Amid allegations raised by MLA Sathish Reddy and corporators over the delay in the widening of the Bannerghatta Road, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials said the work along one of the major high-density corridors is progressing slowly.
According to the BBMP, the work is taking place along various parcels of land along the road as land acquisition is still pending and of the 7.44 km of the proposed widening work, about 1.8 km of the stretch has been completed.
“We have completed 40% of the work along the identified stretch with available lands. Land acquisition is yet to be completed as the Bangalore Development Authority has not cleared the TDR files yet. Once the BDA clears all those files, the work will assume a faster pace and will be completed soon,” BBMP’s executive engineer for road widening Nandeesh J R told DH.
