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Road widening termed impractical

Staff Reporter

Bangalore:All those who attended a convention at the NGO Hall here on Sunday agreed on one thing — road widening was a short-sighted and impractical solution. They convention on road widening was organised by the Save Bangalore Committee.

Suresh Muna, a resident, said that instead of widening roads across the city and displacing people, the Government could explore options to reduce the vehicle load by controlling vehicle registrations.

“Every day, vehicles are registered and added to the crowded roads. The Government must bring in a system to control the number of vehicle registrations,” he said.

Srinivas Kale spoke about the helplessness of the citizens.

Mr. Kale said that with the High Court of Karnataka dismissing pleas on road widening, the people were left with no legal recourse.

Imtiaz Ahmed from the CMH Road Traders' Association claimed that with the on-going Metro work, business was affected.

“When the Metro work is still on, the authorities have decided to widen the roads. The livelihood of 1,500 shop owners and traders is at stake,” he said.

Residents of over 60 roads identified for widening from 75 different localities attended the convention.

They came together to form the Road Widening Resistance Committee, in which two representatives from each roads will be members.

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