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Will the promises turn real?
Now that a democratically elected government is in place in Karnataka, it is in fitness of things to expect some quick action to translate the promises into reality. The declared promises of major political parties in the run-up to the elections can be summed up thus:
Classification and upgrading of roads in BBMP area covering the five administrative zones.
Construction of new roads and improvement of arterial roads
Completion of metro rail project on priority; new rail projects too, if necessary.
Setting up of a single agency to cover all service providers such as water supply, transport, housing and power; and a special power generation unit, if feasible.
Dedicated expressway of international standard to Bangalore International Airport. Improvement of living conditions in slums and new BBMP areas.
Administrative changes, including setting up of a Metropolitan Planning Council.
Involvement of Resident Welfare Associations in solving city’s problems.
People-friendly tax regimes.
Increased funds allocation for taking up the city’s development to solve traffic bottlenecks by stressing on PPP/BOT.
Ongoing projects
let us have a look at the various projects under various governments in the past few years.
The fast track development of Bangalore, in fact, received a fillip during the S.M. Krishna regime.
The Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF), which was set up with the representatives of State Government, industries, non-governmental organisations and other experts from select fields was the first step in democratising the development of Bangalore. Though the BATF did not get continued patronage in the JD(S)-supported Dharam Singh Government, administrative steps were continued for completing the international airport project in Devanahalli, metro rail, ROR over the Hosur Road from Silk Board junction and to Electronics City, flyovers/underpasses, peripheral ring road etc. the same prevailed during the Kumaraswamy coalition government rule..
K. SUKUMARAN
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