BANGALORE: The "empowered committee" set up by the Government to monitor work on roads, pavements, flyovers and other projects in the city will repair pavements laid by the Karnataka Land Army Corporation which have become unusable.

The committee headed by the Mayor, R. Narayanaswamy, which met here, also decided to set up a three-member panel comprising industrialists and officials to check digging of roads and ensure that roads that have been dug up are restored without delay.

The Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), K.V.R. Tagore, pointed out that because several pavements in the city have become unusable, pedestrians walk on the road and this has increased the number of accidents. The Police Department has identified roads where accidents occur frequently, and pavements along these roads can be repaired as part of the committee's efforts," Mr. Tagore said.

After a discussion, the committee decided to entrust the maintenance of pavements in M.G. Road, Dickenson Road and Brigade Road areas to shop owners. The height of medians on roads should be increased and ducts installed to lay cables, the members decided.

According to a BMP (Bangalore Mahanagara Palike) press release, V.K Vasuki, chief executive officer of a solid waste management authority in the U.S., reviewed the efforts made by the BMP in his area of expertise. He suggested that one or two places in the city, from where waste can be transported to dumping yards, be identified.

Based on Mr. Vasuki's suggestions, the committee members decided to urge the Government to allot 1,000 acres of land near Ramanagaram. Measures will be taken to ensure that the scientific landfill at Mavallipura is used from October.

The "waste to energy" plant near Mandur will be commissioned in two years. Another decision is to ensure that boards displaying details of projects — date of commencement and expected completion, cost involved, etc. — be put up near the sites of projects. Besides the Mayor, Mr. Vasuki and Mr. Tagore, the Chief Secretary, K.K. Misra; the BMP Commissioner, K. Jothiramalingam; the Opposition leader in the BMP Council, B.R. Nanjundappa; the Bharatiya Janata Party leader in the council, B.M. Mangala; and representatives of the Confederation of Indian Industry, BESCOM (Bangalore Electricity Supply Company) and BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board) were present.

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