Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar Monday rode his fully-restored Yezdi bike on the Airport flyover ramp, moments after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the newly constructed loop.
Shivakumar had purchased the bike for Rs 10,400 throughout his faculty days.
The deputy chief minister had confronted embarrassment after a scooter he had borrowed to examine the identical loop earlier was discovered to have pending site visitors fines amounting to Rs 18,500.
The brand new 700-metre stretch, authorities sources claimed, would ease the commuting expertise of these touring from KR Puram and Nagawara in direction of the town centre.
The Rs 80-crore building mission started in 2024, that includes a 100-metre up-ramp and a 600-metre stretch extending in direction of Mekhri Circle. The Bangalore Improvement Authority (BDA) encountered a number of setbacks in the course of the building part, lacking not less than three completion deadlines. Officers cited challenges, together with delays in departmental clearances and the complexities of building whereas sustaining site visitors stream on the closely used flyover.
Shivakumar mentioned the site visitors congestion on the stretch could be diminished by 30 per cent. Nonetheless, on the day of the inauguration, site visitors on airport street took a significant hit with the police barricading a number of roads for VIP motion.
Bengaluru (South) MP Tejasvi Surya took to social media to focus on the problem of site visitors congestion. “On my technique to Delhi this morning to attend Parliament, I used to be caught at Hebbal Junction for practically 50 minutes together with hundreds of individuals and nearly missed my flight. All as a result of the state authorities selected a Monday morning peak hour as the suitable time for the flyover inauguration program. A protracted weekend was simply behind us – they might simply have picked a time with minimal disruption. However the very last thing ever thought-about is the consolation of commuters. Neither in mission design nor in inauguration planning is the general public stored in thoughts. It’s at all times for the politicians, by the politicians,” he added.
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Reacting to Surya’s submit, Shivakumar mentioned, “We can’t reply for all claims. We’re right here to serve individuals, don’t fear.”