Karnataka govt plans to build flyovers along metro lines to ease congestion in Bengaluru

According to the Hindustan Times, Karnataka Deputy Minister DK Shivakumar said that the Karnataka government has submitted a proposal to the central government to build flyovers along the metro lines to ease congestion in Bengaluru city.

Shivakumar, while addressing a massive ‘Government at Doorstep’ grievance event in Jnanabharathi, reportedly mentioned that the state government is considering building flyovers on certain sections of the Bengaluru Metro lines. “It has been decided to construct flyovers on certain metro lines to ease traffic congestion. A proposal has been sent to the Center in this regard,” ANI quoted Shivakumar as saying.

Over the past few years, Bengaluru has been ranked as one of the most traffic-congested cities in the world in several surveys and rankings.

According to the traffic index recently released by TomTom, a Dutch positioning technology expert, Bangalore will still be the most congested city in India in 2023. In the report, the capital state of Karnataka ranks sixth among the world’s most congested cities. last year. Last time, it was ranked second in the rankings.

Speaking at the event on Sunday, Shivakumar said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had announced several projects to develop Bengaluru city in the state budget.

“The BBMP budget will be presented soon and it will complement the projects announced in the state budget. We are preparing a feasibility report for tunnel roads near Yeshwanthpura, Sumanahalli, Goraguntepalya and other places,” Shivakumar said.

“So far, we have completed the massive grievance redressal program in 12 assembly constituencies of Bengaluru city and received around 20,000 requests. The chief minister has also directed Janaspandana twice. A separate team has been set up to look into the requests received requests. These complaints will be dealt with in stages,” he added.

Criticizing the previous BJP government in Karnataka, Shivakumar said, “You may have heard only the promises of the BJP government, but you will see our work now. Our safeguard scheme covered 95 % of people. The remaining 5% could not be reached due to technical glitches. We also plan to provide subsidies to install solar panels on your terrace. We have delivered as promised. We are not in the business of emotional politics; It’s the politics of building livelihoods. Our government programs are designed to ease the burden of rising prices.”

He said that as part of the ‘Namma Swattu’ programme, the Karnataka government has initiated a survey of all properties in Bengaluru and sent all property documents to people’s doorsteps.