Government's financial strength for BNG mega projects

 ₹7,000 crore grant every year; Guarantee for tunnel road loan

Government's financial strength for BNG mega projects

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್ 

Bengaluru: The state government, which has provided relief to the financial crunch faced by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to undertake mega projects in the city, has provided financial strength to build tunnel roads and flyovers.

The projects announced in the budget for Bengaluru, including tunnel roads, flyovers, grade separators, and 21 projects under the 'Brand Bengaluru' concept, have been announced frequently in the last budget and subsequent periods. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had also often spoken about government grants and guarantees for mega projects. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced and authorized such projects and grants and loan guarantees in the budget.

Dozens of flyovers and underpasses have been planned to ease traffic in the BBMP area. However, BBMP did not have the financial capacity to spend on them. The corporation had to depend on the ₹3,000 crore provided by the government every year under the ‘Capital Support for Special Infrastructure’ scheme to manage major projects. Hence, there was anxiety when new projects had to be undertaken. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has removed such anxieties, has made everything easier by providing its own grant and loan guarantee for each major project.

The ₹3,000 crore under the ‘Capital Support for Special Infrastructure’ scheme has been increased to ₹7,000 crore. Since it has been said that a ‘Special Purpose Vehicle’ (SPV) will be set up to look after the projects to be managed under this grant, accountability has been fixed. Through this, the projects for which the ₹7,000 crore grant has been allocated will be available under one platform. It is a good plan that the construction of a 120 km long flyover and grader separators will be managed by the SPV.

Furthermore, the city’s much-awaited tunnel road has been given a clear shape in the budget. The BBMP will avoid mortgaging its assets as the government has said that it will guarantee ₹19,000 crore of the ₹40,000 crore required for the East-West and North-South tunnel road corridors. 

The projects under the ‘Brand Bangalore’ concept have been reiterated in the budget. The development of 460 km of road network for which the tender process has been completed has also been proposed. The scheme to provide grants for three years to make the city a city of international health standards can improve the health facilities of the city residents if implemented at least this time. 

Although the sewerage, STP system development, our metro line, and Bangalore Business Corridor projects are all old, the steps taken for their implementation and information on taking loans have been announced and made official in the budget. 

Overall, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s budget for 2025-26 is a joy for Bengaluru. The income of BBMP is in terms of taxes. About four thousand crores are coming from this, and the projects should have been carried out from there. However, from the next financial year, four thousand crores will come mostly from the government, and huge projects will be implemented. The state budget has given a huge contribution to BBMP this time.

Brand Bengaluru: No focus on pothole repair

 The project to plant 2 lakh saplings under the ‘Green Bengaluru’ concept has not been launched

Brand Bengaluru: No focus on pothole repair

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: Although ₹450 crore has been allocated in the budget for 225 wards to repair potholes on roads, potholes on BBMP ward roads continue to increase.

Under the ‘Brand Bengaluru’ concept, works to keep the city’s roads in good condition were also announced in the budget under the ‘Sugama Sanchar Bengaluru’ scheme. Apart from main and sub-main roads, funds were allocated for the development of ward roads. However, potholes remain.

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had given a deadline of 15 days to repair potholes before leaving for a foreign trip last September. On this occasion, the Chief Commissioner, Zonal Commissioners, Joint Commissioners and Principal Engineers, including the Chief Commissioner, went out on the roads for a few nights and supervised the repair of potholes. Shivakumar had also submitted a report to him.

Although the main roads are somewhat better, the ward roads are in a very bad condition. The officials keep making excuses that ‘tenders have been called and the repair work will be done’. They are not paying much attention to the repair of the potholes. The repair work will be done only after the tender processes are completed as per its norms and work orders are issued.

‘Exhibition’ in the science laboratory

In the ‘Education Bangalore’ concept, ₹45 crore was allocated in the budget to provide high-tech facilities to BBMP schools. The intention was to set up a computer lab, an information science laboratory, and e-libraries. The school staff themselves are saying that ‘although computers have come to some schools, they have not come with the necessary equipment. Although smart boards have been installed, there is no staff to use them’.

The materials required for the science laboratory have reached some schools. But the consent of senior officials has not been received for their use. Thus, they are arranged like ‘display dolls’. The plan to set up ‘school gardens’ in primary and high schools has not yet been launched.

