Mysore Road-Tumkur Road get closer!

Mysore Road-Tumkur Road get closer!
DH News Service Bangalore:
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy laid the foundation stone for the Rs 30-crore project, which is likely to ease traffic flow on busy Magadi Road.

The travel time between Mysore Road and Tumkur Road via Outer Ring Road (ORR) is set to come down considerably with the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) on Wednesday taking up construction of a grade separator at ORR-Magadi Road junction near Sumanahalli.

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy laid the foundation stone for the Rs 30-crore project, which is likely to ease traffic flow on busy Magadi Road. The main loop of the proposed grade separator will run along the ORR and cut across the junction.

It will have approach ramps from Tumkur Road side and Mysore Road side. In addition, it has also been proposed to provide 7.5-metre wide service roads with a 2.75-metre wide footpath. “The project, once completed, will ease traffic congestion by over 50 per cent at this junction,” BDA officials said.

Officials said the grade separator is so designed the proposed mono rail corridor can be integrated with it in future. The project is being taken up under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Centre will bear 35 per cent of the cost, State government 15 per cent and the BDA the balance 50 per cent. Extra commercial space. Mr Kumaraswamy launched BDA’s another project to add another floor to the commercial complex in Banashankari II Stage at a cost of Rs 2.90 crore. The existing complex has ground and first floor with 89 shops.

BDA also announced completion of its project to provide basic infrastructure at its Anjanapura and Banashankari 5th and 6th Stage layouts.

The CM asked BDA to provide underground parking at its commercial complexes on the lines of Meera Bazar in Delhi.

“Bangalore is the fastest growing city in the country. Infrastructure without long-term utility will be of little use.

BDA and BBMP should, therefore, plan all projects keeping in mind Bangalore’s growth in the next 50 years,” he said.

On the rising temperatures in the City, he said if steps are not taken to increase green cover, the “garden city will soon turn into a concrete city”.

On the recent flooding in the low-lying areas of the City following heavy rains, Mr Kumaraswamy blamed officials for allowing encroachments on storm-water drains.

“Local officials have allowed huge buildings to come up on storm-water drains. Had they (officials) been strict in enforcing the law, the problem would not have arisen,” he said.

Earlier, BBMP Commissioner K Jairaj told reporters 97 flood-prone areas had been identified along storm-water drains across the City and a direction issued to take preventive measures before onset of the monsoon.