1st phase of BMIC project inaugurated

Bangalore, June 16 (UNI) A section of the first phase of the controversial Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project was inaugurated at a colourful function on the outskirts of the city today, amidst reverberating drum beats and performance by hundreds of folk dancers.

Over 50 children, attired in different costumes representing all states, inaugurated the multicrore project by cutting the ribbon in the presence of elderly women who had contributed their land for the project.

Project Promoters Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) said in its media advertisements today, ''Finally after 4152 days of committed and dedicated work as per law and after going through seven Prime Ministers, 5 Karnataka Chief Ministers, five PWD Ministers, nine Chief Secretaries, eight Urban Development Department Secretaries and 10 Infrastructure Department secretaries and over 400 IAS officers, a portion of the peoples expressway was ready and thrown open for public today.

NICE Chairman Baba Kalyani lit the traditional lamp to throw open a 9.2 km stretch of the expressway for public use.

Hundreds of farmers who had given up their land for the project as well as industralists thronged the venue to took part in the inaugural of the 9.2 km stretch, connecting Mysore road to Kanakapura road. The farmers were ferried to the venue in over 200 buses.

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