‘Green Bengaluru’

Under the ‘Green Bengaluru’ scheme, it was intended to green the city by planting two lakh saplings in the city. A scheme was launched in June to give children the responsibility of maintaining saplings during Environment Day. Later, that too failed and all the saplings withered. Tenders have been called for planting and maintaining the saplings at the end of the financial year. The forest department is planning to spend more than ₹3,000 per sapling. However, the bold program of planting lakhs or thousands of saplings has not been done yet.

DCM said engineers cannot be trusted

‘I cannot believe the report given by the engineers. I have repaired my college-age bike and I will inspect the roads on the bike,’ said Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar while inspecting the pothole repair work on major roads for a couple of hours (September 2024). Later, he did not come for inspection. Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath had said, ‘More than a thousand potholes are being created every day. Repair is a continuous process. A pothole-free road is impossible.’ Later, pothole repair has become a priority.

Budget that has not reached the people: Basavaraju

‘Since there are no corporators in BBMP, the budget required by the officials has been presented. It has not reached the common people. Although it is said that thousands of crores have been spent on road work, they have not been able to close the potholes. They are not providing the basic facilities that the people need,’ complained A.H. Basavaraju, former leader of the BBMP ruling party. 

Budget allocation for 2024-25

₹150 crore – Clean Bengaluru

• ₹100 crore – Land acquisition for waste treatment
• ₹10 crore – Public toilets
• ₹10 crore – Solid waste management equipment
• ₹30 crore – Sweeper

₹450 crore for 225 wards

• ₹30 lakh each for drainage, maintenance
• ₹15 lakh each for pothole closure
• ₹25 lakh each for footpath maintenance
• ₹5 lakh each for maintenance of monsoon control room
• ₹1.25 crore each for development works

₹50 crore – Education Bengaluru

(Educational progress programmes, high quality education, uniforms, infrastructure development)

Maximum of 7 Municipal Corporations Instead of BBMP

 Legislative Assembly Joint Scrutiny Committee Report Recommends

Maximum of 7 Municipal Corporations Instead of BBMP

Bengaluru: The Legislative Assembly Joint Scrutiny Committee has submitted its report stating that a maximum of seven municipal corporations should be formed under the ‘Greater Bangalore Administrative Authority’ and the mayor should have a tenure of 30 months.

Committee Chairman Rizwan Arshad presented the report in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.

When the ‘Greater Bangalore Administrative Bill-2024’ was introduced in the Legislative Assembly on July 25, 2024, members objected. As they insisted on referring it to a House Committee, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had promised to form a House Committee to examine the bill. Accordingly, the Legislative Assembly Speaker formed a ‘Legislative Assembly Joint Scrutiny Committee’ on August 22, 2024 and appointed Rizwan Arshad as its Chairman.

‘The committee has held discussions with officials from the Urban Development Department, Parliamentary Affairs, Legislative Department, and Law Department. Also, advice has been sought from the MLAs representing the city. Opinions have been received from citizens and organizations, and many changes have been suggested, and a report has been prepared and submitted,’ Rizwan Arshad informed.

No financial power: The ‘Greater Bangalore Authority’ (GBA) cannot have any power regarding the rates of taxes, fees, cesses, and user charges of the municipal corporations. It is an advisory authority and may have the power to take policy-related decisions, the report states.

The committee, which has sought the opinion of the Advocate General on whether the ‘Greater Bangalore Administration Bill’ would be contrary to the 74th Amendment to the Constitution, has suggested that the State Finance Commission’s recommendation should be sought for the distribution of funds among the municipal corporations.

The state government can provide core funds for major projects through the GBA. The administrative expenses of the GBA should be borne by the government. The report states that consultations should be held with the concerned municipal corporations before undertaking major projects.

