Dirty Froth Greets Govt Panel at Varthur Lake
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2 DECCAN HERALD B Friday, June 10, 2016 Metro Roza timings Metro Phase 2: Civil work starts on Mysuru Road-Kengeri stretch IFTAR: 6.45 PM (FRI) SEHRI: 4.29 AM (SAT) In brief Casting yard set up at Kanminike near Bidadi: BMRCL Naveen Menezes ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| terminal-Kengeri Extension of New stations western line is expected to cost A nine-member expert committee inspects Varthur lake on Foreign language BENGALURU: Bringing forth Rs 1,867.95 crore. Meanwhile, Thursday, as part of the government’s efforts to revive two courses a visible sign of progress on ■ Nayandahalli BMRCL has said that land ac- of the dirties waterbodies in Bengaluru. Mahendra Jain, the second phase of Namma ■ Rajarajeshwari Nagar quisition, road widening and Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Development Department, Bangalore University Metro, the Bangalore Metro ■ Bangalore University Cross shifting of utilities from Nayan- heads the committee. DH PHOTO »has invited applications Rail Corporation Limited ■ Pattanagere dahalli station to Kengeri arch from eligible candidates for (BMRCL) started erecting ■ Mailasandra bridge and Challaghatta depot admissions to various rebars on the eight-km-long ■ Kengeri is complete. Dirty froth greets courses in Certificate / Dipl- stretch between Mysuru The BMRCL has also com- oma / Higher Diploma / Ad- Road and Kengeri, the west- ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| pleted issuing compensation vance Diploma in foreign ern extension of Purple line. packages for properties, the re- languages like French, Ger- tions from Mysuru road station port stated. Moreover, the cor- govt panel at man, Spanish, Italian, Por- This is part of the Phase-II to Pattanagere Station at a cost poration has almost completed tuguese, Japanese, Chinese, of Namma Metro project, of Rs 327 crore. Soma Enter- issuing compensation pack- Korean, Finnish, Russian which will span over 72.095 km prise Limited would construct ages for property owners be- Varthur lake and Arabic. The candidates (13.79 km underground) and elevated structures (viaduct) of tween the proposed Baiyap- who have completed their 61 stations, of which 12 will be 4.869 km from Pattanagere panahalli to Whitefield Metro BENGALURU: A govern- immediate need to instal a pre-university course can underground. station (excluding) to the be- station. ment-appointed expert large sewage treatment plant apply. The application Consisting of extensions of Work begins on Mysuru Road to extend Metro’s western line ginning of Challaghatta depot. It has started the process of committee, which went on a at Bellandur lake and a smaller forms will be issued at the four existing lines and two new till Kengeri. DH PHOTO This will include two elevated acquiring land for the pro- field inspection of Varthur one at Varthur lake. “Our pri- Centre for Global Langua- lines (Gottigere to Nagawara stations at Mailasandra and posed lines between Nagasan- lake on Thursday, experi- ority is Bellandur lake as water ges (application fee is Rs and R V Road to Bommasan- ing and shifting of utilities was The construction work has Kengeri Station. The entire dra to Bangalore International enced during the four-hour flows downstream from here 300). Interested candidates dra), the BMRCL has estimat- complete and the civil work been awarded to two contrac- work will cost of Rs. 332 crore. Exhibition Centre, Puttenahalli visit what local residents to Varthur,” he said. may contact the coordinator, ed to spend Rs 26,405.14 crore. had already begun on Mysuru tors on the Mysuru Road to The preliminaryworks have Cross to Anjanapura Town- face every day: contaminat- On the request of locals, the Centre for Global Langua- Pradeep Singh Kharola, BM- road to Kengeri stretch that Kengeri stretch. IL&FS Engi- been undertaken at the casting ship, R V Road to Bommasan- ed froth flying all around team also visited Ammanikere ges, Bangalore University, RCL Managing Director, told connects Bangalore University neering Construction Compa- yard set up at Kanminike near dra and Gottigere to Na- and into their faces. in Kundlahalli, where waste is P K Block, Palace Road. For Deccan Herald that the process and Kengeri satellite bus sta- ny Limited is going to construct Bidadi, the BMRCL report gawara. The nine-member team had being illegally dumped. The details, contact: 2296 1280. of land acquisition, road widen- tion among others. 