Measures planned to ease traffic congestion in Bangalore
# Rules framed for welfare of construction workers

Bangalore: Ramanagaram in Bangalore Rural district, located on the Bangalore-Mysore highway, will be developed as a satellite town to ease the growing pressure on Bangalore.

Ramanagaram, incidentally, is the constituency represented by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.

Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said in his budget speech on Monday that the Government will ensure the comprehensive development of Ramanagaram over the next four years. Similarly, the towns of Shikaripur in Shimoga district (represented by Mr. Yediyurappa) and Jewargi in Gulbarga district (represented by the former Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh) have been listed for comprehensive development, he said.

He announced the implementation of an ambitious project, "B-TRAC 2010," to ease traffic movement in Bangalore. The project, to be implemented over a five-year period, is estimated to cost Rs. 350 crores, and Rs. 44 crores has been set apart in the budget for the first year.