A 'starting state' that doesn't change after a deadline
'Ullalu Grade Separator' on Kengeri Outer Ring Road not working speed; Trafficking of motorists
- ₹32.84 crore; Total Cost for Ullalu Junction Grade Separator
- 27 August 2020; The day the work was commissioned
- 20 months; The deadline given to complete the work
- ₹6.77 crore; Release of funds to contractors
- Contractors; PJB Engineers, Richmond Road
Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್
Bengaluru: Even after the tender amount, 10% more 'premium rate' is being offered, the work of 'Ullalu main road grade separator' is in the same condition as it was started three years ago.
A grade separator is being constructed at Ullalu main road junction for smooth and signal-free traffic on Kengeri outer ring road connecting Mysore road and Magadi road. Since the work has been contracted on a 'turn key' basis, no matter how many years the delay is, the BBMP will not incur much financial burden. But for the citizens alone, there is no fault of hardship and annoyance for more than three years.
A contract for ₹28.22 crore has been awarded for the construction of a grade separator at the junction that takes a turn from Jnanabharati to Ullalu main road and Kengeri and Nagarabavi sides, and the work has been commissioned in 2020. A deadline has been given to complete the work in 20 months. In the 'tender premium' category, ₹2.58 crore is being offered which is 10% more than the original tender amount. The overall cost is quoted at ₹32.84 crore. By this time, it should have been two years since the work was completed. However, the situation is still the same as the days when the work started, only one part of the barrier wall is still in progress.
No land acquisition process has to be done at Ullalu main road junction. However, there is no progress in the work since four years. Every day, due to the traffic at this junction, vehicles are lined up on Jnanabharati Campus, Ullalu Main Road and Kengeri Outer Ring Road. As the roads are narrow, vehicles are plying on the footpaths as well. Due to this, the movement of citizens is also facing difficulties.
What are we doing, money is not being released to us. If there is no money, how can the work be completed', the person who took charge of the work of both the grade separators is telling the locals.
They are saying that it is a grade separator. I don't know what he has been doing for three years. If it was a grade separator, the junction should have been dug. If it was a flyover, at least pillars should have been constructed. However, there is no trace of it on Ullalu Main Road or Outer Ring Road. In one part of the road, no work has been done except removing the university wall and constructing a barrier. If you can't work, why start work if you can't pay the workers? It seems that BBMP has started the work under someone's pressure. They are doing all this to cause trouble to the people,' said Nagendrappa, Ramesh, Nataraj, Gauramma, Rajendra, traders of Ullalu Main Road Junction.
There is also traffic in the university premises
The work of grade separator at Ullalu main road junction has been going on for more than three years and it is becoming a problem to move around here. Students coming from Ullalu, Vishwesvaraya Layout, Jnanabharati Barangay, Mallathahalli areas are not able to attend the classes on time. Jagdish, a student of Mallathahalli, said that there is also vehicular traffic in the university premises.
Time wasted by traffic
We are moving from the grade separator work to the Kengeri ring road through the VV inner road. Hundreds of vehicles are also coming on the same route, creating traffic here. People going towards Nagdevanahalli and Doddabasti are spending hours on this route every day,' complained Kumara, a resident of Doddabasti.
Start work soon: Prahlad
The construction work of Ullalu Main Road Junction Grade Separator is progressing due to several reasons. We shifted the temple to another place. We will start the work in a few days," said BBMP Engineer in Chief B.S. Prahlad, who is also the Chief Engineer of the Road Infrastructure Department.
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