With the issue of widening of Sankey Road (T. Chowdaiah Road) coming up for hearing in the high court on Tuesday, BBMP will be filing an affidavit on its stand on the project by Monday, according to BBMP sources. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, authorities in the BBMP road-widening wing said the high court will be updated on the status of traffic density on T. Chowdaiah Road between Cauvery Junction and Yeshwantpur and the need for road-widening.
The BBMP will make its stand clear stating that traffic snarls are arising due to the bottleneck at Bhashyam Circle as the road narrows down to just 12 metres from 27 meters. Unless the road is widened at the cost of cutting trees the traffic won’t ease, the BBMP will argue. The plan to widen the road to 30 metres has been reduced to 27 metres to minimise the cutting of trees, added sources. Widening of the road has been proposed in the Revised Master Plan (RMP) 2015 formulated by BDA. The BBMP is only the implementing authority and work orders worth Rs 20 crore have been issued to four contractors.
The trees on Sankey Tank bund stretch have been auctioned and felled, except two trees. The high court has stayed the BBMP from axing them. BBMP will also tell the court that the road would be widened to 45 metres.
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