City roads to become crorepatis!

City roads to become crorepatis!
Rs 1.15 Crore Per Km Project Funded By WB
The Times of India

Bangalore: It’s not just people. Even the roads of the IT City are becoming crorepatis!

In a four-phase plan under the Karnataka Municipal Reforms Programme, funded by the World Bank, the state is spending a whopping amount on 41 of the city’s roads: Rs 1.15 crore per km!

Given that the average spend on a kilometre of road anywhere in the state is about Rs 12 lakh, the aim is to make Bangalore’s roads truly international. “Not only will the road be upgraded as per the highest quality parameters, but footpaths, storm water culverts, street lighting and signages will be fixed up,’’ nodal agency Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) general manager (urban affairs) Ashok Jain told The Times of India.

The project has already faced the usual hurdles: It was to take off in Oct, but was delayed up to March, as the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike council did not clear it.

In a flurry of activity unusual for the bureaucratic circles, the project finally began after the urban development department took up the matter suo motu and reportedly ordered the BMP commissioner to expedite the project. Work orders have now been issued for all four phases that include some unexpected roads in chief minister H D Kumaraswamy’s residential area of J P Nagar.

Work on the first phase, which has balanced the IT/ BT areas with the trafficheavy major arterial roads in all directions, has started. And none too soon the formal loan agreement between the World Bank and the state, with the Centre standing guarantee, is to be signed by April-end/May first week. If the road work is not started or completed in time, the state has to pay a stiff penalty for taking the money and not using it!

The financials worked out for loan repayment are: The state will bear 40% of the Rs 149 crore released for the 41 roads selected for upgradation. Another 50% will be a loan to the BMP, to be repaid to the government, while 10% — Rs 14.90 crore — will be BMP’s upfront contribution.

How Rs 1.15 cr per km is spent

Road laid with international quality thickness of 50 mm macadam, another layer of 30 mm bituminous concrete on top of it. Pavements. Street lighting. Signages. Medians with plants/grass. Any other ‘road furniture’ needed.

Roads awaiting facelift under new project

Bangalore: In a four-phase plan under the Karnataka Municipal Reforms Programme funded by the World Bank, the state is spending a whopping amount of Rs 1.15 crore per km on 41 of the city’s roads. Here is the list of roads selected by BMP based on traffic:

PHASE I

•Kammanahalli Main Road from Maruthisevanagar to 100 ft Ring Road (2.6 km)
•Ejipura Main Road (near Infant Jesus church) to Sarjapur Main Road via National Games Village (3.8 km)
•N R Square to Hosur Road via Mission Road, Blood Bank Circle and Langford Road (3.10 km)
• Bannerghatta Road from Lasker Hosur Road to 100 Feet Ring Road in J P Nagar Ph III (4.55 km)
• Kathriguppe Mn Rd from 100 ft Ring Road to Vidyapeeta Circle (1.8 km)
• Padarayanapura Main Road from Tank Bund Road to Chord Road (2.95 km)
• Magadi Road from Mysore deviation Road to Sunkadakatte via Jaimunirao Circle and Ring Road (9.8 km).

PHASE II (EAST ZONE)

•Jayamahal Road to Bellary Road via Matadahalli R T Nagar Main Road (3.01 km)
•Shampura Main Road from Periyar Circle to Nagavara Road via Ambedkar Medical College (3.03 km)
•Cantonment Railway Station to outer boundary of CMC near Nagavara via Tannery Road (7.78 km)
•Netaji Road to Lingarajapuram ROB (1.77 km)
•Old Madras Road to Maruthisevanagar via B yap p a n a h a l l i (2.52 km)
•Old Madras Road near Adarsha Rheatre to Chinmaya Mission Hospital (2.42 km)
•Sarjapur Main Road from Hosur Road to Agara Lake including service roads (2.89 km)
•Service road from flyover junction at Hosur Road to Agara Lake (2.53 km)
•Richmond Road from Richmond Circle to Trinity Circle (2.37 km)
•Residency Road from Blood Bank Circle to Mayo Hall (1.93 km)
•St Mark’s Road from Cash Pharmacy to Anil Kumble Junction (1.05 km)
•Kasturba Road from Hudson Circle to Cubbon Road Minsk Square (1.97 km)
•Banasvadi Road from IOC gate to NH via Ramamurthy Nagar (5.13 km)
•Hennur Mn Rd from Lingarajapuram to Hennur Bande via Ring Road (3.6 km).

PHASE III (WEST ZONE)

•Shankar Mutt to Magadi Road near Raheja Apartments via Havanur Circle (2.15 km)
•Chord Road to 100 Feet Ring Road via Mahalakshmi Layout Main Road and Nandini Layout (3.34 km)
•Service roads on Magadi Chord Road up to Magadi Road Junction (6.21 km)
•New BEL Road from M S Ramaiah College to Outer Ring Road (2.04 km)
•Link Road from Sanjaynagar Main Road and New BEL Road (1 km)
•Sanjaynagar Main Road from Bellary Road near Gangenahalli via Nagasettyhalli to Bellary Road near flyover junction (4.5 km).

PHASE IV (SOUTH ZONE)

•Hosur Main Road to 100 Feet Ring Road in BTM Layout I Stage (1.32 km)
•BTM Layout 100 Feet Ring Road to Bannerghatta Road (2.49 km)
•Ninth Cross from Bannerghatta Road to Kanakapura Road in J P Nagar (2.94 km)
•45th Cross from Bannerghatta Road to Kanakapura Road in Jayanagar (2.87 km)
•Dewan Madhavan Rao Road from South End Circle to Hosur Road via Madhavan Park and Ashoka Pillar. (2.45 km)
•Sevaskshetra Rd to Ring Road via 9th Mn in BSK (1.73 km)
•Bull Temple Road from Briand Square on Mysore Road to 100 Feet Ring Road BSK III St via Seetha Circle. (6.03 km)
•Ittamadu Main Road from 100 Feet Ring Road to Uttarahalli Rd (2.46 km)
•100 Feet Ring Road from BSK III Stage to Mysore Road via Girinagar (2.02 km)
•Nagarabhavi Main Road from Vijayanagar Telephone Exchange junction to ORR (8.50 km)
•Uttarahalli Main Road from 100 Feet Ring Road to Ittamadu Main Road (3.65 km)
•Byrasandra Main Road from Hosur Road to 30th Cross in Jayanagar East (2.05 km)
•Nadivala VP Road from Hosur Road to 100 Feet Road. (1.08 km).