BBMP to speeden works on ‘K-100’ civic canal

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Works pertaining to the much acclaimed Koramangala Raj Canal is expected to be sped up, after an inspection on the 9.5km long canal was conducted by higher officials from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) on Wednesday.

Commissioner of the Urban Development Department Shalini Rajneesh, who led the inspection, had directed both the BBMP and BWSSB to install an Inter mediary Pumping Station (ISPS) near Shantinagar bus stand, which will avoid untreated sewage entering the civic canal.

The ISPS, which will hold 15 Million liters a day is subject to a survey and acquisition of land owned by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation).

The K-100 project, which cost the civic body Rs. 180 crores stretches over 9 kilometres from the erstwhile Dharmabudhi lake (Kempegowda Bus Station) to Bellandur lake, was conceived from a suggestion by the World Bank.

The project has lapsed the March 2023 deadline.