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- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bengaluru

THE Karnataka government has proposed several projects, including tunnel roads, double-decker flyovers, buffer roads, elevated corridors, and other infrastructure projects to ease traffic congestion in Bengaluru. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who also holds the Bengaluru Development portfolio, informed the Council on Thursday.

Shivakumar was responding to Congress MLC Sudham Das during the Question Hour on measures taken to decongest Bengaluru city. Shivakumar said that he has taken the responsibility of Bengaluru seriously.

"Bengaluru is not a planned city like New Delhi. Only a few settlements like Malleswaram, Jayanagar, and Indiranagar are planned. Earlier, traffic congestion was controlled to some extent. Otherwise, the situation would have worsened. A notification was issued in 2006 to take up the Peripheral Ring Road project to control traffic congestion, but it did not move forward. The project cost was Rs 2,000 crore then, and now under the Bangalore Business Corridor, the cost has escalated to Rs 26,000 crore," Shivakumar said.