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Bengaluru, May 24: In a decisive push to address Bengaluru’s growing infrastructure and mobility challenges, MP Tejasvi Surya has proposed a comprehensive 15-point agenda aimed at modernising the city’s civic administration, traffic management and public transport systems.
On Saturday, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar convened a meeting of Bengaluru’s MPs and MLAs to deliberate on urgent issues concerning the city’s infrastructure.
Surya, who was en route to the United States as part of an all-party parliamentary delegation, penned a 15-point agenda for Bengaluru during his transit halt at Dubai Airport and sent it for consideration.
Among the standout proposals are:
- Formation of a Bengaluru 2050 Vision Group, a think tank comprising domain experts, civic leaders and elected representatives to chart a long-term, future-ready roadmap for Bengaluru.
- Technology-driven traffic management initiatives to decongest city roads through smart signals, real-time monitoring, AI-based interventions and better traffic flow optimisation on high-density corridors.
- Revamp of public transport services, including strengthening BMTC, integrating last-mile connectivity, promoting multi-modal transport options and accelerating Metro and Suburban Rail projects alongside 4,500 new electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa scheme.
- Strengthening of BMLTA (Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority) as the sole nodal agency for all mobility-related planning, execution and coordination.
In addition to these, Surya’s 15-point agenda covers a wide range of vital measures, including upgradation of key arterial and sub-arterial roads, execution of long-pending infrastructure works like flyovers, underpasses and ROBs with strict deadlines, traffic engineering and junction decongestion initiatives and development of footpaths and pedestrian-friendly zones.
It also includes scientific overhaul of stormwater drains to prevent waterlogging and flooding, implementation of the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project with a dedicated, full-time MD for K-RIDE, and operationalisation of a city-level war room for traffic management and project coordination.
Surya also called for local body elections, while highlighting the importance of opening of decongestion routes, including the NICE Road–Mysore Road link and Whitefield–Airport alternate corridors.
Surya has been a consistent and vocal advocate for systemic, bold reforms aimed at improving the quality of life, civic infrastructure and urban mobility in Bengaluru.
He said in his letter to the DCM: “The 15-point program has been formulated to address some of Bengaluru’s most pressing and visible challenges, including traffic congestion, deteriorating civic infrastructure, environmental degradation, and gaps in local governance and institutional accountability.
“I look forward to your positive consideration of the above and hope to see a welcome change in our approach to urban governance.”
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