bbmp road widening Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Governance

Road widening driving citizens to surveying firms

June 8, 2010 Vaishnavi Vittal

With BBMP not providing complete information in TDR notices they despatch, residents are hiring land surveyors to measure their property for accurate data.

Road widening – need for a relook

May 31, 2010 S Nityananda

Bangalore Environment Trust builds a case for relooking at road widening especially on heritage roads, based on the government’s new traffic measures.

Commute

Road widening plan distresses senior citizens

May 12, 2010 Capt Harold Mascarenhas (Retd)

A senior citizen urges BBMP to put an end to the confusion over Hennur Road widening.

Stop road widening at Vijaya Bank Layout

April 11, 2010 Krithika

Who would need wide roads if thousands of people lose their houses because of that? Please think of alternatives with minimum damage to the public.

Governance

BBMP offers slum dwellers housing under flyover

April 4, 2010 Gangadhar S Patil

The families living in the slum are not ready to move into the temporary shelters, saying it is unjust and risky to live under a flyover.

And now, protests against widening Dr Rajkumar road

March 1, 2010 Karunya Keshav

Citizens are protesting that road widening for the signal free corridor along Rajkumar Road is unnecessary and illegal.

Tannery Road businesses strike out at TDR

January 28, 2010 Karunya Keshav

Yet another road-widening project in Bengaluru has hit a roadblock as residents and shop owners raise the flag against BBMP’s TDR scheme.

Road widening: Haralur residents in a fix

December 31, 2009 Savita Hiremath

BBMP’s decision of widening Haralur Road wasn’t just an unwelcome move; but, residents say it “does not seem to fit in the big picture of future development” with the rest of the city.