Taking up a project without foresight or assessing its implications is nothing new for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
Taking up a project without foresight or assessing its implications is nothing new for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). To add one more to this list is the project of providing parking lot for VIP visitors and people visiting chief minister’s residence-cum-office on Kumara Krupa Road.
The BBMP had acquired a nine-foot wide strip of land from the Bangalore Golf Club, stretching from Windsor Manor Circle to Crescent Road Cross, for surface car parking. The land belonged to the Public Works Department (PWD).
The civic agency later prepared an estimate of Rs2.8 crore, erected pillars and marked boundaries inside the Golf Club. However, all of a sudden, the project came to a halt, with insiders saying that the BBMP has decided to call it off.
“The proposal for the vehicle parking was put forth when Siddaiah was BBMP commissioner. The work had begun and marking was also done, but due to some technical problem, it has been put on hold,” said S Somashekar, BBMP chief engineer.
He said now the question had arisen whether to construct an underground parking or surface car parking. Also, he said the BBMP was wondering what to do with the trees on the stretch—whether to chop them or spare them.
Moreover, on the same stretch, there is also a proposal to construct a building for High Grounds police station. “We still don’t know where on this stretch they are going to construct the police station. The BBMP, PWD and the police department will be discussing the issue with the government and take a final decision on the parking lot,” he said and added that by next month-end, there would be some clarity regarding the work.
The need for a parking area has arisen as the number of VIPs and visitors thronging the chief minister’s official residence-cum-office ‘Krishna’ were facing trouble in parking their vehicles. This was also affecting the traffic movement on the arterial road.
The chief minister had directed to take up the project immediately. An estimate of Rs3.92 crore was prepared on the guidelines of the urban department. The work was assigned to Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Ltd. Later, chief engineer (road infrastructure) had inspected the work site and pruned the estimate to Rs2.8 crore. The chief minister had also approved the project.
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