When Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) commissioned work on a flyover across the busy Yeshwanthpur circle, commuters within the city were as happy as the ones travelling from outside city on NH 4.

For, the bottleneck stretched the travel time on Tumkur road by a good one hour.

But as with most BBMP projects, flexible deadlines have become a bane to the commuters. The deadline for the project that started on April 27, 2006 was supposed to be completed by December 19, 2007. Seven months after the deadline, the work is only half complete. The delay in projects would cost Palike additional financial burden in terms of escalation costs. BBMP has paid more than Rs 4 crore as escalation cost in case of grade seperator near Rajajinagar entrance. However, Palike sources deny that such escalation cost would be claimed by the contractors of Yeshwanthpur flyover. ``It is a turn key project and the question of escalation cost would not arise,’’ said the sources. In case of Rajajinagar project, the delay was attributed to Palike as there was delay in land acquisition, in case of Yeshwanthpur, there was no such glitch, said an official.

But what about the loss to the city due to the delay? ``Though it is possible to impose penalty on the contractor, the Palike agreement does not have the clause,’’ said sources in BBMP engineering department. Palike has now given the contractor a revised deadline of December, 2008 - an advancement by 12 months.

In effect, the completion of the Yeshwanthpur flyover depends more on the convenience of contractors than the commuters. The Rs 19.30 crore project was envisaged as part of the  comprehensive city development plan under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Yeshwanthpur flyover is designed to be a four-lane bi-directional flyover with a structural via duct of 250 metres. The ramp on Tumkur Road side would be 52.70 mtrs and on IISc side it would be 37.20 mtrs. The total length of the flyover is 419.9 mtrs.    At the time of design peak traffic at the junction in mornings was 8720 passenger car units (PCU) per hour while in the evenings it was 9293 pcu per hour. The project is being executed by Simplex Infrastructure Pvt Ltd who had earlier done Anand Rao circle flyover.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Yeshwanthpur circle is a junction of  five roads including NH4 and Yeshwanthpur Main road.

* Project was scheduled to complete by 19-12-07

* Revised deadline is December, 2008.

CRAWLING PROJECTS

The pace of infrastructure project development in Bangalore has always frustrated the citizens. While the city’s population grew by leaps and bounds, the flyovers and roads, underpasses and overbridges simply did not come up with the same speed.

BANGALORE 360 Degrees takes a look at many such pending projects in the City. First on the agenda is the Yeshwanthpur flyover.

What is your view on the infrastructure project progress in Bangalore City. Send your valuable suggestions,
observations and views to bangalore360@gmail.com

Govt sits on delimitation of wards

 The government had prepared the schedule of delimited wards in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) much before the Karnataka High Court ordered it to conduct civic polls in two months. After working on various drafts, the government has eliminated anomalies like a single ward falling in more than one assembly segment. The draft of schedule of wards complete with boundaries of all wards is awaiting cabinet approval.

Once the schedule is finalised following suggestions and objections, the government would prepare roaster points to reserve wards for various categories. On Sunday, Deccan Herald started the series to give you the schedule of all the 145 wards. Here is the next part.

58. Sanjeevani Nagar

Doddanna Industrial Estate, Annapurna Nagar, Venkateswara Nagar, Vinayaka Nagar, Kareemsab Nagar, Sanjeevani Nagar, Laxman Nagar, Maruthi Nagar, Byraveshwara Industrial Estate

59. Herohalli

Gruhalakshmi Housing Colony, Tigalarapalya, Mubarak Nagar, Vaddarapalya, Maruthi Nagar, Peenya Industrial Area IV Phase, Raghavendra Industrial Estate, Kalika Nagar, Raghavendra Nagar, Handrihalli, Vidyaman Nagar, Class D Employees Housing Society Layout, Nagarav.ale Nagar, SBI Colony, Syndicate Bank Employees Housing Society Layout, Venkateshwara Layout, Mariappa Extension, Mudeshwara Extension, Mudeshwara Layout, Herohalli, Madeshwara Nagar, Bedarahalli, Anjana Nagar, BEL Layout I Phase, BEL Layout II Phase 

60. Govindraj Nagar

Pete Mariappa Circle, Pete Channappa Industrial Estate, Kamakshipalya Industrial Estate, Cauvery Nagar, Priyad-arshini Layout, Pattigara Palya, Syndicate Bank Colony, HVR Layout, Ranganathpura, Prashanth Nagar Colony, Govindraj Nagar, Magadi Chord Road Layout, Thimmenahalli, Agrahara Dasarahalli 

