The BJP government in Karnataka received a fresh impetus from the Centre on Tuesday as it received approval for its long-pending infrastructure projects.
In a major relief to Bengaluru’s congested roads, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari offered to bear the land acquisition cost of the ambitious Satellite Town Ring Road (STRR) project and readily agreed to increase the annual plan outlay expenditure by Rs 1,769 Crore.
Holding a review meeting of various infrastructure projects with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and other ministers of the state, Gadkari announced bearing the complete cost of land acquisition for the first phase of the project.
