BBMP unveils plans to revamp 75 junctions for safe pedestrian use

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday unveiled a project to develop 75 city junctions at Rs 150 crore to provide a “global standard” of pedestrian safety and to streamline vehicular movement.

The BBMP has partnered with RI India and Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety to redesign the junctions under the ‘Suraksha 75’ project.

A recent press release stated that 123 pedestrian fatalities happened within a 250-metre radius of these 75 junctions in the last four years. The city has 350 signalised junctions and over 1,000 intersections.

Among the junctions to be developed include 8th Mile Circle, Sarakki, Kudlu Gate, BEL Circle, Kengeri bus terminal,