Rain-battered IT campuses on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) connecting Sarjapur Road and Marathahalli have come forward under the Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA) to take up infrastructure work.

The record rainfall in the southeastern parts of Bengaluru over the past few weeks has worsened the plight of thousands of employees.

ORR has a commercial office capacity of 60 million sq feet, which is expected to grow to 85 million sq ft by 2020, with 800,000 - 850,000 employees.

Based on such projections, ORRCA highlighted the importance of short- and long-term planning to improve infrastructure on ORR to make the growth sustainable.

To bring to the State government’s attention the issues negatively impacting ‘Brand Bengaluru’ and discuss how the private sector can be of assistance, an ORRCA delegation met with Mahindra Jain, the Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Development Department, recently.

Works reviewed

ORRCA and the Urban Development Department (UDD) reviewed the progress of infrastructure development activities that were identified by ORRCA over a year ago.

The government approval for metro rail on the ORR was appreciated and the need to expedite its execution was discussed.

The project for white-topping 14 arterial roads to decongest the ORR and other IT corridors of traffic bottlenecks and plans to desilt and develop stormwater drains to alleviate flooding were also discussed.

Progress and plans for further enhancement of KR Puram and Silk Board junctions to remove major traffic congestion were discussed.

Given the significant commitments made by corporates to the city, ORRCA has said it is critical to address the issues with a long-term plan rather than individual case-by-case solutions.

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