Govt quietly okays revised CMP with 88-km elevated corridor

Put on the back burner following widespread public opposition, the 88-km elevated corridor project has now found a backdoor entry through the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) 2020, which has been approved by the state government.

The draft plan published in October 2019 had attracted criticism from various sections of society as it included projects that were seen as “driven by contractors rather than what the city actually needs”.

Official sources claimed that the government had “considered” the opposition to several proposals in the draft CMP before approving it about two months ago. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Authority (BMLTA) had cleared the CMP more than eight months ago, the source said. “All this was more of a formality. The government approval was a quiet affair.”