Centre clears Rs 256 crore projects under JNNURM

Bangalore, Sep 11 (UNI) The Union Government had cleared eight projects worth Rs 256 crore aimed at improving the urban transport infrastructure in the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Karnataka Minister for Transport N Cheluvarayaswamy said today.

Talking to newspersons here, he said the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) planned to set up 45 Traffic Transit Management Centres (TTMC) to demonstrate the possible best practices at sustainable transport facility in the city.

Mr Cheluvarayaswamy said the BMTC planned to build eight TTMCs in the city at an estimated cost of Rs 256 crore in the next two and half years.

The BMTC has a vision plan with an outlay of Rs 3000 crore over the next five years, emphasising on development of urban transport infrastructures, induction of world class high tech buses, adoption of IT technology to enhance service level and to bring in intelligent transport systems, besides strengthening the human resources, he added.

The Minister said the Vision Plan had been incorporated in the City Development Plan (CDP) formulated by the State Government as a pre-requisite to access JNNURM funds.

The BMTC had identified ten TTMCs out of 45 proposed as a development of transport infrastructure under JNNURM and accordingly detailed projects reports were sent to the Centre, he added.

He said the Centre had cleared eight of the ten projects proposed by the State Government with Jayanagar TTMC taken up as an innovative pilot project at a cost of Rs 8.90 crore.

UNI