The Hindu.com
Work on the beautification project of the corporation begins
- Project being implemented in coordination with PWD and NHAI
- Seven roads to be developed
- Medians being built on public-private partnership basis
GETTING A FACELIFT: Kittu Channamma Circle in Hubli which is being beautified.
HUBLI: Kittur Channamma Circle here will wear a new look by January end. Work on the circle and adjacent roads has begun.
An action plan chalked out by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation is being implemented in coordination with the Public Works Department and the National Highways Authority of India as the roads come under these departments.
Parapet
According to the plan, a parapet will be constructed around the statue of Kittur Rani Channamma. Within the circle, a lawn will be raised.
As part of the beautification project, the corporation will develop seven roads. The corporation wants these roads to be asphalted from footpath to footpath and it has agreed to pay the additional cost to the Public Works Department.
S.S. Phatke, Executive Engineer, Hubli (North) of the corporation, who is supervising the project said the corporation has deposited Rs. 10 lakhs with the Public Works Department and another Rs. 10 lakhs will be paid to the department.
Agreement
Similarly, asphalting of roads coming under the purview of the National Highways Authority of India will be done in coordination with the Public Works Department. The corporation is hopeful of signing an agreement in this regard at the earliest, he said.
The corporation will spend Rs. 50 lakhs on the beautification of the circle and asphalting of roads between the circle and Basava Vana, circle and the ESI Hospital, Basava Vana and Gali Durgamma Temple, and Basava Vana and IT Park.
In addition, a stretch between Neeligen Road from Eureka Tower up to the Traffic Police Station at the New Cotton Market will be asphalted. A sum of Rs. 1 crore will be spent on the project. New traffic signals will be installed at four points, he said.
Mr. Phatke said Neeligen Road is being developed to provide an alternative thoroughfare for VIPs visiting the twin cities. While some roads leading to Neeligen Road will be developed under the Rs. 30-crore Road Development Project, a few others will be developed by the National Highways Authority of India, he added.
Meanwhile, the corporation has begun building medians on Old National Highway opposite the Old Bus Stand and on Lamington Road on a public-private partnership basis. Some of advertising agencies here have come forward to develop medians and to construct three foot over-bridges.
