Bengaluru: Minister for Bengaluru Development and Town Planning K J George on Monday inspected 15 development projects across the city that have been plagued by delays, including the Okalipuram signal-free corridor and grade separators along West of Chord Road.
The tender process for the Okalipuram signal-free eight-lane corridor began in July 2011. The project was expected to be completed in 18 months at a cost of Rs. 102 crore. However, work was delayed due to a delay in acquisition of land. Officials now say that two loops and one underpass would be completed by August-end while the remaining work would be finished by December. Work on the project started only in 2015.
The work on the grade separators along West of Chord Road was initially expected to be completed in December 2016. George pulled up officials and the contractor for the delay. The contractor replied that phase 1 of the work would be completed by August-end and the rest by March 2018.
The minister, along with Mayor G. Padmavathi, BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad and other officials, also inspected the Vivekananda underpass, which is expected to be completed by May-end, the construction of 500 houses in Lakshmidevinagar slum.