Key recommendations of the report: 

• * The term of office of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor should be 30 months
• * There should be approximately the same number of wards in the newly created municipal corporations
• * The number of wards in each municipal corporation should not be less than 100
• * Each municipal corporation should start with ‘Bengaluru’. For example: Bangalore East Municipal Corporation, Bangalore West Municipal Corporation, Bangalore South Municipal Corporation
• * A resident of a municipal corporation should be allowed to contest in only one ward
• * After being elected as a municipal corporation member, one cannot change the voter list of a ward of another municipal corporation. If you do so, your membership will be cancelled
• * The Regional Commissioner in the Greater Bangalore Authority should be named as the Chief Commissioner
• * The District Collector and Superintendent of Police should be members in the Greater Bangalore Authority
• * MPs should be considered as members of the authority in the event of voting rights
• * BBMP Act – 2020 should be included in the bill
• * Each standing committee should have a minimum of five and a maximum of 11 corporation members.
• * The term of the ward committee should be limited to 20 months
• * The MLA should be the chairman of the ‘Field Consultation and Coordination Committee’ and the corporation members should be members. The members of the Legislative Council who have votes in the assembly constituency should also be members
• * Tax should be imposed on entertainment programs
• * Property tax should be confiscated after two years of non-payment of arrears, and action should be taken to auction it after one year
• * The power to create private streets should be given to the commissioner from the ward committee
• * Separate committees should be formed for lakes, fisheries, and horticulture

Objection to spelling and grammatical errors

The Joint Scrutiny Committee of the Legislative Assembly has found many spelling and grammatical errors in the Kannada version of the ‘Greater Bangalore Administration Bill-2024’.

There are differences in the translation of the bill, which was written in English, into Kannada. The errors in the clauses have been shown in the report and it has been suggested to correct them.

The names of the posts have also been entered incorrectly. There are differences in terminology, and the wrong translation should be corrected. Noting the discrepancies in several sections, the committee also suggested that each chapter be newly translated and that Kannada and English versions be prepared and provided side by side.

Despite all these instructions, the draft bill has been published in English in the report submitted by the Joint Scrutiny Committee of the Legislature.

BBMP: ‘Tunnel Road’ not raised from DPR

 Traffic not smooth, city not attractive under ‘Brand Bengaluru’

 BBMP: ‘Tunnel Road’ not raised from DPR

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: The ‘underground road’ project, which was announced in the state budget even before the BBMP budget, and is an alternative way to smooth traffic, costing thousands of crores, has not yet been raised from the detailed project report (DPR).

In the first month of the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah coming to power, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had said, ‘If smooth traffic is to be possible in the city, the only solution is a ‘underground road’, it will be ready once it is built.’ However, even after saying this, the project has not come out of the DPR even after a year and a half.

D.K., who is also the Bangalore Urban Development Minister, Shivakumar had given deadlines that tenders would be invited for the ‘tunnel road’ project from Hebbal to the Silk Board by September 2024, December 2024 and by the end of February 2025. However, BBMP’s Engineer in Chief B.S. Prahlad, who is leading the project, has not yet finalized the DPR. A firm that had prepared the DPR had also included the sheets of the Mumbai project and given it to the corporation. The engineers had also given an explanation that it was just one sheet.

‘Sugama Sanchar Bengaluru’ was given first priority in the BBMP budget under the concept of ‘Brand Bengaluru’. It was decided to allocate ₹800 crore and acquire means to make traffic smooth. The BBMP has only achieved so far by getting a feasibility report of Rs 54,000 crore for constructing 16 flyovers, including tunnels, under the ‘Bengaluru Integrated Traffic Management Project’. Although a detailed report has been given, there are allegations that BBMP engineers are wasting time and money by calling it a DPR.

Pink Room: Under the concept of ‘Attractive Bengaluru’, the BBMP budget had said that ‘pink rooms’ would be built for women at malls and bus stands, providing facilities for napkins and rest. The pink rooms have survived in the budget book, which was printed in colour.

It was said that electric lights would be installed at flyovers, underpasses and road junctions to make them attractive. LED lights were lit only at Hudson Circle during ‘Invest Karnataka’ and ‘Aero-India Air Show’. Later, they also disappeared.

Unable to identify the location for ‘Skydeck’!

The BBMP had announced in the budget that it would build a world-class 250-meter-high ‘Skydeck’ that would become an attractive destination for Bengaluru city. Although this was proposed even before the budget, engineers have not been able to identify the location for the ‘Skydeck’.

BBMP officials are saying that due to the delay in identifying the location for the construction of the second airport in Bengaluru, the locations identified in the south and north for the ‘Skydeck’ have not been finalized. Citizens keep complaining that BBMP officials, who have prepared ‘ready-made excuses’ for the delay of every project, are also responsible for the delay in the flyover works that have been going on for many years.

