The government has initiated two corridors in Bangalore to ease traffic bottlenecks. This was announced during a review meeting of the projects taken up by key civic agencies of Bangalore, attended by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, on 17th June 2008.

A north-south elevated corridor from Hebbal to Madivala (16 km) and from Kodihalli to Kundanahalli (12 km) were proposed. IEDB made the proposal for the N-S corridor under the Swiss Challenge Method. The possibilities of having the corridor on two levels (rail over road) are also being explored.

PRR back with BDA
The government formally handed over work on the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) to the BDA. The move to entrust the project to the NHAI was reconsidered after "differences'' between BDA and NHAI.

The agencies had differences on components like road width. According to sources, NHAI stuck to its stand that it can't build the road beyond a 60-metre width while the original commitment was on 100 metres.

The CM was briefed on projects taken up by agencies including BBMP, BMRDA, KHB, BMTC, BMRCL and the police. Measures to expedite work on Namma Metro were also discussed. Similar review meetings will be held every second Saturday of the month. Yeddyurappa said the government will also hold an interactive session with industrial leaders, NGOs and opinion-makers on drafting a vision statement for Bangalore on June 28 at the IISc.

On the anvil