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| M.G.Road promenade to be altered |
| The Mahatma Gandhi Road promenade in Bangalore will no longer be the same.
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| INDIA
, 6-April-2007
23:23:53 PM |
| May be you should now walk to your heart's content on one of Bangalore's most scenic stretches — the promenade on Mahatma Gandhi Road. For, this lovely walkway will lose much of its height soon to make the Metro Rail safe as the columns of the viaduct will be located on its slope.
Once the construction is over, those using the promenade, the venue of countless quiet communions as well as lovers' trysts, will have to put up with the rumble of metro trains running in the east and west directions on dedicated lines not too far above their heads.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) Managing Director V. Madhu told The Hindu that the promenade would be remodelled keeping in mind the safety of those who use it when the viaduct is ready.
One of the important safety requirements is to allow the movement of fire engines under the viaduct, which is not possible if the height of the promenade is kept at the present level, he said.
Mr. Madhu assured that the drawings of the remodelled promenade would be soon put on BMRCL's website, http://bmrc.co.in, and the public can give their suggestions considering there are "emotional issues involved".
The metro trains are expected to run on the viaduct from April 2010.
Work on the viaduct from the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium to Byappanahalli is expected to start on April 15. The BMRCL had submitted a traffic diversion plan to the police, which is studying it. The public will be apprised of it in advance.
The contractor for the 7-km viaduct, Navayuga Engineering Co. (India), is expected to start the work simultaneously on three stretches — Mahatma Gandhi Road, Vivekananda Road and Old Madras Road. The company, which has bagged the work for Rs. 115 crore, has been given 27 months from January 2007 to complete it. BMRCL would need almost a year thereafter to run the trains.
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