About 20 years after notifying land for the Arkavathy layout, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has finally invited a tender for asphalting roads in the Layout. The tender valued at ₹92 crore was notified on February 9 after completion of the electricity and the UGD works.
This comes as a rude reminder of infrastructure woes site allottees in BDA layouts continue to face, even as thousands of Bengalureans are eagerly waiting to apply for a BDA site in the new upcoming Dr. Shivaram Karanth Layout.
The BDA had earlier carried out metalling of the roads in the layout which currently has about 5,000 allotees. The BDA first notified 4,000 acres for the layout, announced in March 2004, to cater to 20,000 allottees. Plagued by controversies since, the extent of land saw a rapid reduction owing to a series of alleged illegal de-notifications.
