Bangaloreans may have to wait for two more months to walk along the planned boulevard on MG Road. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), which had promised to open the boulevard in December 2012, has said that it needs more time as at least 20 per cent of the work is still pending.
A senior official from the BMRCL told that it will take two more months for the boulevard to be opened to the public. “We have experienced delays in the setting up of the soil bed for the green space and the shifting of utilities before that.
As of now, most civic works are finished and workers are busy giving finishing touches to the ramps and public utility spaces including the museum, the gallery, the children play area, the amphitheatre and toilets at both the ends of the boulevard,” he said.
When Deccan Herald reporters visited the work site on Monday, it was found that work on the interiors of the structures was yet to begin. Also, the workers were still preparing the ground for the walkway in front of the boulevard.
“It will take at least one more month to provide the finishing touches. Construction of the walkway with additional structures will take at least 45 days,” said an engineer at the work site.
During the inauguration of the Urban Square near Brigade junction this September, N Sivasailam, the Managing Director of the BMRCL had said that the boulevard would be ready for inauguration in December 2012.
M Nagaraja, the deputy director, Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited, which has been given the contract for the boulevard, said he was confident of completing the boulevard by the end of January.
“Most structural works are over. What remains is the presentation part wherein greenery and water body installation along the walk way is being constructed. If all goes well, the boulevard will be ready for Republic Day (January 26),” he added.
Nagaraj revealed that as an added feature to the boulevard, plans have been made to install a musical fountain which will be located nearby the children play area. “The boulevard in its new look will come with several other surprises for visitors,” he said.
The boulevard will have a two-tier walkway that will connect to the concourse of the MG Road Metro Station. Landscaping along the space will be done by the Horticulture department. Flowering trees such as Copper Pod, Jacaranda, Gulmohar, Tree of Gold, Pink Tabebuia, Java Cassia are expected to be planted here.
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