Smart City: A new deadline of June 30, 2024; Works worth ₹300 crore in progress
Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್
BENGALURU: The deadline for the completion of the Bengaluru Smart City project has been delayed by another year and works worth around ₹300 crore are still in progress.
The officials of the Smart City project were promising that all the works would be completed by June 23 and there would be no delay. However, there are still a couple of days left for that deadline, but seven works are still going on. As one more year has been given, the possibility of speeding up the works has diminished.
The capital Bengaluru was included in the 'Smart City Project' after a lot of struggle. Icon works were expected to take place in the city. However, more than half of the money was spent on Tendersure. Out of 32 roads, 5 roads are still not completed.
The work of providing state-of-the-art auditorium and other facilities in the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium is still progressing. Although it is said that three quarters of the work has been completed, the actual picture is different. The redevelopment of the Economic center of the K.R. market has been going on for years. The chaos at the place is a mirror of the slow pace of work there.
The much awaited Integrated command and Control Center (ICCC) is a project to provide security to the city, provide solutions to traffic, pedestrian and grievance issues at a single platform. It is still in its early stages. Car parking work has not started at Gandhibazar.
As the deadline for smart city projects has been extended by another year, there will be further delay in the work. There will be further delay in getting the facilities to the citizens.
Almost getting over..
Smart city projects are almost complete. Some works have been delayed due to local issues. Everything will be completed as soon as possible. New projects cannot be taken up. Sushilamma, the managing director in charge of the Smart City project, said that the already planned works will be completed.
44: Total projects
37: Completed works
7: Balance projects
₹928.57 crore: Cost of Smart City Project works
₹629.73 crore: Amount of completed works
₹298.84 crore: Value of unfinished works in progress
Works in progress
Work; Cost; Physical progress
Smart Tendersure Road – Millers Road, Cantonment Road, HKP Road; ₹41.40 crore; 95 percent
Smart Tendersure Road – Avenue Road, Reinus Street; ₹34.21 crore; 92 percent
Auditorium block at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium; ₹42 crore; 73 percent
K.R. Market – Redevelopment of meat market; ₹6.70 crore; 80 percent
K.R. Redevelopment of Market- Financial Centre; ₹40.05 crore; 85 percent
Integrated Command and Control Center (ICCC); ₹112.35 crore; 85 percent
Multi-storied car park at Gandhibazar; ₹22.13 crore; 0 percent
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