[sustran] Jayadeva flyover to make way for Metro

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Jayadeva flyover to make way for Metro
By Kushala S, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Apr 22, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
[image: Jayadeva flyover to make way for Metro]
The Jayadeva fltyover will give way to the metro alignment to run on the
central median of the road below
*Plan expected to save properties, Rs 600 cr; bring smiles to residents*

Almost two years after raising a brouhaha over the changed alignment of
Namma Metro's Phase II near Jayadeva Hospital and threats to acquire and
demolish a large number of properties, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation
Limited (BMRCL) is now looking at demolishing the 10-year-old flyover at
BTM layout to enable the Metro train to run on the road's central median by
demolishing the flyover.

Among the three alternatives before the authorities the metro running in
the central median is the most feasible solution as it minimises acquiring
properties and resulting compensation, which BMRCL managing director
Pradeep Singh Kharola is aiming for.

BMRCL and Systra Consulting (specialising in urban rail transport) have
given finishing touches to this plan by sources familiar with the issue
informed Bangalore Mirror.

As per the plan, the train from RV Road moving towards Central Silk Board
will travel over the central median near Jayadeva Hospital. For this, the
10-year old flyover inaugurated in 2005 after being built by Bangalore
Development Authority (BDA) at a cost of Rs 21 crore,will be demolished.
The flyoverconnects the IT corridor of BTM Layout, Bannerghatta Road and
Jayanagar to ease traffic.

"When compared to the property acquisition and massive compensation (paid
against acquisition), it was found that realigning the route by demolishing
the flyover was a better option," said sources.

At present, at least 98 buildings includingGopalanMall, Valtech IT Park, On
Mobile office, apartments and independent houses, are ticked for
acquisition in BTM Layout, on Bannerghatta Road and in Jayanagar 9th Block
East. Of these 46 are residential properties.

The now proposed realignment will partially acquire only 20 buildings and
Rs 600 crore is expected to be saved by minimising the compensation.

For the Rs 24,500 crore, 72-km Phase II, two Namma Metro lines intersect at
the junction at Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research
- RV Road-Bommasandra and Gottigere-Nagavara. The original alignment plan
included interlinking stations across the 130-foot lung space between
Jayadeva hospital and its compound wall. But in 2012 the institute chief
wrote to BMRCL lamenting that the station cutting through the hospital
would affect essential services at the hospital.

The government then decided to scrap the original plan. It changed the
alignment, shifting the station to the opposite side in March 2013. This
brought the 98 properties on the radar for acquisition.The residents
organised themselves under the aegis of Jayadeva Interchange Metro Victims'
Association, whose coordinator K Ramesh,now says, "This was a plan our
association had submitted. Several old-time residents of the area can now
breathe easy with the changed alignment.''





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