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Bengaluru ORR white-topping to begin in October, cost Rs 450 crore
Karnataka's Greater Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda has directed officials to start white-topping works on the Outer Ring Road in October 2026 and complete them by January 2027. The Rs 450-crore…
The Story in Brief
Karnataka's Greater Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda has directed officials to start white-topping works on the Outer Ring Road in October 2026 and complete them by January 2027. The Rs 450-crore redevelopment includes three-metre-wide footpaths, bus bays, designated pick-up points, and removal of encroachments and private transformers from public spaces.
To minimise traffic disruption, the minister has asked companies along the ORR to facilitate 50 per cent work-from-home arrangements and use internal roads for diversions. However, the Times of India reports that at a recent Outer Ring Road Companies’ Association meeting, nearly 70 per cent of over 100 company representatives urged the government to complete the Metro network first, citing weak confidence in execution capabilities.
The Indian Opinion
This ORR redevelopment plan reopens the old Bengaluru cycle: announce world-class infrastructure, then watch delays and cost overruns. The minister's call for 50 per cent work-from-home is an honest admission that traffic will worsen before it improves. But companies are right to ask why the Metro isn't finished first. The real test will not be the January 2027 deadline; it will be how many of those promised footpaths and bus bays are actually usable six months after completion.
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