Deccan Herald 03.01.2014
Elevated road likely from BDA junction to Hebbal
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said
there is a proposal to construct an elevated road from BDA junction near
Hotel Windsor Manor till Hebbal.
The government wants
to take up the project to ensure signal-free corridor from BDA junction
till Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). The BDA is likely to take
up the project and a decision would be taken after consultations, he
said after inspecting the elevated road between Hebbal and KIA, that was
partially opened on Wednesday. He said the entire stretch would be
thrown open to the public by January end.
There are six flyover
stretches on the route and a stretch between Hebbal and Venkatala was
thrown open to the public on a trial basis on Wednesday. The stretch
between Chikkajala and Hunasamaranahalli is almost complete. Those
between Vidyanagar and Baglur would be completed in another 15 days and
the remaining two stretches would be completed in a week’s time. Efforts
would be made to ensure toll-free ride for local residents, he added.
“There
are certain issues as regards land in Jakkur and Yelahanka. More land
is required for the infrastructure project there. The Indian Air Force
is not willing to permit road construction projects in a few pieces of
land that it owns. I will discuss the matter with Defence Minister
A K Antony,” said Siddaramaiah.
“Some private persons own pieces of land at around
eight places. There is a temple in the proposed road construction area
which is hampering work. The government is ready to give compensation,
but the local residents are opposing the project. Efforts would be made
to convince them,” he added.
Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy,
who accompanied Siddaramaiah during the inspection, said the State
government has taken up a total of 240 main road construction projects
and they would become a reality by May end. “The government is spending
nearly Rs 570 crore for the projects and the work on 22 projects has
already begun. The projects would be completed in three phases.