Category: Roads

Irked over the lack of basic civic amenities, the residents of Kasturinagar will stage a protest on Monday to draw the attention of the civic authorities. The residents complain that Kasturinagar Main Road, which was dug up about one-and-a-half year ago to lay BWSSB pipelines, has not yet been repaired. With the road being unmotorable, […]

The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to start acquiring land for the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) with a new compensation model that the government hopes will kickstart the long-pending project that promises to decongest Bengaluru. A total of 1,810 acres of land spread across 67 villages or settlements have been marked for acquisition. “Landowners who will […]

Former public works minister in Kerala, V K Ebrahim Kunju, is likely to be in the dock in connection with the corruption in the construction of Palarivattom flyover in Kochi. The flyover that is being renovated within three years of commissioning, following serious structural defects. Former public works secretary T O Sooraj, who was recently […]

The eight-lane corridor between Okalipuram Junction and Fountain Circle (Khoday’s Circle), the construction of which is in full swing, is likely to be delayed further due to pending installation of prefabricated concrete boxes at the junction. The project, which connects Central Bengaluru with West Bengaluru, was supposed to be completed by December 2018 but will […]

In a major victory for the citizen’s movement in Bengaluru, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday ordered the cancellation of tenders for the first stage (21.54 km) of the 90-km elevated corridor project conceived by the previous Congress government. The order, however, does not talk about scrapping the project but directed the officials to […]

In a striking instance of corruption risking people’s life, a three-year-old flyover, constructed at a cost of Rs 42 crore in Kochi, will be rebuilt due to the serious structural defects caused by poor construction quality. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday told reporters that the flyover would be reconstructed by engaging expert agencies […]

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu here on Sunday dedicated the country’s longest electrified rail tunnel between Cherlopalli and Rapuru and the electrified railway line between Venkatachalam and Obulavaripalli. Besides inaugurating the re-modelled yard at Guduru railway station, the Vice-President also flagged-off a new inter-city superfast express train between Guduru and Vijayawada. Naidu termed the 6.7-km-long tunnel […]

Potholes are something that has ravaged the Indian roads from time immemorial, and certainly, Bengaluru is no exception. But to solve the gigantic problem, a citizen decided to take the humorous way. While the entire nation is focused on the moon courtesy of Chandrayaan-2, one artist shifts everyone’s attention towards the crater-like potholes of the […]

Riding a big spike in global travellers exiting through the Kempegowda Internationa Airport (KIA) here, the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur has emerged as the top international destination. Passengers heading to KL registered a 58.73% growth in numbers over the last four years. Travellers bound for Singapore also saw a substantial 54.78% increase in the […]

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) cleared encroachments from the footpaths of Old Madras Road in KR Puram. The civic body has been on a clean-up drive in the area since Friday. It cleared debris and ripped off seven temporary encroachments on the footpath between Tin Factory and Bhattarahalli signal along Old Madras Road. It […]

Now, the Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) can finally start working on safety mechanisms along the city’s roads. Earlier, the government had allotted city road safety works to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Now, it has handed over the same to the BTP. As is the practice every year, the BBMP has been responsible for […]

Questionning of former Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi’s son, Unmesh, is underway at the Enforcement Directorate’s office here on the third consecutive day on Wednesday in connection with the alleged irregularities relating to loans and equity investment worth over Rs 450 crore by IL&FS in Kohinoor CTNL Infrastructure Company. The firm was founded by Unmesh, […]