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“Amele banni” (come later) I said to the sweeper woman with certain aplomb; seeing her shake the head agreeably I was assured I had conveyed the message loud and clear. But soon it struck me I had made a lingual slip up. I wanted to say “Nale banni” (come tomorrow). But she was gone already, all set to show up again in a while.
Proposal to pedestrianise Bengaluru’s Gandhi Bazaar revived
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On Friday, DULT presented the blue print
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On Friday, DULT presented the blue print
Nearly two years after pedestrianisation of Gandhi Bazaar was proposed by the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT), there seems to some traction in the project.
On Friday, the blue print was presented before Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad, DULT head V. Manjula and Chikpete MLA Uday B. Garudachar.
The busy 700-metre stretch between Tagore Park Circle and Ramakrishna Ashram has been proposed to be pedestrianised. Apart from pedestrians, only cycles and electric vehicles will be allowed. After the presentation, Mr. Prasad directed DULT officials to elicit public opinion before finalising the plan.
Shoppers’ paradise: Gandhi Bazaar to get 3-floor car park
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jan 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
Palike floats tender for the construction of a six-floor building estimated to cost Rs 20 cr
P eople heading to the chaotic
Gandhi Bazaar known for its old
Bengaluru charm – might finally get some
space for
parking their vehicles as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) has proposed to construct a multi-level car parking facility in about a year’s time. The building will come up where the corporation-owned
flower market is located.
While the project has been talked about for over a decade, the civic body on Wednesday floated tenders for the construction of the building, estimated to cost about Rs 20 crore. In the six-floor building, officials plan to dedicate three floors only to parking. The remaining three floors will be given to the vendors on a lease.