Global tenders for B’luru traffic jams

New Delhi/Bengaluru, Aug 3: The Congress government in Karnataka has invited global tenders to manage the infamous traffic jams in Bengaluru, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar told mediapersons in New Delhi on Thursday.
“A global tender had been floated through the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA)… The last date for submitting tender is August 8,” he said.
“I have met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday regarding managing Bengaluru traffic. Four national highways pass through Bengaluru and vehicles which come through these highways have increased the volume of traffic in the city resulting in traffic jams. The action has to be taken to ease the traffic… I requested him for cooperation in this direction,” the Deputy Chief Minister added.
The picture of Bengaluru had to be changed by managing the traffic. Though Delhi and Mumbai have more traffic, the traffic in Bengaluru is discussed often as it is recognised as an “international city”, he said.
Basaavaraj Malagatti, former SP and who served as DCP in Bengaluru for a long time, told IANS that “these are all just statements”. “Infrastructure needed to be developed in Bengaluru city… “The steel bridge project to ease the huge traffic congestion near Hebbal in Bengaluru International Airport Road was opposed by the BJP… There is no funds available with the government for implementing guarantee schemes but they (state government) talk about taking Bengaluru to the standards of Singapore,” Malagatti said.
“Between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. as well as from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., (traffic) officials should be on road. No senior officer is seen on roads in Bengaluru,” he claimed. (IANS)