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Bangalore civic body set to widen Sankey Road despite stiff resistance

Residents of the area and environmentalists have resisted the widening of the Sankey Road.

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Residents of the area and environmentalists have resisted the widening of the Sankey Road. Despite the staunch resistance, however, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to widen the road. Over 400 trees will have to make way.

On Friday, the BBMP’s standing committee on major works, led by chairman H Ravindra, along with Malleswaram MLA Ashwath Narayan, visited the area. Discussions were held with officials of the BBMP, and a decision was taken to widen the road. The widening will also involve raising the level of the land adjoining the road, which at present is about six feet deeper than the road.

In all, 19  properties adjoining the road will have to be acquired, some of which are government-owned. RCC walls would be constructed to elevate the land to the height of the road; the work is likely to cost at least Rs21 crore. 

A BBMP official said that the road from Yeshwantpur Circle to Cauvery Theatre, a stretch of 2.6 km, would be widened. While the existing width of the road is 10.5-25.4 metres, after  widening, it would be 30-45 metres. Nearly 445 trees will face the axe.

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