‘Brand Bangalore’ projects announced in the 2024-25 budget

₹880 crore – Smooth Traffic Bengaluru

₹300 crore for road white topping

₹100 crore for Rajakaluve buffer zone development

₹50 crore for road widening as per RMP

₹50 crore for road construction as per RMP

₹200 crore for tunnel road project DPR

₹30 crore for Padarayanapura road widening

₹100 crore for combined metro-road flyover route (double decker road)

₹50 crore for circular pedestrian flyover at Banashankari Circle

₹225 crore – Attractive Bengaluru

• ₹100 crore for coloured lights at important city landmarks
• ₹25 crore for beautification of junctions
• ₹50 crore for initial project cost of sky-deck construction
• ₹50 crore Funds for Kempegowda Development Authority

Not ‘Brand’, but ‘Pothole Bangalore’

‘The budget was divided in the name of Brand Bangalore. Out of the money allocated in this, ₹40 crore has been released for Detailed Project Report (DPR) and advisory reports. Apart from this, no other work has been done. Although ₹250 crore has been allocated in the grant of the District In-charge Minister, approval has been given for works worth ₹365 crore. But these works have not started yet. They have only given flowers to the ears of the people of the city in the name of ‘Brand Bangalore’. No works have been implemented. They have not even repaired the potholes on the roads, but have called ‘Brand Bangalore’ ‘Pothole Bangalore’. ₹367 crore has been spent per km to build tunnel roads in the highest altitude areas of Leh and Ladakh. But BBMP is going to spend more than ₹850 crore per km. They are now carrying out the work of the white-topping project that was approved in 2022-23,’ said former BBMP ruling party leader N.R. Ramesh.

Budget is a continuous process: Harish

‘Budget is a manual of the projects we undertake in a year. Mega projects are not completed in a single year. If the initial cost is shown in the first year, the money allocated for them is announced in the subsequent budgets. It is not possible to complete huge projects that will last for about five years this year,’ said Harish Kumar, Special commissioner, finance department of BBMP.

BBMP: ‘Brand Bangalore’ budget not launched

 A flood of projects in the 2024-25 budget; ‘New revenue’ not implemented

‘Brand Bangalore’ budget not launched

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: The BBMP budget for 2024-25, which was presented to give a new look to Bengaluru under the concept of ‘Brand Bangalore’, is coming to an end, but many of the original projects have not been launched.

Projects such as 50 new Indira Canteens, ‘Arogya Sarathi’ that will go to the doorsteps of citizens in electric vehicles and give injections to improve immunity, establishment of 40 new primary health centers under the ‘Samagra Sadruth Arogya’ scheme, ‘Sharane Satyakka’ award for civic workers, Kempegowda Award scheme, construction of ‘She Toilets’ for women were announced in the budget. However, even as the budget for 2025-26 draws near, there are no signs of the projects announced in the previous year starting.

The ‘Brand Bangalore’ concept project, which was launched on the instructions of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, was started by collecting information through discussions with citizens, including educational institutions, and a report was prepared. The same was also suggested by Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar to incorporate it in the BBMP budget.

As per D.K. Shivakumar’s instructions, the BBMP budget was presented in seven sections under the title ‘Brand Bangalore’. It was intended to use the additional income from the Premium FAR and the advertisement policy for the implementation of these projects. It was also said that ₹1,580 crore would be transferred to the ‘Escrow’ account for this. However, a notification was issued on February 21, 2025 for the Premium FAR. The advertisement policy has not been implemented yet. Therefore, the projects under the ‘Brand Bangalore’ concept have fallen on deaf ears.

Municipal workers did not get ‘Sharane Satyakka’ award

Under the ‘Swachh Bengaluru’ concept, ₹100 crore has been allocated to purchase 100 acres of land each in four directions for waste processing. This is in its initial stages. Although ₹1,000 crore has been allocated for solid waste management, segregation, development of landfill sites, and operation of solid waste treatment plants, BSWML has stopped the projects at the tender stage.

Although the two-year-old plan to build 100 ‘she toilets’ for women was announced in the budget, the corporation has failed to give it a shape and implement it.

The plan to give ‘Sharane Satyakka’ award to eight people, like one municipal worker in each zone, and give ₹50,000 in cash each, Kempegowda Day celebration, and Kempegowda Award distribution have not been launched.

