Karnataka Budget 2023: Mega funding for Bengaluru infra upgrade likely

The fact that Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar who serves as Bengaluru development minister suggests that substantial resources would be allocated to the States budget this year. The previous BJP government had planned to invest around Rs 9000 crores in various projects for the fiscal year 2023-24. Congress's government has joined the list. It is anticipated that the Congress government will contribute somewhere in the region of 9000 crores to the city's development project. The government may allocate funds in the budget to the BBMP to repair and build new Indira canteens in underprivileged regions. A sum of approximately Rs 200 crore is required for this.
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While the BJP was in power, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board requested a budget increase of Rs 1,500 crore, of which Rs 1,200 crore was to be used to upgrade ageing water purification units and Rs 300 crore for settling unpaid electricity bills for tube wells. The funding, however, was not granted.

Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar has met tunnel road building businesses as part of the Congress government's efforts to find a long-term solution to traffic congestion in Bengaluru. 

Furthermore, the building of the tunnel road will regulate city traffic. He has asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to include a statement to this effect in the upcoming budget. As a result, the likely date for beginning work on the city's underground road will be coming on Friday.

The Bangalore City Metropolitan Planning Organisation, BBMP has proposed building flyovers at 17 major intersections in order to manage traffic in the city. The administration, which has looked into this, is likely to include a proposal to build the flyover in Friday's budget.

White topping and Rajkaluve works, as well as the Amrit City Upliftment Project, were all declared and approved by the previous government and are now being carried out. About Rs 7,000 crores is owed to contractors for work done this year. That sum is what BBMP requested to be allocated from the budget.

The government's action in this matter is still up in the air. The budget may include funding to finish the BBMP initiatives started under the previous administration. The Metro Managing Director recently recommended three more lines at a meeting between Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and BMRCL.
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According to BMRCL, it takes about 35 km to get from Whitefield to Hoskote, a distance of about 17 kilometres. And from Old Airport Road to the Marathahalli Underpass-Kadugodi is almost 25 km. The expansion of metro system includes plans to build three additional lines. In this background, it is expected that new routes will get funding in the budget.

K-Ride authorities recently met to consider expanding the suburban train along the current four lines to cities in the districts surrounding Bangalore. This was also the recommendation of Minister MB Patil. Hence, it's possible that the new government will put funds in the budget for the construction of these roads.