On the initial stretch from the Ananda Rao Flyover towards Cubbon Park for about a kilometer, the left side of the road has been dug up and heaps of road building materials have been piled up since four to five months.
The residents of Brigade Millennium Enclave, are strongly opposed to the proposed widening of the already wide private internal road called “Millennium Avenue”, saying it will cause serious safety problems.
There is going to be a spanking new Bangalore, in a few years time – soulless, devoid of history, devoid of trees, devoid of culture, designed for automobiles rather than for people.
We in Bangalore are at the beginning of the ‘ruin-then-restore’ cycle. We can either learn from those (like Seoul) who have gone ahead of us down this path and changed course recently, or go down the same path.
The city’s road construction and widening projects appear to be stirring up one storm after another. This time, BBMP’s approach confuses J P Nagar residents.
