End of the road for Bangalore?

January 30th, 2008

Bangalore Municipal Corporation’s road projects have hit a dead end due to non-availability of funds. The corporation had applied for Rs 7,536 crore for flyovers and grade-separator projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (jnnurm).

“Our city development plan had many road projects because the public expressed the need for them. We haven’t received the second instalment for a lot of projects and Rs 105 crore for developing 170 km of arterial and sub-arterial roads have still not been released. We haven’t even got an official response,’

says J Manjunath of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike. Continue reading »

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