‘Separate Health Commissionerate’ not implemented

₹100 crore was allocated in the budget to upgrade health services under the name of ‘Healthy Bengaluru’. Plans to establish a separate Health Commissionerate for Bengaluru itself and manage all types of health services have been shelved. ‘Arogya Sarathi’, ‘Manobimba’ Samvad YouTube, ‘Sadhu Arogya’ schemes remain as budget book announcements.

It was announced that a comprehensive system would be created for civil services under the ‘Tech Bengaluru’ concept. The ‘Raste Gundi Kandhan Tantra’ app, which was launched to close road potholes, has been shut down in a few days. There is no response to the complaints filed by citizens. The ‘Service Platform’, a project to inform the stage of the process of resolving the complaints filed by citizens, has not been developed yet.

‘Indira Canteen’ not materialized: Katte Satyanarayana

‘None of the canteens, including the ‘Indira Canteen’ that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah first unveiled, are in good condition. No new menu has come. The promise of setting up 50 new Indira Canteens has been pending for two years. Under the scheme called ‘Clean Bengaluru’, the solid waste management system has deteriorated. There is one person who sweeps the garbage, one who removes it, one who collects it, one who transports it… Thus, the waste management system has deteriorated as there is a different agency for each. Although the BBMP presented the budget claiming to be the ‘Brand Bengaluru’ concept, no other work has started in the city except the old scheme of white topping,’ said former BBMP mayor Katte Satyanarayana.

₹12,371.63 crore – BBMP Budget 2024–25

Grant Allocation

Public Works; ₹7,280.93 crore

Solid Waste Management; ₹1,952.19 crore

Social Welfare; ₹829.63 crore

Public Health; ₹483.26 crore

Horticulture; ₹248.08 crore

Public Education; ₹214.82 crore

Town Planning; ₹62.30 crore

₹1,580 crore for ‘Brand Bangalore’

₹880 crore: Smooth Traffic Bangalore

₹225 crore – Attractive Bangalore

₹150 crore – Clean Bangalore

₹125 crore – Healthy Bangalore

₹100 crore – Green Bangalore

₹50 crore – Tech Bangalore

₹50 crore – Education Bangalore

Vidhan Sowdha, Vikas Sowdha, Rajabhavana’s tax not paid

 Property tax pending for more than 10 years; no action to seal: BBMP

Vidhan Sowdha, Vikas Sowdha, Rajabhavana’s tax not paid

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: More than one thousand buildings owned by the state and central government, including Raj Bhavan, Vidhan Sowdha, Vikas Sowdha, and multi-storey buildings, have not paid property tax for dozens of years.

Notices were issued to all the buildings during the One Time Relief Scheme (OTS) period. Also, BBMP officials in their respective zones had issued demand notices asking how much property tax should be paid. OTS was due by November 2024. However, none of the buildings have paid property tax so far. 

More than ₹150 crore is pending in property tax from more than one thousand government buildings in the city. However, the corporation has not come forward to seal the buildings and pay property tax. In the current financial year, more than 83 thousand private buildings have been locked and tax has been paid. Post offices were also locked when they did not pay tax.

The notice is old: ‘Notices were issued to central and state government buildings to pay property tax when OTS was in force. The officials of the concerned departments were also told that since there is no interest and penalty, many crores would be saved. However, they have not paid the tax,’ said BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath.

When asked by reporters whether government buildings will also be locked to lock private buildings that have not paid tax, Tushar Girinath replied, ‘No, how can that be done? Public buildings cannot be locked.’

Record despite not reaching the target: BBMP has collected more than 17 percent more property tax in the current financial year than the previous financial year, creating a record. However, with only a month left to reach the target for the year, ₹668 crore is still to be collected.

Yelahanka zone is at the top of the property tax collection, achieving 98 per cent. Bommanahalli zone is at the bottom, collecting 78.39 per cent. The remaining six zones have recorded collections of more than 83 per cent.

Compared to last year, Rajarajeshwari Nagar zone has collected 37.97 per cent more tax this year by the end of February. Dasarahalli zone (25.65 per cent), Yelahanka (24.50 per cent) and Western zone (23.95 per cent) are at the next position. Bommanahalli zone has seen a mere 2.12 per cent increase in collection.

