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Bangalore: Deadline is toast, expect more jam

Outer Ring Road won't be signal-free anytime soon as Nagawara flyover project will take another 8 months.

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Motorists who use the Outer Ring Road have to put up with traffic jams near Nagawara junction for at least six to eight more months as the completion of a flyover at the section is expected to be delayed.

The construction of the Rs29.60 crore split flyover at the junction was commenced on March 19, 2012. The project was expected to be completed within 18 months, but the inordinate delay in acquiring the land and shifting of sewer lines and Cauvery water pipes has been attributed as the main reason for the delay in completion of the flyover.

“The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) authorities took more than six months to shift sewer lines and water pipes here,’’ said a BDA official. The project required only 10 guntas of land, but till now the authorities concerned had succeeded in acquiring only about six guntas of land and the remaining is yet to be acquired.

“It is quite ironic to know about the state government’s inability to acquire a few guntas of land for a public project. The government is known for acquiring thousands of acres of land for industrialists. How come it has failed to acquire a few guntas of land,’’ asked Sudarshan A, a software engineer.

The delay in completion of the flyover is not only affecting software engineers who work at Manyata Tech Park from places like Malleshpalya, KR Puram, Pai Layout, Kaggadasapura and others areas, but also commuters from Thanisandra and Hegde Nagar who depend on Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses  to go to Shivajinagar, Majestic and KR Market.

“We have to depend on autorickshaws owing to the lack of BMTC buses.  We have to depend on 291D bus service  to reach Mariyannapalya. But sometimes, the BMTC bus, instead of coming to Mariyannapalya, takes a U-turn at Veerannapalya junction itself, thus causing inconvenience for the commuters,’’ said Sara Sunny, a resident of Mariyannapalya.

Echoing similar opinion, C Madhu, a student of GTTC, said crossing the road is a tough task for people of Nagawara. “We have to wait for over 20 minutes to cross the road. I want the BDA authorities to complete the work as early as possible,’’ said Madhu.

After completion, Nagawara Junction will have the split flyover with two bus rapid transport system (BRTS) lines at grade level and two service roads on either sides. The length of the flyover would be 490 metres with 40 metres obligatory span and eight standard spans of 20 metres each.

“The flyover on the left side will probably be completed by January 2014, and the flyover on the right side by June 2014,’’ said a senior BDA official.

However, motorists want the BDA officials not to leave any stone unturned to complete the project since it is one of the bottlenecks to ensure a signal free transit between Hebbal flyover and the suspension bridge at KR Puram.

“There are occasions where I had to attend duty 20 to 30 minutes late due to traffic jam near Nagawara Junction. The construction of the Outer Ring Road is to ensure making commuting on the road a hassle-free affair, but the traffic jams disappoint us,’’ said M Prakash, an engineer.

According to him, about 40% of the flyover work has been completed as on date, and all efforts are being made to complete the construction of the flyover as early as possible.

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