Deccan Herald 20.06.2013
BBMP to acquire 485 properties for signal-free corridor project
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
will acquire as many as 485 private and government properties for its
ambitious five signal-free corridors in this City.
The
Palike had sent a proposal for the acquisition of land to the Revenue
department four months ago. It is expecting the necessary clearances
this week. In this regard, the BBMP Commissioner, M Lakshminarayana, had
a meeting with the Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, on Tuesday where he
briefed him about the BBMP budget, expected financial assistance from
the State government and the status of infrastructure projects,
including the five signal-free corridors.
Speaking to Deccan
Herald, Lakshminarayana said, “We have requested the chief minister to
give clearance to start these projects, which are pending before the
State government for several months.”
Already the contractor firms have been selected to execute the project
and a proposal has been sent to the government for clearance.
According
to BBMP sources, the total extent of the properties to be acquired is
about 17 acres and 20 guntas of which maximum 154 properties will be
acquired for Vellara Junction to NH-4 Kundalahalli-Whitefield.
Although
the Palike’s financial health is bad, it will offer monetary
compensation to the property losers instead of giving them Transferable
Development Rights (TDR).
A senior Palike officer said, “We tried the
TDR route to acquire land but individual property holders do not seem
to be quite impressed with it. So, we are left with only option of
paying monetary compensation.”
At a recent meeting,
Lakshminarayana told the BBMP engineers to gear up for these
infrastructure projects, which were long pending and are much needed to
ease traffic congestion. He also reviewed the status of projects
relating to widening of roads.
Name of the Project Properties Extent
(required in Sqft)
- Hosur Road (from) Central Silk Board Junction to Vellara Junction 81 99,973
- Mysore Road to Central Silk Board Junction 137 93,594
- Dr Rajkumar Road (from) Yeshwantpur Circle to Okalipuram Rd 19 29,048
- Vellara Junction to NH-4 Kundalahalli Whitefield 154 3,73,845
- Mehkri Circle to Hope Farm 94 1,65,084
Underpass at Kadirenahalli
The
signal-free corridor project will also include another infrastructure
surgery near Kadirenahalli junction on the cross road that leads to
Dayananda Sagar group of institutions. The Palike has planned another
underpass there with an expenditure of Rs 11 crore.
Both the
junctions, Kadirenahalli and the cross road, are hardly 200 metres
away. While planning to clear the traffic bottleneck at the junction,
BBMP engineers did not take Sagar institutions junction into
consideration. As a result, vehicles which come from Kittur Rani
Chennamma junction near DG Petrol Pump and ply beneath the Kadirenahalli
underpass have to abruptly stop at the Sagar institutions junction.
This faulty planning has led to many accidents at the junction besides
causing regular traffic jams.