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Maharajah's 13 acre donation to Bangalore
Written By idontspam - 8 June, 2010
BIAL Traffic Bangalore Bellary Road Media Reports Transportation Traffic jams palace road
I guess the Grand Poobah has consented to giving some of his palace land for greater good so we can now get back to solving the making-cauvery-junction-signal-free riddle from square one. Hope they will build a regular flyover now and close the current magic box for good.
So the chicken neck on Bellary Road is expected to be gone in 3 months. I am confident BBMP's road engineering techniques will ensure we will have the same jams we are having now as it will just be a sea of asphalt with no pedestrian sidewalk and road markings.
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Srivatsava - 8 June, 2010 - 15:57
IDS,
Its not a 'donation'. If you read the sidenote, the royal family is getting TDR for the 'lost' property.
Let me turn this to numbers..
Its over 13 acres of land (the article mentions both 13 and 15 acres!!). 13 acres will give you 26 acres of TDR.. thats over 1.1 million sqrt of TDR.. At a very conservative estimate of Rs5000/- per sqrt (thats the going rate in residential areas today), the maharajah and family will get Rs500 cr upon selling the TDR...
If they sell them for 'A' zones like MG road or KG road, that will be a few thousand crores!!
Thats only the direct and tacit 'advantage' for the royals... Now, if a govt agency 'recognises' them as present (although disputed) owners of the land, it strengthens their case in the courts!! To achieve that, the royal family wouldnt mind paying 500crs themselves.... but with this 'deal' they get money and they get greater 'recognition' of their claim over the palace land.
How much do you guesstimate the palace land to be worth? easily over a lakh crores!!
idontspam - 8 June, 2010 - 16:10
A little birdie told me this may have gotten messy if the grand poobah didnt accept the TDR offer.
nl.srinivas - 10 June, 2010 - 03:35
BBMP cannot widen the road between sanjay nagar flyover and mekhri circle since the airforce people have refused to part with any of their land. They refused land even to build a pedestrian over bridge near mekhri circle bus stand. This chicken neck is going to remain for some time I guess.
The bane of bangalore roads are these chicken necks, roads suddenly become two lane or one and a half lane from three lanes and there are criss crossing roads like the one near chalukya which will ensure there will always be vehicle pile up.
Srivatsava - 8 June, 2010 - 16:18
I cant fathom how this road will be connected to the existing road at the two ends. Will this 100+ft road on the periphery of Palace Grounds be directly connected to the Mekhri circle underpass and what will happen to traffic on the slip road at Mehkri circle ??
The other end is far more scary thought!! Imagine vehicles zooming on a 1.5km long 'expressway' and enter Bellary road near BDA junction (Palace rd junction), go under the old Windson Manor underbridge, and then turn right into Kumarakrupa Road at the roundabout!!! Why cant the BBMP understand that vehicles wont 'yield' even if they put up the signpost in the middle of the road?
Let await the DPR... That one will be a lot of 'fun'!!
idontspam - 8 June, 2010 - 09:25
Help the new image feature in the edit box doesnt seem to constrain the images!!!
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