2. Namma Raste, Namma Ooru Our city is in a crisis – our roads are congested, our trees are being cut down, new infrastructure projects are being launched with frightening consequences and little comprehensive planning. Road widening is the most immediate action by the authorities.
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5. Consider this………………………………… 1500 vehicles are registered in Bangalore every day, 85% of which are two wheelers and cars. How long can we expand our roads?
6. Bangalore’s Future: From Garden City to Wasteland? The road widening will destroy over 40000 trees, and raise the temperature of Bangalore by 3 degree celsius! Is this short term solution worthwhile?
7. A road may connect faraway places, but it should not become a barrier for people. What happens to pedestrians, school children, senior citizens and the differently-abled? Idhu Yaara Raste? Consider this: On Bellary road, 17 people killed and 36 injured in 66 accidents in five weeks of the new airport becoming functional. And this road has only 5 traffic signals along a 30 km. stretch! Who is this road for?
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9. Is there a rational solution? 5000 buses carry 40% of the city’s population. They also occupy far less road space than cars.
10. Kasturba Road- The survey drawing Each road to be widened has trees, shops, heritage buildings, vendor kiosks, bus stops besides services to be moved or cut down. A lot of thought, study and discussion with the affected people has to happen before any action. This has not been done, and we have been asking for this from a long time. Take the case of one road that is proposed to be widened. Our brief study reveals the importance of care and sensitivity in undertaking such a scheme.
11. Kasturba Road Row of Ashoka Trees The Old Police Station building will be affected An old & large Ficus tree Large Mango tree cut Row of Champa Trees An old Raintree Large Peepal trees
