Road white-topping in Bengaluru: The good and the bad of it
When B S Yediyurappa-led government constituted a committee to examine the cost-intensive white-topping project in 2019, the four-member team came up with a report that did not find any evidence of misappropriation of funds but went on to highlight the unscientific selection of roads, shoddy work and the poor quality of detailed project reports (DPRs).
The findings formed the basis for the expansion of the white-topping project in Bengaluru with the then BJP-led government proposing a network of another 114 km of white-topped roads at a cost of Rs 1,400 crore. The recent state budget has, however, cut the budget size to Rs 800 crore but announced a white-topping of 100 km of road.