Identification of tax-evading properties

Officials estimate that around seven lakh properties in eight zones of BBMP are not paying tax. Against this backdrop, 87,816 properties have been identified in the eight zones, and ₹285.12 crore in tax has been collected.

Demand notices were issued for tax of ₹398.49 crore from 15,731 properties that had been revised (as on 1st April 2024). Out of which ₹122.04 crore tax has been collected from 10,798 properties. 

The revision of property tax is ongoing and as on 1st March 2025, ₹152.26 crore tax is pending from 10,006 properties.

Property Tax Collection (as on 31st March 2025)

Zone;Target (₹ in crores);Collection (₹ in crores);Last year collection (₹ in crores) (as on 31st March 2024);

West;610.39;510.70;412.04

East;891.89;762.02;680.45

South;769.50;657.53;549.07

RR City;434.35;361.93;262.32

Bommanahalli;585.11;458.66;449.13

Dasarahalli;164.95;146.29;116.43

Mahadevpur;1,309.04;1,207.60;1033.92

Yalahanka;445.24;437.01;351.01 

₹231.42 crore tax arrears from 3,81,948 properties

Zone; property; balance

Bommanahalli;63,014;₹54.99 crore

Mahadevpur;89,509;₹49.77 crore

East;50,364;₹35.82 Crore

South;35,659;₹30.04 crore

West;40,237;₹30.04 crore

Rajarajeshwari Nagar;51,994;₹21.77 crore

Dasarahalli; 15,833; ₹13.19 crore

Rajakaluve: Approval for expenditure of ₹2 thousand crore

 ₹1,700 crore loan from World Bank; ₹300 crore expenditure from BBMP

Rajakaluve: Approval for expenditure of ₹2 thousand crore

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: The state government has given administrative approval to the action plans worth ₹2 thousand crore to develop 179 km long Rajakaluves under BBMP jurisdiction. 

The state government had announced the plan to develop Rajakaluve under BBMP jurisdiction under the World Bank-assisted ‘Karnataka Water Security and Disaster Resilience Program’ in the budget for 2024-25. The decision to implement the plan was taken in the cabinet meeting held on February 20, 2025. Accordingly, the Urban Development Department approved the implementation of the action plans on March 1.

Yelahanka, Mahadevapura, Bommanahalli, R.R. The BBMP had submitted a proposal to approve the estimate and detailed project reports for the works of constructing barrier walls for 179.90 km long barrier-free royal canals in the city and Dasarahalli zones.

It had submitted a report and estimate for the repair and redesign of dilapidated stone structures of 80 km long royal canals in the selected outer zones including the eastern, western and southern zones of the inner city. The Urban Development Department has approved both these proposals.

After obtaining assistance from the World Bank, it has been suggested that the state government's share of ₹400 crore should be borne by the BBMP from its own resources. It has been said that tenders should be invited as per the KTPP Act, approval should be obtained from the competent authorities and the works should be implemented urgently.

The tender should be approved by a committee headed by the Additional Chief Secretary of the Urban Development Department. It has been suggested that any change in the approved action plan should be approved by the department minister.

It has been stipulated that the Chief Engineer of BBMP and the concerned Chief Engineers should monitor the quality of the works.

Details of Rajakaluve

• 859.90 km; Length of Rajakaluves in the city
• 75 km; Development till 2005
• 102. km; Development during 2006 to 2015
• 212 km; Development during 2016 to 2018
• 102 km; Development during 2019 to 2021
• 195 km; Construction of cistern wall in progress from 2022
• 173.90 km; Rajakaluve development pending

₹2,000 crore; Expenditure for Rajakaluve development

₹1,600 crore; Cost of 247 works in five zones of outer zone

₹400 crore; 104 works in inner zone, outer zone

How much cost in which zone?

Construction of barrier wall for Rajakaluves

Bommanahalli;₹205.25 crore

Mahadevapura;₹630.30 crore

Yelahanka;₹193.30 crore

R.R. Nagar;₹398.39 crore

Dasarahalli;₹173.61 crore

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Redesign work of Rajakaluves 

East;₹85 crore

West;₹45 crore

South;₹65 crore

Koramangala Valley;₹20 crore

Dasarahalli;₹35 crore

Yelahanka;₹90 crore

R.R. Nagar;₹60 crore