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Shettar to throw open Ring Road stretch

Friday, 24 August 2012 04:36 administrator
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The Hindu    24.08.2012

Shettar to throw open Ring Road stretch

Staff Correspondent

Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar will throw open the 7.5-km stretch of the six-lane Outer Ring Road (connecting the ORR junction near Columbia Asia hospital and Bannur Road) on August 28.

Mr. Shettar will arrive here on August 28 on a two-day visit. He will inaugurate the 150th year celebrations of the Mysore City Corporation on August 28. On August 29, he will lay the foundation stone for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Bhavan near Nallappa Thana premises at 8 a.m. Later, he will launch the work on Babu Jagjivan Ram Bhavan at Paduvarahalli and Valmiki Bhavan at Vijayanagar.

Minister in charge of Mysore district S.A. Ramdas told presspersons here on Tuesday that drinking water supply to Yelwal and 52 other villages would be launched at 9.30 a.m. on August 29.

Later, the Chief Minister would launch the work on an international standard swimming pool at Chamundi Vihar Stadium. After participating in a programme organised by J.S.S. Mahavidyapeeta here at 10.30 a.m., he would participate in a function organised by MUDA at Kalamandira to distribute 3,099 sites developed at R.T. Nagar, Lalithadri Nagar and Chamalapura. Mr. Shettar would participate in the Newspaper Day function organised by the Mysore District Journalists’ Association at 1.30 p.m., and also take part in a function organised by Nataraja Educational Institutions at 2.30 p.m.

Last Updated on Friday, 24 August 2012 04:37
 

Civic body proposes three TP schemes on Outer Ring Road

Thursday, 23 August 2012 07:02 administrator
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The Times of India    23.08.2012

Civic body proposes three TP schemes on Outer Ring Road

SURAT: In order to speed up the development work around the 66 km Outer Ring Road, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started preparing the blueprint for three town planning schemes in the areas of the road falling within its limits.

The proposal for three new TP schemes will come up in this week's town planning committee meeting of SMC.

The Outer Ring Road, which is proposed by Surat Urban Development Authority (SUDA), mainly passes through agricultural land where the portions that fall within SMC are Variyav, Kosad, and Mota Varachha. The decision is already taken to develop residential zones on both the sides of the ring road up to 500 meters and TP schemes have been proposed to to develop these zones in planned way.

The three new TP schemes are TP 83 for Kosad and Variyav sprawing 274 Hectors, TP 84 for Mota Varacha, Kosad and Abrama over 281 hectors and TP 85 for Sarthana in 130 hectors of land.

"We have started this process as we want to speedily execute the work. We have not received any objections from any body on Outer Ring Road and development of 500 meters of area on both the sides," said Manoj Das, municipal commissioner, who is also the chairman of SUDA.

"Whatever objection we have received from builders' body is about seeking higher free floor space index (FSI)," he said.

Outer Ring Road is to come up circling the city and will be 66 km long including 37 km of existing roads. New roads will come up in 29 km area of which 7.5 km will be in SMC area whereas remaining 21.5 km will be in SUDA area. The width of the road will be 90 metres and the width of existing roads width will also be increased.

In all, more than 2 lakh sq meters of land on both the road will come up for development and this formation of three TP schemes is considered as the beginning of the new chapter in Surat city's development.

SUDA is planning to formulate five new TP scheme.

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 August 2012 07:04
 

VMC roads are more or less in a better condition, says expert

Thursday, 23 August 2012 05:18 administrator
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The Hindu    23.08.2012

VMC roads are more or less in a better condition, says expert

P. Sujatha Varma

‘In developed nations, roads are planned well before constructing buildings’

Driving on bumpy city roads full of potholes, you often would have cursed the authorities concerned for not doing enough to make the drive a smooth affair.

Come rains and the travel woes multiply with the water-logged streets compounding our woes. The bad condition of roads can be attributed to factors like bad riding quality, poor geometrics and insufficient pavement thickness. Only properly designed roads can withstand the pressure of heavy vehicles. Overloading is yet another reason for bad condition of roads. With a considerable increase in the number of vehicles hitting the road each year, the surface is battered to a point of generating potholes which, over a period, transform into massive craters.

“Unlike in the developed nations where laying of roads is planned well before constructing buildings, we construct buildings first and then think of other features like laying of roads,” says D. Bhavanna Rao, former chief engineer, Quality Control, Road and Buildings Department.

Drawing a comparison between roads in Vijayawada Municipal Corporation limits and other cities like Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, he says the VMC roads are more or less in better condition.

‘Bad practices’

Pointing to the fact that rains damage most roads in Hyderabad, he says the life of a road can be prolonged if stagnation of rain water can be prevented by diverting the water. “A few bad practices in the past have been eliminated. Earlier, gravel was used for every road but now, metal, chips and dust is used to lay roads. If a road is repeatedly damaged, one must try and find out the fault in the mode of construction adopted,” he says.

Referring to places where a road is repeatedly damaged at the same spot, he suggests construction of a concrete road. “Concrete roads must be laid where chances of water stagnation is more. This is because the chips come off the surface due to movement of heavy vehicles,” he explains.

Mr. Rao says after a visit to cities like Hyderabad, one would realise that the overall scenario in Vijayawada is not all that gloomy.

  • The life of a road can be prolonged if stagnation of rain water is prevented
  • If a road is repeatedly damaged, one must find out the fault in the mode of construction: expert
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