‘Malls only on city outskirts’
With the election year round the corner and the BBMP budget expected to have bigger allocations for wards to woo voters, Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy says the Jana Spandana programmes will be orgainsed at the constituency-level to understand woes of public and take steps to solve them. Excerpts from an interview:
After hearing out public woes at the Jana Spandana programme in Malleswaram, have you worked out strategies to solve the problems?
The joint commissioner and his staff have been directed to attend to the complaints department-wise and address the problems quickly. The officials have been directed to redress all the grievances by the time the next Jana Spandana programme is held in Malleswaram.
Will you stop allowing multiplex-cum-commercial malls in the already congested Malleswaram?
The BBMP has been mulling over preventing multiplex-cum-malls in the core areas of the city at it would congest the area. Malls will be permitted only on the outskirts on build-operate-transfer basis. Registration of interest has been invited from builders for the same.
When will work on Sankey Road widening begin? What are the measures being taken to bring back greenery in Bengaluru?
The work on Sankey Road is expected to begin in the next 15 days. The court has set a deadline of one year to complete the work and the deadline will be adhered to. Efforts will be made to make up for the loss of greenery on Sankey Road either by translocating the trees or by planting saplings along the widened roads.
When will work on CNR Rao junction be completed?
Emphasis is being given to complete it at the earliest. One side of the service road will be opened to traffic in the next one month. The entire underpass will be completed in the next five months.
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