The land acquisition process is not over yet, the work will be done only after the IISC report
Eijipura flyover: Many obstacles to the work
Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್
Bengaluru: There are many hurdles to restart the Eijipura Elevated Corridor project which was formed nine years ago.
The work of completing the flyover started on Friday. However, many obstacles such as IISC technical report, delay in land acquisition process, obstruction in clearing of trees have started from day one.
The work has been stopped for two years, how should it be reconsteucted? The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) has to issue a technical report on what precaution or technology should be adopted. The basic work will start only after this report is received. It will be two months before this report is available.
The process of land acquisition of private buildings including Central House, St. John's Hospital, Bwssb buildings has not yet been completed. The required land is marked on the buildings and compounds. However, the process of acquiring it has to start again.
Talks have been held with the owners in the past regarding land acquisition. Everyone wanted cash. Now we have to negotiate again and finalize everything. Survey work is also to be done. Everything has been prepared for this," said Yogesh, Executive Engineer of BBMP Planning Department.
A survey will be conducted, a high-level meeting will be held with government agencies and the solution will be decided. Talks are also held with private individuals. It will take two-three months to complete all this,' he said.
It is not possible to build an overpass without clearing the trees. The final decision was taken after holding a meeting in this regard. Discuss with the forest department and proceed on the advice of the law cell,” he said.
It will take another three to four months to start all the work on the flyover. We have started preliminary work in the plant and ramp work in Dommalur side. Here too, work will be done only if the trees are cleared," said Suresh, the contractor's project manager.
"Seven or eight years of chaos is enough. Locals are saying that if this flyover is completed soon, it will be enough. The target is to complete the construction of the flyover in 15 months. However, due to many disruptions, this period is likely to increase further.
Opposition to clearing of trees
The committee has given approval to cut 67 trees to complete the construction of Ejipura flyover, which has been entrusted to the contractor. As some environmental activists objected to this, the work of clearing the trees, which had started on Friday, was stopped," said DCF Swamy of BBMP Forest Department.
"Without cutting down all the trees, some trees can be saved. Our demand is to cut down the twigs and branches that are obstructing the work and save the 50-60 year old trees. Also, BBMP has been requested to change the plan map in order to save the trees," said Vinod Jacob, General Manager of Namma Bengaluru Foundation.
2014 scheme
Elevated Corridor (Ejipura Flyover) on Koramangala Outer Ring Road 2.5 km. It is a long flyover. This project was formulated in 2014. In 2017, the contract was awarded to Simplex Infrastructure for ₹157.66 crore. The project was to be completed by 2019. However, the contractor delayed. Even after four years and seven months, only 42% of the work was completed. ₹75.11 crore was also paid to him.
Adinarayan Shetty filed a writ in the High Court due to the delay in the work of the flyover. The High Court, which had given its verdict on February 17, 2022, had canceled the tender and invited a fresh tender and directed to complete the work at the earliest. But due to BBMP's delay, the tender invited for the fourth time was accepted in March 2023. After negotiations with the contractor, it was submitted for cabinet approval in August. Although approved on September 7, a turnkey lumpsum contract with BSCPL Infrastructure for ₹176.11 crore was awarded on November 17.
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