
Maharani
College underpass Opened
After
a long wait, commuters using Palace Road will get some breathing space. Chief
Minister Yeddyurappa will opened two underpasses on June 7th one near Maharanis
College and the other near KR Circle. The underpasses have been constructed as
part of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palikes (BBMP) initiative to make
the junction near the college as well as the KR Circle signal free. It was a dream
project for BBMP, as the stretch used to witness heavy traffic jams during peak
hours.
The underpass constructed near Maharanis College will facilitate
smooth flow of traffic on Palace Road as well as Seshadri Road while the one at
KR Circle will allow the traffic coming from the Vidhana Soudha to move towards
Hudson Circle without having to wait for signal.
Bangalore-Mysore
State highway to be six-lane
The
Bangalore-Mysore State highway will be upgraded from four to six lanes, and Reliance
Infrastructure Ltd. has exhibited interest in developing the road, according to
Minister for Public Works C.M. Udasi.
The
six-lane road is likely to be completed by 2012. Presently, the use of Bangalore-Mysore
road is toll-free.After the upgrading, road-users will have to shell out a toll.
Other
roads such as the Bangalore-Raichur corridor via Bagalkot (Hungund-Lingsugur),
the Hiriyur-Bellary-Raichur road and the Gulbarga-Bijapur-Belgaum road via Jewargi,
Athani and Chikkodi would be developed on public-private partnership. The Government
has decided to rope in private companies for developing three major roads under
the BOT scheme: Yelahanka to Kudumalakunte in Andhra Pradesh (137.16 km), Arsikere
to Pandavapura (107.20 km), Hoskote to Chintamani (44.95 km), Mundargi to Koppal
(31.83 km) Hoskote to Tekal (31.83 km) and Hoskote till the Tamil Nadu border
(53 km), Mr. Udasi said.
Coffee
House to open in Church Street
TThe
cooperative-run India Coffee House, which shut shop on MG Road, is all set to
make a comeback on Church Street.
Indian
Coffee House at Church StreetThe restaurant workers are readying for new innings
on a new turf Brigade Gardens on Church Street.
The
restaurant will occupy the space Japanese eating place Dahlia operated in. With
the interior work for the kitchen almost complete, it might not be too long before
we hear one hot, one BB, one single omelette -toast.
The
restaurant which had evoked lot of emotion among its ardent fans and employees
while it was closed down, is assured to receive a grand response as it will kick
start again, quite soon.
Yeshwantpur
Flyover opened
Chief
Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday launched the Yeshwantpur flyover, the Sanjaynagar
grade separator, Malleswaram Indoor Basketball Stadium and the Cantonment Railway
Under Bridge (RUB).
Yeddyurappa
said he wished to shift the Race Course to the outskirts of the City by December
31 this year and erect a public utility structure in its place to portray Bangalore
as it ought to be.
Transport
Minister R Ashok said the upcoming projects would ease the Citys traffic
woes. We will begin work on 62 underpasses and make the outer ring road
and the 10 corridors signal free, he said.
The
452 metre-long Yeswantpur flyover runs from Tumkur Road to C V Raman Road, and
is expected to ease the congestion around the Yeswantpur area. The project was
delayed by nearly four months causing a lot of inconvenience to commuters. The
total cost incurred is 1,930 lakh.
Cinema
Halls in Bengaluru to close by 11.00 pm
The
state government has decided to allow film screening in the city from 10 am to
11 pm, following a representation from the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce
(KFCC). At present film screening is allowed from 10 am to 10.30 pm only.
Speaking
to reporters on Tuesday, after discussing the matter with the KFCC office-bearers
and the city police commissioner Shankar Bidari, Home Minister Dr B V Acharya
said following a representation, the screening timings will also be changed. The
new timings are 11.15 am, 2.30 pm, 6.15 pm and 8.30 pm. Bengalureans are up in
arms against this police raj in the city and they opine that such retrograde measures
only dampen the image of the city rather than actually doing any good.
It
is not justified to clip nightlife in order to reduce crime rates, this is just
an excuse given by the cops to not do their duty properly. It is their job to
take care of the law and order situation in all conditions and not easily shirk
away their responsibility by curbing the night life, said Prashanth Sinha,
a software engineer.
If
the multiplexes have to shut down by 11pm, then the last show should ideally start
at around 8.30pm.