Project update: BMIC

Bidadi-Madavara stretch ready


The government may be trying to stall work on BMIC project, but its promoter Ashok Kheny is unfazed by the developments.
After completing the stretch connecting Hosur Road and Mysore Road, NICE has completely executed an 18-km stretch connecting Bidadi and Madavara (Tumkur Road), which cuts through Magadi main road.
The stretch contains 40 major underpasses, 50 cattle passes (box culverts), 90 pipe culverts and utility ducts.
The road has been raised a few feet above ground level. There are underpasses every 500 metres for villagers to cross the
road. NICE has taken care to grow landscape grass on either side of the road. Huge spaces have been left open on the entire route for construction of a compound wall.
A NICE representative said that none of the lakes on the stretch have been affected due to the project.
“Our top priority is to conserve natural beauty. We have taken every step to protect and to develop lakes on the stretch,’’ the representative added.