BBMP sets new deadline for Shivananda Circle flyover

Civic body confident of completing work by end of August

Motorists, using alternative routes to bypass ongoing work at the busy Shivananda Circle in the Central Business District have reason to cheer. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is confident of completing work on the 493-metre-long overpass by the end of August. Several deadlines have passed and the BBMP has not been able to complete work on the overpass that comprises just 16 pillars. Senior civic officials attributed the delay to the 700-mm water pipeline that was “discovered” during the evacuation. “The pillar work could not be completed since the pipeline had to be shifted. Even the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Supply (BWSSB) officials did not know of the pipeline. It was only after the pipeline was shifted that we could progress,” the official said.