Bowing down to the pressure of the BBMP Councillors and the city
MLAs, the state government has decided to take up over 790 different
development works at a cost of Rs 522 crore in the city.  

These works were  put on hold during the tenure of the previous government.

Bangalore
In-charge and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy told reporters here on
Tuesday that the government will review all those works  which have
been put on hold.

“The decision to revoke the works was taken following the appeals made by the legislators and the city Councillors,” he said.

He said all these works will be taken under MLA, Mayor and Deputy Mayor’s grants.

“I
have instructed (the officials) to look into the matter case by case as
preliminary process, including inviting tenders for some works had been
done,” he said.

Reddy said he met the representatives of several
civic agencies, including BBMP, BDA, BMRCL, BWSSB on Monday and
discussed  the need for co-ordination among themselves.

He said
Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M A Saleem presented a
proposal to widen five junctions for hassle-free movement of traffic.

“The
junctions for widening include Mekhri Circle – Windsor Manor
(Ramanashree), Benniganahalli (K R Puram), Dairy Circle to Sagar Apollo
(Hospital) (Bannerghatta Road) and Hudson Circle to Double Road,” he
said.

There is also a  proposal to build a flyover near the Hebbal flyover to ease traffic congestion.

“All these proposals will be considered and  presented before the state Cabinet for approval,” Reddy said.

Also,
a proposal to create signal-free corridors at six places, including
Yeshwantpur-Okalipuram, Central Silk Board to Vellara junction, Mysore
Road to Central Silk Board, Vellara Circle to N H Kundalahalli and
Mekhri Circle to Hope Farm (Whitefield) are before the Cabinet. 

The authorities finalised tender process for these works, Reddy said.

The minister said the BBMP officials have been instructed  to take up the pothole filling works on a priority basis.

“The
BBMP has identified over 36,000 potholes across the city and has
already filled 20,000 potholes. The remaining will be completed within a
fortnight,” he said.

Reddy said bad maintenance of the flyovers built by BDA also came up for discussion in the meeting.