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5 cluster towns to decongest Bangalore

TOI: The government is getting its act together to get the pressure off Bangalore by developing towns on the city's periphery and connecting them via expressways.

The Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation ( KIUDFC) has proposed to develop about 8,005 sq km area coming under the jurisdiction of Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA) as a "city cluster development project".

"BMRDA has planned to set up five satellite townships and develop them as self-sustainable cities. The state government had approved a BMRDA proposal in this regard in June 2006," said Suresh Kumar, minister of law and urban development department.

The proposal is now before the Centre for its approval.

Under the city cluster development project, Bidadi (in Ramnagara taluk) will be developed as Knowledge City. Ramanagara will be developed as Healthcare city, Sathanur in Kanakapura taluk will be developed as Textile/Apparel city, Solur in Magadi taluk will be a Manufacturing city and Nandagudi in Hoskote will come up as Hardware/Manufacturing city. These five towns around Bangalore will be connected to the Outer Ring Road (ORR) of Bangalore through four-lane expressways.

Nandagudi, a Hardware or Manufacturing City?

Re-orienting the growth of Bangalore, the State government will now focus its efforts on developing the City’s western and southern suburbs.

A concept note prepared by the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) states: “Some of the developments, especially the establishment of the international airport at Devanahalli, would put a number of urban settlements such as Nelamangala, Doddaballapur, Vijayapura, Hoskote and Malur, on the path of rapid development, especially on  the completion of the proposed peripheral road. With the exception of Nelamangala, the other centres are in ground water deficit areas.”

Future growth

As a result, the “future growth” of Bangalore, according to KUIDFC, “should logically be re-oriented towards the west and the south, rather than continue the past trend of development toward the east and the north”.
So, the KUIDFC will now embark on developing ‘cluster cities’ around Bangalore. In the wake of these plans, the authorities are mulling over construction of seven outer ring roads (ORR) around seven towns on the outskirts of the City.

According to Suresh Kumar, Minister for Urban Development, the Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority has been authorised to submit a proposal to build the seven ring roads to facilitate the growth of the cities listed under the project.
The project will cover the towns of Kanakapura, Anekal, Hoskote, Devanahalli, Magadi, Nelamangala and Ramanagara.

Four-lane roads

All the proposed roads will be four lane. Asked whether these roads will be interconnected, Kumar said: “The roads will eventually be connected to the NICE or the Peripheral Ring Road when required.”

“The basic idea is to ensure that the commuter traffic need not enter these towns to reach their destinations. The ORRs will help in bypassing these cities which can become the hubs of various industries,” said Kumar.

The roads have been envisaged after the State government proposed to create hubs in these taluks for various purposes and develop the cluster cities.

As per the proposal, Bidadi is proposed to be developed as a Knowledge City,  Ramanagara a Healthcare City, Sathanur in Kanakapura taluk Textile/Apparel City, Solur in Magadi a Manufacturing City and Nandagudi in Hoskote a Hardware or Manufacturing City.