BBMP’s steel flyover work is creating roadblock
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 30, 2021, 06:00 IST
Motorists, residents foresee huge traffic snarls after Palike closes road to construct flyover at Shivananda Circle
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) barricaded the entry to Hare Krishna Road from Race Course Road to construct a steel flyover at Shivananda Circle. Closing this road, that leads to
Seshadripuram, may create problems for motorists, post the lockdown. The civic body has not acquired the
properties needed to build the flyover, yet, and is far from completing the construction.
The BBMP needs to acquire about four properties, which are double or quadruple storied buildings, to construct the 500 metres long flyover. It offered to provide transferable development rights (TDR) as compensation in exchange for the properties but the land owners did not agree. Interestingly, one of the buildings that was identified to be demolished is occupied