The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) office.
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Bengaluru: The BBMP is set to begin white-topping (concreting) 18 roads after securing approval from the Bengaluru Traffic Police, BWSSB, KPTCL, and other government agencies.
In total, the traffic police have cleared 48 roads for white-topping, officials said.
Last year, Bengaluru’s civic body engaged five private agencies to white-top 138 km of city roads at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore.
BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath said that after the traffic police approved 48 roads, the civic body submitted a list to the BWSSB.
“Since the BWSSB is starting work on 18 roads, we’ll proceed with white-topping those first. We will also coordinate with other departments to prevent future digging of newly laid roads,” he said.
He added that the BBMP will work closely with the traffic police to minimise inconvenience to the public by repairing alternative routes.