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Bronze statue of Lal Bahadur Shastri to be installed in Bangalore Work on two more flyovers in the State capital launched BANGALORE: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has said the Government will examine the possibility of extending the Metro Rail up to Electronics City. He also announced that many road development projects would be taken up in the next two years. Speaking at a function organised by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to launch work on two flyovers here on Monday, Mr. Yeddyurappa said that 1,187 roads in the old Bangalore Mahanagara Palike area would be developed at a cost of Rs. 300 crore. The Government had already released Rs. 100 crore, he added. A total of 1,550 roads in the new areas of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) would also be developed. The work includes expansion and widening of the existing roads and building new roads at a cost of Rs. 750 crore. The work would be funded by the BDA, Mr. Yeddyurappa added. Besides, 23 arterial roads in the central parts of the city would be widened at a cost of Rs. 110 crore. Mr. Yeddyurappa said a bronze statue of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, which was getting ready in Mumbai, would soon be installed in the city. The Chief Minister said the Government had taken steps to check terror activities in the State. Educational institutions in the State had been told to strictly monitor the activities of students. Earlier, H.N. Ananth Kumar spoke about the achievements of the BJP Government. The flyovers will be built at Agara junction and at Iblur junction, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, at a total cost of Rs. 93.8 crore. The work is likely to be completed 18 months.
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