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TopicBengaluru. infrastructure

Topic: Bengaluru. infrastructure

Tunnel vision or silver bullet? Why Bengaluru’s Rs 17,700 cr underground road project is facing oppn

Promised as a cure for gridlock, the Hebbal–Silk Board tunnel faces a mountain of opposition over costs, corruption fears, and misplaced priorities.

A traffic-free ride from east to west Bengaluru — Whitefield-Challaghatta metro link now in service

Two key stretches of Bengaluru metro's Purple Line — Krishnarajapuram to Baiyappanahalli, and Kengeri to Challaghatta — up & running. Experts say success will depend on feeder services.

Bengaluru scores poorly on infra parameter, ranked least livable city in India in global index

The Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Livability Index 2022 analysed living conditions in 173 cities, 5 of which — New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru & Ahmedabad — were in India.

‘Too many people & projects taking too long’: Bengaluru civic body chief on infrastructure woes

BBMP Commissioner Gaurav Gupta says infrastructure work has suffered due to lack of coordination between agencies. Bengaluru, he claims, has added nearly 50 lakh people in 10 years.

On Camera

CJ Roy’s death raises an important question. Why isn’t there a time limit on tax raids?

Deterrence cannot mean institutional licence for an endlessly extensible raid. A search that extends across days, followed by seals and freezes that linger for weeks, begins to resemble a siege.

Land, labour, licences: From UP to Tripura, states race ahead on Centre-led deregulation push

76% of Centre’s deregulation reforms implemented across states under Phase-I of compliance reduction exercise. Several states & UTs adopted flexible land use, 3rd party inspections, labour reforms.

During Op Sindoor, hackers targeted NSE website 40 crore times in 10 minutes, Exchange CEO says

NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.