Why Bengaluru's tech corridor, Outer Ring Road, needs an urgent fix
A single broken-down truck, a fallen tree, or even waterlogging in a small section can bring the entire tech corridor to a standstill.
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A single broken-down truck, a fallen tree, or even waterlogging in a small section can bring the entire tech corridor to a standstill.
Karnataka 2023 elections: The bustling city, home to tech and start-ups, is paradoxically also the land of apathetic infrastructure and a slew of unfinished flyovers, rail over bridges and underpasses.
From financial indiscipline, shoddy mapping of major drains, failing to clear encroachments to making unfruitful expenditure on sewage diversion and ‘misplacing’ documents related to various projects, the recent Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the BBMP’s stormwater drain (SWD) department exposed all that’s wrong with the system.
Metro will keep off bus priority lane Metro will keep off bus priority lane ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 06:00 IST BMRCL plans to retain lane when it begins work between KR Puram & Much to the relief of bus users, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has no plans to bulldoze the city’s first bus priority lane ( BPL) which was rolled out on the Outer Ring Road ( ORR) a few months ago. Officials said the dedicated lane of buses between KR Puram and Central Silk Board would be retained as much as possible when the construction of Metro begins.