“We will white-top 500-km of roads in Bengaluru,” DK Shivakumar

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar today said a detailed project report was being prepared to white top 500 km of roads at a cost of Rs 4,000 crore.

Speaking to reporters after kickstarting white topping and road development works in Gandhinagar Assembly constituency, he said, “White topped roads last 25-30 years. We have already taken up 148 km of roads for white topping and we are spending Rs 1,800 crore for white topping 83 roads. Black topping is going on in 350 km of roads at a cost of 182 km at a cost of Rs 695 crore. The CM has given a grant of Rs 1,100 crore and we have taken up asphalting of 550 km of roads.”

“When the PM came to Bengaluru for the inauguration of Metro Yellow line, we had appealed to him to give us a grant of Rs 1.5 lakh for development activities in Bengaluru. We have not received any reply from the PM on this till now,” he said.

“Our government has taken a decision to build 113-km elevated corridor. We are also building 40 km of tunnel roads in the first phase. One loud mouth MP has been busy tweeting about this. Bengaluru has elected five MPs but none of the MPs have got even a single paise for Bengaluru,” he said.

“Our city got a lot of projects and funds during the Manmohan Singh governance. The current set of MPs haven’t done anything. Not even one of them has met the PM and discussed the needs of the city. The contribution of BJP MPs for the state is nil,” he added.

10000 potholes filled
“We have filled 10000 potholes till now. Bommai government had given an affidavit to court that there were about 20,000 potholes in the city. We have given the opportunity to the public to identify and report potholes,” he added.

“We have formed 5 corporations to take administration closer to people. This decision will yield great results in the days to come. The Opposition is criticising the GBA but they were taken into confidence while forming the GBA,” he explained.