Mar 30, 2025 12:09 PM IST
Karnataka authorities plans to boost Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Street with ₹400 crore for upgrades. Further funding helps highway white-topping.
The Karnataka authorities has set its sights on enhancing infrastructure alongside Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Street (ORR), a key hub for multinational firms (MNCs) and start-ups. To handle the frequent civic and infrastructure challenges within the space, the state has allotted ₹400 crore to improve the 22.7-kilometre stretch. Dr. Harish Kumar Ok, Particular Commissioner (Finance) stated that the venture goals to convey ORR as much as world-class requirements by means of collaboration with the Authorities of Karnataka and the Bengaluru Metro Rail Company Ltd.
Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Street to get a face elevate as Karnataka authorities ₹400 crore for infrastructure. (X)
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In response to a report in Deccan Herald, the initiative is a part of a broader set of improvement tasks introduced within the price range. Prioritizing pedestrian security, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has dedicated to setting up 1,000 kilometres of footpaths. These might be built-in into ongoing arterial and sub-arterial highway tasks and integrated into all future highway developments.
Moreover, the price range reaffirmed help for 2 main ongoing infrastructure efforts. The primary is the white-topping of 157 kilometres of roads, with an estimated price range of ₹1,700 crore. The second includes asphalting 118 roads at a price of ₹694 crore. To additional bolster civic infrastructure, BBMP has earmarked ₹2.5 crore per ward for capital works and ₹50 lakh per ward for upkeep, including as much as a complete allocation of ₹675 crore throughout 225 wards.
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The civic physique has additionally introduced new railway infrastructure tasks, together with a railway over-bridge at 1st Important Street in Kengeri and an under-bridge close to Ramohalli Gate, with ₹20 crore put aside for these developments. Regardless of over two dozen manned railway crossings within the metropolis, little effort has been made to systematically eradicate them by setting up railway overpasses. The most recent price range indicators a step in the direction of addressing this hole in infrastructure planning.
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