The Urban Development Department (UDD) has rejected a BBMP proposal to white-top a small stretch of road in RR Nagar at a whopping Rs 35.50 crore.
The civic body that proposed to ‘develop’ the kilometre-long Laggere main road needed UDD’s approval as the project was funded by the state government under the Chief Minister’s Nava Nagarothana grants.
The BBMP’s proposal, dated August 9, 2022, had sought the state government’s approval for using the same grant for some other road. The government had originally set aside a grant of Rs 35.50 crore for developing roads inside Bangalore University (Jnanabharathi) campus. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, the BBMP took up asphalting work on the same stretch, using emergency grants.
