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HomeInfrastructure

Infrastructure

The state of roads, public buildings and other physical infrastructure in Bengaluru, public infrastructure projects, budgets and maintenance plans that impact the daily lives of citizens.

A view of Bengaluru
Infrastructure

Interpreting Bengaluru’s urban development

May 23, 2023 Dr. Anjali Karol Mohan and Anushri Tiwari

Data analysis shows a spike in plan sanctions between 2013 and 2019, because the rules then allowed regularisation of building plan deviations.

Apartments and residences in outer areas of Bengaluru
Infrastructure

Making sense of Bengaluru’s messy urban development data

May 22, 2023 Dr. Anjali Karol Mohan and Anushri Tiwari

While publicly available data can be used in myriad ways to take informed decisions on Bengaluru’s growth, data quality remains poor.

Bengaluru city
Infrastructure

Advice for the next CM: For a better Bengaluru, ensure growth in rest of Karnataka

April 27, 2023 V Ravichandar

A writer embarks on a wishful, fanciful speech (and hopefully subsequent action) about Bengaluru that the next Chief Minister ought to make.

State of construction on 100 ft road
Infrastructure

Potted and pitted roads: Residents inconvenienced by ongoing works at Indiranagar

April 11, 2023 Rakhi Anil

In its current form, four months after its inauguration, 100 feet road, Indiranagar is a minefield posing grave danger to citizens and commuters.

The newly inaugurated KR Puram metro station
Infrastructure

The great election inauguration: State govt capitalises on unfinished, poorly done projects

April 6, 2023 Bhanu Sridharan

PM Modi has visited the city at least five times since last November. He inaugurated two major projects in March this year.

Bengaluru's pourakarmikas
Infrastructure

Pourakarmikas find BBMP’s suvidha cabins inconvenient

March 15, 2023 Bhanu Sridharan

In 2020, BBMP promised the city would have 225 cabins within six months. As of early 2023, there are around 68 suvidha cabins.

An artistic rendition of BBMP's plan of converting Sankey road into four lanes and add a flyover at Bhashyam Circle.
Infrastructure

Sankey road widening: A project that doesn’t die

February 21, 2023 Bhanu Sridharan

City officials have been thinking of widening Sankey road for 40 years. Despite delays and criticisms, the project appears to continue surviving.

Traffic jam
Infrastructure

Bengaluru needs scientific, not short-sighted, mobility planning

February 16, 2023 Bhanu Sridharan

Ashish Verma discusses scientific traffic management, the steps BBMP skips, and how public transport is key to making the city liveable.

A busy junction in Bengaluru
Infrastructure

Interview with Professor Ashish Verma: Why flyovers fail to solve traffic problems

February 15, 2023 Bhanu Sridharan

Professor Ashish Verma, convenor of the Sustainable Transportation Lab at IISc shares how transportation and mobility in the city should be planned.

Trees along Sankey road.
Infrastructure

Residents of Sankey Road say flyover beda, will BBMP listen?

February 7, 2023 Bhanu Sridharan

One of the issues raised was that flyovers did not solve traffic congestion, but that they shifted the point of traffic congestion.

The platform bridge under construction for KR Puram Metro station
Infrastructure

Namma Metro: The race is on to get Whitefield line operational by March

February 6, 2023 Kanishka Khandelwal

Metro will operate feeder services between Baiyappanahalli and KR Puram till Whitefield line is fully operational, for commuter convenience.

Metro construction on Tannery Road in KG Halli
Infrastructure

Living with the metro construction: Safety, pollution and accessibility concerns

January 30, 2023 Pragathi Ravi

A webinar on safety issues around metro construction delved into the importance of safety audits, as well as pollution and accessibility issues.

Metro construction debris on Old Madras Road
Infrastructure

Webinar alert: Living with Metro construction — addressing safety concerns

January 21, 2023 News Desk

Namma Metro can be a safe, clean and sustainable mode of transport, but how much importance is given to safety during its construction?

BESCOM workers carrying out maintenence work in Vyalikaval, Bengaluru, with the locality residents looking on
Infrastructure

How renewable energy production can affect what you pay for power in Bengaluru

January 19, 2023 Pragathi Ravi

There have been reports of industries reducing costs by sourcing renewable energy. But will this seep all the way down to the household level?

Construction site at Kerekodi Underpass
Infrastructure

The ups and downs of Outer Ring Road: The purpose of infrastructure

December 27, 2022 Namrata Narendra

Flyovers and underpasses cannot be seen as isolated projects and must be viewed as a part of the overall road network in Bengaluru.

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