61. Kamakshi palya

West of Chord Road I Stage, Saneguruvanahalli, Asthagrama Layout, KHB Colony, Havanur Circle, Kamakshipalya

62. Rajajinagar Indl. Town 

West Of Chord Road IV Stage, Indira Colony, Agrahara Dasarahalli, Rajaji Nagar Industrial Town, Oddarapalya, Rajaji Nagar 6 Block (P)

63. Srirama Mandira

West of Chord Road VI Phase, Jedehalli, Bhashyam Nagar, Bhashyam Circle, Rajaji Nagar 5 Block, 6 Block, 4M  Block SSI Industrial Area, part of Rajaji Nagar 4 Block

64. Bhashyam Nagar

Prakash Nagar, Bhashyam Nagar, Dayananda Nagar, Srirampuram, part of Rajaji Nagar 4 Block

65. Ramachandrapura

Ramachandrapura, Hanumantapura,Oklipuram, Gopalpura

66. Sevashrama

Jai Bheema Nagar, PNR Nagar, Shastri Nagar, V V Giri Colony, Nehru Nagar, Seshadripuram

67. Sampangiram

Annayappa  Block,  Sripuram,  Kumara Park East, Bangalore Golf Course, Vasant Nagar, Madhava Nagar, Race Course, Vidhana Soudha, Kanthraj Urs Circle, K R Circle, Gopal Gowda Circle, Gandhi  Nagar, Cub-bon Park, Siddalingaiah Circle, Sampangiram Nagar Extension, Sampangiram Nagar

68. Vasant Nagar

Kaverappa Layout, Vasant Nagar, Sulthangunta, Shivaji Nagar (P), Rajiv Gandhi Colony, Swamy Shivanandapuram (Tasker Town)

69. Bharati Nagar

Bharati Nagar, Sivanchetty Gardens, Bharati Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Commercial Street, Cha-ndni Chowk, NSC Bose Circle

70. Halasur

Sivanchetty Gardens, Halsoor Lake, Halsoor , Hoysala Nagar (Murphy Town), NSC Bose Circle, Shree Circle, RBANM's Circle, Begum Mahal Circle, Gupta Layout

71. Sarvagna Nagar

Sarvagna Nagar, Dodkunte, Kalhalli, Kadiranapalya, Kathalipalya, Krishnamurthy Nagar, New Baiyyappanalli, Jayaraj Nagar

72. Hoysala Nagar

Binna Mangala, B M Kaval, Indira Nagar, New Tippasandra, Hoysala Nagar (Murphy Town), Lakshmipura, Shastri Nagar, Indira Nagar II Stage, BM Sri Circle, Hutting Colony, Michael Palya, Puttappa Colony, HAL III Stage, Seethappa Colony, Venkateswara Colony

73. Sir. C V Raman Nagar

Nagavara, C V Raman Nagar, Kaggadasanapura, Malleshappanapalya, Garkamantapalya, K G Colony, Bairasandra, Bhuvaneswari Nagar, Bairasandra (Jogapalya), Krishnappa Garden, Maruthi Nagar 

74. Mahadevapura

Pai Layout, A Narayanapura, B Narayanapura, Mahadevapura (P), Udaya Nagar, DRDO II Phase, Mottappa Compound, Badavala Colony, A Narayanpura Extn., Defence Acct. Employees Layout, Vijnana Nagar, Annasandrapalya, Ramesh Nagar, Vimanpura, HAL Layout, Vibhitipura, Basava Nagar, Veerabhadra Nagar, L N Reddy Colo-ny, Ramaiah Reddy Colony

75. Dodda Nekkundi 

Mahadevapura (P), Maheswari Nagar, RHB Colony, Garudacharpalya, KEB Colony, Dodda Nekkundi Industrial Estate, Seetharampalya, Kundalhalli, Kiadb Export Promotion Industrial Area, Basavanna Nagar, Maruthi Nagar, Dodda Nekkundi, Dodda Nekkundi, Visveshwaraiah Industrial Estate, Dodda Nekkundi Extension, Kundalhalli Colony, Kundalhalli, AECS Layout, A Block, B Block, C Block, D Block, E Block, Channappanahalli, Annaiah Reddy, Layout, Jawahar Nagar, Sector 4.