Addressing a seminar on ‘Bruhat Bangalore - Our Roles, Challenges and Opportunities’, organised by Bangalore Mahanagara District Congress Committee in association with the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, he said state governments should ensure farmers are adequately compensated as per the commercial value of the land acquired.
On traffic woes in the City, he said governments had not planned public transport development in tandem with its growth.
“The Metro Rail project has been launched to provide quality public transport, but it alone cannot be a solution to the traffic woes. So, we have decided to support a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS). An adequate bus feeder support should provide connectivity to the Metro,” he said.
He cautioned against the shrinking green cover in the City. “Urbanisation is an unstoppable phenomena. By 2025, 50 per cent of India’s population will reside in urban areas. It is to meet these challenges of urban planning that the UPA government introduced the JNNURM and spend Rs 1 lakh crore by end of 11th Five Year Plan.”
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Mr Reddy said the Centre will soon come out with an ‘Urban Integrated Development Scheme’ for small and medium cities.
On Bangalore, Mr Reddy said it would be given priority under JNNURM.
“At the same time, priority would be given to drinking water, storm-water drains, sewerage and waste management projects as they constitute basic problems faced by a growing city.”
Administrative Reforms Committee Chairman Veerappa Moily said the state governments have not accorded importance to urban local bodies as per the 73th and 74th amendments.