Bengaluru: Presenting the state budget for the year 2017-18, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said Bengaluru accounts for the lion’s share of the state’s commercial production.
Siddaramaiah said that keeping Bengaluru’s share in commercial production, the government has proposed to take up several developmental projects essential for the city. “During last year, Rs 7,300 crore was made available for development of infrastructure of Bengaluru city and welfare of Bengalureans. The said grant, being spread over 2016-17 and 2017-18, the action plan of the works has been approved and these works are at different stages of implementation. The entire amount will be spent by March 2018,’’ the chief minister said.
The chief minister proposed in the budget to select 43 major roads of about 80 km length for white topping and the to upgrade pedestrian facilities at a cost of Rs 690 crore. “Twenty-five interconnected roads of 25 km length in Bengaluru Central Business District (CBD) will be comprehensively upgraded under 3rd stage of Tender Sure model at the cost of Rs 250 crore. Twelve high traffic density corridors have been identified and Rs 150 crore will be earmarked for the development and maintenance of these corridors,’’ the chief minister said.
The budget also proposes to develop footpaths along various roads of 200 km length at an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore. “To ensure seamless vehicular movement in the city, grade separators will be constructed in nine select busy junctions for which Rs 421 crore will be provided. In addition, Rs 150 crore will also be made available to the BBMP for railway over bridge and railway under bridge construction to enable uninterrupted movement of vehicles,’’ the chief minister said.
The budget also proposes to allocate a grant of Rs 300 crore for the development of storm water drains in BBMP limits. It also proposes a grant of Rs 200 crore for traffic engineering works such as construction of road humps, lane marking, signage, median, junction improvement, etc. In the budget, Rs 80 crore has been allocated to the BBMP for the construction of skywalks in the city. “Around 1,000 public toilets will be constructed at the cost of Rs 50 crore,’’ the chief minister said.
The budget proposes to start ‘Namma Canteen’, a novel programme to supply breakfast, lunch and dinner to the common man at affordable price. “One canteen in each of 198 wards of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike will be opened, wherein breakfast at Rs 5 and lunch & dinner at Rs 10 will be provided. For this purpose, Rs 100 crore will be provided,’’ the chief minister said.
Namma Metro
The chief minister said the entire track length of 42.3 km length of first phase of Namma Metro would be completed by April 2017. He said the Bengluru Metro Rail Project Phase-2 has a total length of 72.095 km and its estimated cost is Rs 26,405 crore of this, Reach-4 extension (from Puttenahalli to Anjanapura) and Reach-2 extension (from Mysore Road to Kengeri) works are under progress. “Under Bengaluru Metro Rail Project Phase-2A, work for an additional new line (17 kms length) from Silk Board to K R Puram junction is being funded through innovative financing and the project will be commenced at a cost of Rs 4,200 crore. Feasibility study for Namma Metro Phase-3 is complete. Suitable alignment to connect Kempegowda International Airport is under finalization,’’ he said.
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