Projects sans foresight cause never-ending bottlenecks

While every government tinkers with Bengaluru’s roads experimenting with infrastructure, commoners who use the roads don’t see any long-term vision or plan behind the projects that come up almost overnight.

On June 8, 2017, the Karnataka Cabinet passed an order that would add more chaos to the already-chaotic Shivananda Circle at the heart of the city: a 326 metres-long “steel” bridge over Shivananda Circle to be built at a cost of Rs 19.85 crore excluding the cost of land acquisition. Protests by the locals and affected parties didn’t matter, and the work began.

After two years, the project is now in limbo, with the elevated section of the flyover up with no slopes on both sides.