The proposal to develop suburbs on the outskirts of Bengaluru has come to the fore again. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA) is planning to develop self-sufficient towns in IT City suburbs Bidadi, Solur near Magadi and Nandagudi in Hosakote. This decades-old proposal has now been revived.
As per officials among the three towns, Bidadi will be taken up first in practice. Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, who holds the Bengaluru development portfolio, is launching this project. As part of the preparatory work, the Bangalore Metropolitan Area Development Authority has written to Namma Metro to study the possibility of connecting these three areas with the Metro.
A letter has been written to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to create infrastructure to supply potable water separately to these suburbs. “Bidadi is covered by four highways. Thus, a plan has been drawn up for the construction of a comprehensive township in Bidadi. The township will have commercial buildings like logistics parks, data centres and residential units,” BMRDA’s Metropolitan Commissioner Rajendra P Cholan was quoted as saying in the report.
Nandagudi has been selected for the Bangalore-Chennai Expressway. Besides, Nelamangala and Solur, which are close to Bangalore, have also been selected. However, earlier Bengaluru’s Namma Metro was in the headlines for a major expansion with a proposed 129 km addition to its network in what could be termed as Phase 4.
According to the Deccan Herald, the effort intends to bridge the connection gap in remote and suburban locations, addressing the city’s core regions’ lack of metro linkages.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has proposed a new line as well as expansions to the current Purple and Green lines in four directions: Bidadi (Mysuru Road), Harohalli (Kanakapura Road), Attibele (Hosur Road), and Kunigal Cross (Tumakuru Road, near Nelamangala).
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