Should BMIC be transparent and make their plans public?
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for background see.
is it really a poll?
Need for transparency in any PPP
First off - I hope the BMIC peripheral road is completed as quickly as possible and then extended from Peenya to NH-7. This can reduce a lot of the connectivity noise to BIAL emnating from South Bangalore.
On the main project itself - I think some transparency is most welcome. There is just too much public land involved in this for an "ignorance is bliss" approach. The acreage being talked about is in the 20000 range - 8000 hectares - 80 sqkm. Or about 1/3 km on either side of the expressway. That is a lot of land. Were there wetlands involved?
Any PPP should be subject to RTI.
Srivathsa
Drive safe. It is not just the car maker which can recall its product.
yaawn! is a valid position.
peenya to NH7
its a bigger project
Tarle, IMHO its a bigger project than BIAL. Actually, if this project had finished on schedule (I mean, say 5-7 years ago, as was certainly a possibility) I bet BIAL wouldn't have been located where it presently is (loose rant, sorry).
Actually, I agree that "Yawn! I dont care" is a valid position for this poll, because there would be a good number who never wanted this project in the first place. And its important to hear their side.
I have heard the "over-development" theory - there is a double line rail track (in progress), a decent state highway (good road, but only a road - not a seamless connection by any means, expressway is not just a wide road), so why this expressway. But this argument wouldn't have cropped up, neither would there have been a need for upgrade to SH17 if this project (BMIC) finished on time.
We know ESG's line on this. But what I have not heard clearly is alternatives. Will have to scan ESG's site, or meet Mr Leo Saldhana for this, because I am sure they will have a stated position - on whether they have alternative suggestions or do they just want the project to be scrapped.
BTW, I too have complaints against this project. Two of them, first one is the mother of all.
- Lack of transparency (both for GoK and NICE)
- Why no commensurate investment in public transport. Could have been tied to a high speed freight/rail corridor . Endpoints of expressways could have been terminals for LRT or Modern bys systems (GoK)
Lets see if we can pull of a meeting with Mr Kheny. Not sure if we will learn anything ground breaking there, but will be nice to hear his side. I would like to meet Gowdas too, though we all know what their stand is. The thing is - I suspect that media tends to exaggerate things, and there are probably a lot of "off the record" things in this case.NICE ROAD