In Bangalore, the Bannerghatta Road-widening project should be taken up in coordination with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL), residents in the area have suggested. BMRCL has also proposed a line on the same road. The area residents, who attended the public hearing on the road-widening project in the city on October 26, suggested this. The citizens opined that the road-widening can be scientific and comprehensive only if both projects are taken up simultaneously. It is proposed to widen the 7.5-km stretch between Jedi Mara and Chicken Farm on NICE Road to 45 metres by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The road now has a width ranging between 22 m and 28 m. For the project, as many as 405 private properties will have to be acquired, including 272 buildings, 122 empty sites and 11 temples. The BBMP has proposed to acquire the properties through TDR (Transfer of Development Rights).
