BBMP road widening
If BBMP has its way, people staying near Tagore junction will lose parts of their property for widening of the service road and footpath. Around 20 private properties on the main road will have to do away with three metres of their space as the technical advisory committee (TAC) has instructed the BBMP to widen [...] Continue Reading »
The traffic congestion in the City is not due to the narrow roads, but due to lack of proper planning. Justice Shylendra Kumar initiates suo motu proceedings against BBMP’s indiscriminate felling of trees in the City.The High Court directed the State to file objections within two weeks. Justice Shylendra Kumar initiates suo motu proceedings against [...] Continue Reading »
Activists and residents staged a protest on Sunday demanding action from the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on the issue of widening of Jayamahal and Bellary roads. Nearly 100 people took part in the protest at Mehkri Circle to express anger against the BBMP for not keeping its promise of holding discussions with the group [...] Continue Reading »
Everybody involved in the TDR (transferable development rights) tangle seems to have forgotten a simple truth. The TDR was a scheme meant to preserve open spaces and heritage buildings in the heart of a city, moving development to outskirts. But in Bangalore, it has morphed into taking chunks of land away from home owners. BBMP, [...] Continue Reading »
It must be made absolutely clear to all property owners that TDR is `optional’ says panel. The panel has instead advocated Town-Planning (TP) schemes for road widening. Reduced Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is another main recommendation. The committee said that unless this happens, TDR will not be effective in Bangalore. Transferable development rights (TDR) is [...] Continue Reading »
Initially, this offer is only for property owners on Magadi Road who have to give up their land for road widening. The BBMP is now buying them from property losers to expedite road widening. The decision was taken during Tuesday’s inspection by H Ravindra, chairman, major works committee. Ravindra assured the worried 232 property owners [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Banaswadi along with civil society groups, on Sunday, marched in protest against the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) road widening project. Holding placards and shouting slogans against road widening, the residents said that the BBMP and the Government should come out with alternative solutions to the problem of traffic congestion. Banaswadi road [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Jayamahal and youth have joined forces to declare war against the move of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to clear the road of as many as 856 trees to widen the stretch for smoother traffic flow.In a show of solidarity to save hundreds of trees and spare the pedestrians inconvenience, Residents and [...] Continue Reading »
Trees planted by forest department nine years back have been chopped to make way for a new road. The new road will connect Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra (GKVK) campus to University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) campus in Hebbal. GKVK campus begins from one end of Sahakaranagar. This road will also help connect Vidyaranapura to Bellary [...] Continue Reading »
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 [...] Continue Reading »