3.94 km viaduct and four sta- states. In all, the Mysuru Road DH News Service some unpleasant encounters. committee found that a portion It surveyed two waste weirs and of the lake land was under liti- Healthcare inlet points. It noticed con- gation with the Bangalore Wa- struction debris dumped on ter Supply and Sewerage initiative one side of the lake and unseg- Board (BWSSB), which needed The Apollo Hospitals 4 men rob regated waste lying on the oth- to be examined. »had organised medical er. Locals pointed to a portion camps in the City on Thurs- pharma staffer of the lake that had been en- Next course of action day, which covered people croached upon. The commit- The committee will meet next from Weavers Colony, Ban- of Rs 9L cash tee instructed the Revenue De- on June 16 and decide the next nerghatta Road, Jayanagar partment to survey the area course of action on reviving the and Shankar Mutt Park. BENGALURU: Four unidenti- and submit a report. two lakes. It will submit the re- As many as 9,000 doc- fied persons assaulted an em- The visit is part of the gov- ports of its field visits to the gov- tors from Apollo Hospitals ployee of a pharma company ernment’s efforts to revive Bel- ernment. across the country recently and made away with the cash landur and Varthur lakes, two The Cabinet will have to ap- took a pledge to make of Rs 9 lakh near Cemetery of the dirtiest waterbodies in prove the recommendations. healthcare affordable and Road in Shanthi Nagar on Bengaluru. Additional Chief Jain said people and nonprofits accessible to all, as part of Wednesday noon. Secretary, Urban Development could send suggestions to the an initiative. Under the ini- According to the police, Department, Mahendra Jain, Urban Development Depart- tiative, at least four medical Karthik, an employee of a pri- is chairperson of the commit- ment by June 16. camps were organised in vate pharmaceutical compa- tee. The committee had in- T V Ramachandra, commit- the city for the first time. ny, was going to a bank in spected Bellandur lake on June tee member and professor at At least 500 women who Shanthi Nagar to deposit Rs 9 2. The team was unable to sail Centre for Ecological Sciences, visited these camps were of- lakh cash in his bike. Four per- into Varthur lake in Army IISc, said the committee dis- fered free consultancy on sons in two bikes waylaid boats, as it had done in Bellan- cussed accepting a proposal to health and pregnancy. The Karthik and picked up an ar- dur. Poor communication be- revive the lakes. He said civic Apollo Hospitals will be gument with him for riding in tween the Bangalore Develop- officials had suggested divert- conducting free medical a rash and negligent manner. ment Authority (which is ing sewage downstream, but it camps across the city on 9th The gang of four thrashed custodian of the lake and or- was inappropriate as that of every month to address Karthik and made away with ganised the field inspection) would contaminate water the health issues. Rs 9 lakh cash kept in the utili- and the Army personnel led to downstream to villagers and ty box of his bike. Karthik has dropping of the plan. onward to Tamil Nadu. The Paediatric lodged a complaint in Ashok The committee has so far only solution is to treat the Nagar police station. met twice and made two field sewage, he said. ventilator donated DH News Service visits. Jain said there was an DH News Service A paediatric ventilator »was donated to the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology on Thursday All expenses-paid trip under the Rotary Club of Bangalore Cantonment’s - “Project Hope.” The contribution was Now, go pick your own made possible with support received under the Corpo- rate Social Responsibility of CHOCK-O-BLOCK: The movement of vehicles was badly affected between Marathahalli and the Silk Board on the Outer Ring the Cognizant Foundation, Road after a large tree fell (inset) near Iblur Junction on Sarjapur Road on Thursday. DH PHOTO mangoes in orchards Syndicate Bank and with funds and efforts made by the Rotary Club members. Bosky Khanna ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| The machine costing over Tree fall near Iblur Jn causes massive traffic snarl The details Rs 20 lakh was donated to BENGALURU: Starting June the paediatric wing of the worsened the situation as ve- am and a team was rushed started to clear the branches,” 12, Bengalureans can visit ■ First trip on July 12. Two Kidwai Institute. Speaking Policemen hicles piled up in a long queue. there. “The police immediately he told Deccan Herald. The po- mango orchards in Kolar buses of 80 people each will on the occasion, President A team of only four policemen called up the BBMP control licemen had to rest every 30 and Chikkaballapur districts leave Cubbon Park, Bal Bha- D Ashok of the Rotary Can- struggle to clear of HSR Layout Traffic police room and informed them minutes due to the fire ants’at- for eight Sundays and pluck van gate. tonment said that it gave station made their best efforts around 11 am, but the BBMP tack. the fruits of their choice to ■ Registrations open on Fri- him immense pleasure to branches, to clear the tree, but in vain, team reached the spot only They could clear only a few take home.