SWD network in Bengaluru to get a fillip
The Hindu
Chief Minister announces special package of ₹1,500 crore; roadworks to be completed by March 31; deadline for potholes filling extended by 15 days
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who also holds the charge of Bengaluru Development, has announced a special package of ₹1,500 crore for the storm-water drain (SWD) network in the city, with a focus on preventing floods. This comes in the wake of heavy rains last year that exposed the city’s poor infrastructure. While chairing a review meeting attended by all city MLAs and MPs on Sunday, the Chief Minister also extended the deadline to fill potholes by 15 days while all ongoing roadworks have to be completed by March 31.
After the meeting, Revenue Minister R. Ashok told presspersons that over and above the ₹1,500 crore SWD allocation, the Amruta Nagarothana Scheme would be approved in the next Cabinet meeting. A “big package” would be announced for city infrastructure, he said.
At the meeting, several MLAs raised complaints of agencies digging up newly laid roads and not restoring them properly. In response, Mr. Bommai announced the setting up of a coordination committee, which he would chair himself.
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