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Madikeri city to get another concrete road

Monday, 29 November 2010 06:22 administrator
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The Deccan Herald  29.11.2010

Madikeri city to get another concrete road

Madikeri, November 28, DH News Service :

Town Municipal Council has decided to start the concrete work of road from Chauki Circle to Convent junction within 15 days.

Concrete road from private bus stand to Chauki circle. DH PHOTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The work from private bus stand to Chauki circle was completed recently.

The decision was taken to develop 1.1 km road from Chauki Circle to Convent Junction under CM’s Small and Medium Cities Development Project. The proposal has been sent to the Directorate of Civic Administration for technical approval.

The tender procedure for the same will be completed by December 7 and the work is expected to take off by December 15, informed Municipal Commissioner K Srikanthrai and President P D Ponnappa.

The project is being taken up in two phases. The concrete road work will be completed in 40 to 45 days. It will require another 25 days for curing. Hence the road will be ready approximately in 65 days.

With this stretch of road getting a face lift the entire city will have a new look. It can be recalled that Major Mangerira Muthanna circle to Chauki circle, Junior College road, Market road, Vaivus Hospital road have been developed into concrete roads recently.

PWD roads

Meanwhile PWD Executive Engineer has written a letter urging the Council to take over 3 km stretch from General Thimmaiah circle to Maithri circle.

With this the Council is contemplating to take over PWD roads in the Council limits.  
Sampigekatte to bus stand road has already been handed over to the Council by PWD. Similarly General Thimmah circle to Maithri circle road will be taken over by the Council at the earliest, said the Commissioner.

Further in a continuation to the Mysore-Bantwal State Highway road development, Madikeri-Sampaje road will also be taken up. With most of the roads in the city taking a modern look, tourists are elated to visit the ‘land of coffee’.

Considering the climatic condition of Kodagu, the move of the authorities to take up concrete works of roads has been lauded.

The authorities say that concrete roads might be expensive when compared to bitumen road but for a place like Kodagu which receives heavy rainfall for 6 months, concrete road if feasible because there is no maintenance cost involved.

Last Updated on Monday, 29 November 2010 06:25
 

Develop smarter roads, not wider ones: Citizens

Monday, 29 November 2010 05:56 administrator
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The Deccan Chronicle  29.11.2010

Develop smarter roads, not wider ones: Citizens

Nov. 28: Residents of Banaswadi and Wheelers Road came together on Sunday demanding that the civic authorities develop smarter roads instead of wider roads. Protesting against the proposed plan by the BBMP to widen the road in this area, the residents, including traders, home owners and people visiting the church, fiercely objected to this plan.

Highlighting the disadvantages of such a project, the protestors, which included organisations such as ‘Save Bangalore’ and ‘Hasiru Usiru’, tried to convey the enormous burden such a project will impose on their daily lives. And how, instead of being a solution, it will become the reverse, contributing to nothing except for the few vested interests of commercial establishments like malls that are coming up in these areas.

“Road widening is not an acceptable solution for us and the civic authorities must find other means to ease the traffic,” declared N. Ramesh, President of the resident welfare association in Cooke Town. He added, “We are not against development but the proposal by the BBMP to widen the 5-km stretch, is certainly not the answer. Unless the flyover at Maruthi Seva Nagar, that is creating a bottleneck, is redesigned, no other solution is going to help.”

The residents raised the question of the need for widening roads at the cost of dislodging residents who have been living in the area for more than 60 years. There is no real congestion on this stretch and people are being forced to accept the Transfer of development rights (TDR) but nobody is willing to do so, said Vinay Sreenivasa of Hasiru Usiru. “Despite the fact that the project cannot go ahead without the TDR, around 8 to 10 rain trees have already been cut,” he added.

The residents will submit a memorandum to the Commissioner of BBMP on Wednesday stating their opposition and requesting the authorities to devise alternate solutions.

Last Updated on Monday, 29 November 2010 05:58
 

RCI-DRDL link road to become restricted zone

Thursday, 25 November 2010 09:54 administrator
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The New Indian Express  25.11.2010

RCI-DRDL link road to become restricted zone

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has proposed to designate Research Centre Imarat (RCI)- Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) link road as a Restricted Development Zone (RDZ).

A few days ago, the HMDA issued a public notice to designate the area around the two defence establishments as RDZ.

The RCI-DRDL link road will be 120 m wide and areas up to 1,500 m on either side will be RDZ.

Hence for security reasons, only residential constructions having ground plus one floor, not exceeding six metres would be permitted.

HMDA officials said the RCI-DRDL link road was designated as RDZ on request of the RCI director and proposals were forwarded to the government.

The government issued the Draft Variation to HMDA through a memo last year.

The proposed 45 m of the link road in the Revised Master Plan is now going to be 120 m, including 12 m service roads on either side.

The area within 1,500 m of either side of the road, presently marked as residential and institutional zone will become a restricted area.

A copy of the memo is displayed at the HMDA office in Tarnaka. People having any objections or suggestions to the notice should address them to the principal secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) department within 15 days.

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 November 2010 09:56
 
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