Transport infrastructure to be upgraded soon

Transport infrastructure to be upgraded soon

Special Correspondent

Eight Traffic Transit Management Centres for Bangalore

The centres have been sanctioned under the JNNURM

They will be set up at a cost of Rs. 256.12 crore

BANGALORE: Keeping in view the public transport needs of Bangalore city, the Union Government has sanctioned eight Traffic Transit Management Centres (TTMCs) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) at a cost of Rs. 256.12 crore.

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will establish the TTMCs in Jayanagar (Rs. 8.90 crore), Banashankari (Rs. 22.23 crore), Vijayanagar (Rs. 38.12 crore), Koramangala (Rs. 50.58 crore), Shantinagar (Rs. 84.67 crore), ITPL (Rs. 26.55 crore), Bannerghatta (Rs. 3.92 crore) and Kengeri (Rs. 21.12 crore).

Approval for these centres was given by the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the JNNURM in a meeting in New Delhi on August 17. Work on these centres will be completed in 30 months.

Minister for Transport N. Cheluvarayaswamy told presspersons here on Tuesday that Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy would lay the foundation stones of the centres in Vijayanagar and Kengeri on September 29. The Union Government would meet 35 per cent of the expenditure, the State Government 15 per cent and the BMTC 50 per cent. Karnataka was the first State to get funds for upgrading its urban transport infrastructure, he said.
Facilities

Each TTMC would have space for a bus terminal, maintenance of buses, passenger amenities and park and ride facility and so on. Twenty-seven public services and space for parking 500 cars and 250 two-wheelers would be provided at these centres.

Initially, the BMTC identified 10 TTMCs out of 45 proposed and detailed project reports (DPRs) were prepared with the help of consultants and submitted to the Centre. The Union Government approved the Jayanagar TTMC as a pilot project, and work on it was in progress, the Minister said.
PPP model

After the TTMCs were established, the organisation and management of these centres would be handled by a public-private partnership. The centres would come under the Comprehensive Traffic Transport Study (CTTS) for Bangalore and the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) plan to be formulated by the Government, he said.

A consultancy firm had been asked to prepare the DPR for the outer ring route of the BRTS. The peripheral ring route would be taken care of by the BDA. The DPR for the BRTS grid route was being prepared, he said.

The BMTC had formulated a five-year vision plan (2005-2010) with an outlay of Rs. 3,000 crore, Mr Cheluvaraswamy added.