Green Signal To Widen Mehkri Circle Road
After a cabinet meeting on Monday, the state government gave green signal to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) proposal to widen the stretch between Mekhri Circle to Cantonment Railway Station, via Jayamahal Road.The state Cabinet gave administrative approval to widen the road which is set to widen the stretch to sixlane road at a cost of Rs 22 crore.
The cabinet also gave approval to provide drinking water to 110 villages around Bangalore that are outside the BBMP jurisdiction, at a cost of Rs 2379 crore.While the state and the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will together contribute RS 378 crore, the Centre will provide the remaining funds.
Briefing the media on Cabinet’s decisions, Higher Education Minister Dr V S Acharya said the Cabinet also gave green signal to shift the slaughter houses in the city to a place near Harohalli in Kanakapura taluk. The cabinet decided to give it on build-operate-transfer basis to a Chennai-based firm for a lease period of 13 years. The annual slaughter house fee is Rs 19.8 crore. This decision came in the wake of the High Court order based on a writ petition filed to shift the slaughter houses, which led to unhygienic conditions in the respective areas.
The cabinet also gave approval to provide Rs 10 crore for renovation of Yediyur temple and One Horti-clinics at the state level, 26 in equal number of districts and two mobile service units to guide farmers and to conduct tests of water, soil and disease.
Cabinet Decisions
- Administrative approval to widen the road between Mekhri Circle to Cantonment Railway Station, via Jayamahal Road.
- Approval to provide drinking water to 110 villages around Bangalore that are outside the BBMP jurisdiction.
- Shift the slaughter houses in the city to a place near Harohalli in Kanakapura taluk.
- To provide Rs 10 crore for renovation of Yediyur temple
- Horti-clinics to guide farmers and to conduct tests-One clinic at the state level, 26 in equal number of districts and two mobile service units
- Opposition leaders to get same facilities – be it staff or housing – on par with cabinet minister
Source: expressbuzz.com
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[...] Jayamahal Road which was until now untouched by developmental activities is set to lose as many as 856 trees to widen a 5-km stretch from Cantonment Station to Mehkri Circle.The Wild Forever Foundation, a group of college going students in association with Hasiru Usiru, an NGO for Environmental Issues, had formed a human chain on Jayamahal Road to register their protest.The protesters said that they were forced to take to the streets after a meeting with BBMP officials and the Chairman of the Standing Committee for Major Roads H Ravindra yielded no results on Saturday. The BBMP neither agreed to stop work till a public discussion was held on the matter nor gave a definite date for a meeting. [...]