My freind Mr Atul Chaturvedi From " Bangalore mirror " Has sent me this article , The RTI and Expose Carried out by the Reporter Himself . please read N vikramsimha ,Trustee RTI Study Centre & KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.
> Date: Thursday, 29 October, 2009, 9:37 AM > http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20Latest§id=1&contentid=2009102820091028005346934326b3ff > > > *Rs 3,000 CR GHOST PROJECT* > > An RTI filed by Bangalore Mirror revealed that the > much-touted Rs 3,000 > crore North-South-East elevated corridor, meant to > considerably ease the > city’s traffic problems, doesn’t even have a detailed > project report > ATUL CHATURVEDI > > > Transport Minister R Ashok and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara > Palike (BBMP) > Commissioner Bharat Lal Meena have been repeatedly talking > about a Rs 3,000 > crore North-South-East Corridor (NSE) that doesn’t even > exist on paper. The > project got > Bangaloreans excited as it was supposed to significantly > reduce their daily > traffic woes. The duo had in fact claimed that a detailed > project report > (DPR) has been readied and work would kickstart shortly. > > But the reality is different: No project report pertaining > to the NSE > Corridor has been prepared. Bangalore Mirror found this out > by filing an > application under the Right To Information (RTI) Act > seeking a copy of the > DPR. > > At one point prior to our filing the RTI, the government > had categorically > stated that the DPR for the NSE project has been prepared > under the Swiss > Challenge method and was awaiting clearance from the Agenda > for Bangalore > Infrastructure Development (ABIDe). When asked about the > exact status of the > DPR pertaining to the NSE project, BBMP Chief Engineer > (major roads) > Chikkarayappa said: “We haven’t prepared any DPR for > the NSE corridor under > Swiss Challenge. It was just a soft-drafted DPR and it has > been rejected on > technical grounds. Now we will be calling for a new > proposal.” ELEVATED > VIADUCT > Sources in BBMP maintained that the NSE Corridor was mooted > as part of the > Rs 22,000 crore Capital Investment Plan (2009-12) titled > ‘Bangalore-Our Goal > and Vision’, conceived ahead of the BBMP polls. The plan, > which has several > other mega infrastructure projects in its bouquet, will be > executed under > the public-private partnership (PPP) model with financial > contributions from > the Bangalore Development Authority and Jawaharlal Nehru > National Urban > Renewal Mission (JNNURM). > > The NSE Corridor project envisaged a elevated viaduct > linking the northern > and southern parts of the city with the eastern side. While > the North-South > Corridor measured a distance of 16 kms (from Central Silk > Board to Hebbal > via Vellara Junction and Minsk Square), the Eastern > connector is 12 kms > (from Vellara Junction to Kundalahalli Junction via HAL > Airport and > Marathalli). The three elevated corridors were meant to > strengthen arterial > and sub-arterial roads. > > Well, going by the way the government announced the NSE > corridor project > without having done any groundwork, the project is likely > to remain a > non-starter. > NSE PROJECT > Elevated North-South corridor, cost Rs 1,800 crore > Elevated eastern connectivity corridor from Vellara > Junction to > Kundalahalli, cost Rs 1,200 cr > Deadline to complete the project, 2012 > *Now, project has been scrapped* > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/
