Jairaj inspects road in BTM Layout

Jairaj inspects road in BTM Layout
The Hindu

Civil works to be completed by August 31

# The road taken up for reconstruction and development under KMRP-04 package
# Asphalting work will be taken up in the first week of September

Bangalore: Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) Commissioner K. Jairaj on Wednesday inspected 29th Main Road, BTM Layout.

In a clarification issued with regard to a report that appeared in The Hindu on July 5, the BMP said all civil works such as providing drains, pavements, shoulder drains, and reconstruction of bad stretches will be completed by August 31.

Asphalting work will be taken up in the first week of September. The overall progress on the road was 15 per cent. The work will be completed by September and over 100 workers have been working on the road.

The BMP said the road in question had been taken up for reconstruction and development under the KMRP-04 package. The work under the package had been entrusted to RNS Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. for developing 13 roads of 39.6 km length in the zouth zone at a cost of Rs. 44.21 crore. Work order for the package was issued on March 18. The stipulated time for the completion of the package was 20 months, the clarification said.

Traffic had to be diverted on the road because of movement of heavy vehicles. With the cooperation of the traffic police, the work began on May 3. The road was made a one-way to minimise the inconvenience to road users and for easy execution of work.

The work that was executed on the road includes earthwork excavation for roadways and drains.

The works proposed to be taken up on the road include reconstruction of drain, shoulder drains with development of footpath on either sides, reconstruction of bad stretch of road for a length of 1.2 km with sub-grade, GSB and WMM (wet mix macadam) for a depth of 80 cm, providing bituminous work with BM (bituminous macadam) and bituminous concrete for 2.5 km and other works, including electrical illumination and cross drainage work.