PRR Phase I

Work on the first phase of the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR), aimed to decongest Bangalore, would start in mid-October after STUP Consultants, the agency chosen to chalk out the design, submitted the detailed project report, said M.K. Shankaralinge Gowda, Commissioner, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), here on Saturday. Speaking to presspersons on the sidelines of the seminar on ‘Town planning at crossroads — crisis in urban development and governance’, the BDA Commissioner said the authority would take up work on the first phase only for now. The first phase itself was a huge project. “We have taken up this part of the PRR because it will provide better access to the northern side of the city, especially since the international airport is coming up at Devanahalli,” he said. The first phase will link Tumkur, Old Madras and Hosur roads. Compensation The land acquisition process for the first phase had started and compensation packages were being worked out, he added. Source: The Hindu