From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Jul 9: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Bruhut Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have signed a MoU facilitating the right of use of land for the proposed signal free corridor from Vellara junction to Hope Farm Junction in the city on Monday, July 9.

HAL would be handing over its 3100 sq mts. land to the BBMP.

The land will be returned to HAL after construction and completion of underpass at Kuvenpu circle junction of Suranjan Das road and old Airport Road.

In reciprocation to HAL’s gesture, BBMP will shift the existing NAL Wind Tunnel Road to the edge of HAL’s land at Challaghatta and construct a bridge over Challaghatta drain and storm water drain.

The MoU was signed by Shekhar Shrivastava, CEO Bengaluru Comple-HAL and N Manjunatha Prasad, Commissioner of BBMP, in the presence of T Suvarna Raju, CMD-HAL at HAL Corporate Office, Bengaluru.

T Suvarna Raju, CMD-HAL said decongestion of traffic on HAL airport road is the need of the hour and HAL is contributing in terms of giving the required land for the benefit of both HAL and general public.

Under the provisions of MoU, BBMP will construct underpass on HAL airport road near Suranjan Das Road Junction.

The state government has already approved the required fund under Chief Minister’s Nagarothana scheme.

HAL will hand over 3100 sq mts of land required for construction of underpasses and temporarily and additional land of 600 mts X 8 mts from Ambedkar Park to Sports Complex at HAL premises for traffic diversion.

The timeline for the underpasses project is about 12 months from the date of handing over the required land, said an official press release.