As many as 56 Residents' Welfare Associations (RWAs), including 14 from localities around Palace Road in central Bengaluru, have passed resolutions against the controversial steel flyover project, according to Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB), the group spearheading the #steelflyoverbeda campaign.
Among these RWAs are Sankey Park Walkers' Group in Malleswaram, Sadashivanagar RWA, Citizens Initiatives for Jayamahal and Vasanthnagar Senior Citizens' Forum, Srinivas Avalilli, a member of the CfB, told a press conference on Thursday.
Actor Prakash Belawadi, who is also a member the CfB, said that RWAs across the city were being asked to pass such resolutions. He said that all the resolutions and signatures would be collected and submitted to the state government.
"The government thinks that people are supporting the flyover. These signatures
will show it the mirror," he said.
Avalilli asserted that they were not against development. "We are just opposing the government's attitude of not conducting proper public consultation on the flyover project. A large number of Bengalureans are certainly against the steel flyover," he said.
On the Bangalore Development Authority's plan to approach the Supreme Court against the four-week stay given by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the steel flyover construction, Avalilli said that if that was the case, the CfB would also move the apex court to counter the BDA.
CfB members suggested that the government had a "hidden agenda" in pressing for an elevated corridor around the city. They said that Bengaluru needed a comprehensive commuter rail network and that the recently approved line from Whitefield to Baiyappanahalli should be extended to all parts of the city. Separately, the CfB is launching an online vigil programme called Niga (Numeracy Information Government Action), a crowd-funding initiative to monitor air pollution and lake water, conduct soil-testing and check the health of trees, said Naresh Narasimhan, architect and another member of the group.
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Say it through art
The Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) group is organising the 'Art for Children and Art by Children' event at Sheesh Mahal, Palace Grounds, on Sunday from 9 am to 12.30 pm. Children and grown-ups led by artist S G Vasudev will paint and draw on the theme 'Save it for children'. It will be a platform for people to express their view of the city through art.![]( "Singer M D Pallavi (foreground), along with activists from Citizens for Bengaluru, (from left) Tara Krishnaswamy, Prakash Belawadi, Naresh Narasimhan and Srinivas Avalilli, holds a placard to oppose the steel flyover project on Thursday. Pallavi and team will sing in support of the campaign opposing the project on Sunday at the Palace Grounds. dh photo")
As many as 56 Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs), including 14 from localities around Palace Road in central Bengaluru, have passed resolutions against the controversial steel flyover project, according to Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB), the group spearheading the #steelflyoverbeda campaign.
Among these RWAs are Sankey Park Walkers’ Group in Malleswaram, Sadashivanagar RWA, Citizens Initiatives for Jayamahal and Vasanthnagar Senior Citizens’ Forum, Srinivas Avalilli, a member of the CfB, told a press conference on Thursday.
Actor Prakash Belawadi, who is also a member the CfB, said that RWAs across the city were being asked to pass such resolutions. He said that all the resolutions and signatures would be collected and submitted to the state government.
"The government thinks that people are supporting the flyover. These signatures
will show it the mirror,” he said.
Avalilli asserted that they were not against development. "We are just opposing the government’s attitude of not conducting proper public consultation on the flyover project. A large number of Bengalureans are certainly against the steel flyover,” he said.
On the Bangalore Development Authority’s plan to approach the Supreme Court against the four-week stay given by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the steel flyover construction, Avalilli said that if that was the case, the CfB would also move the apex court to counter the BDA.
CfB members suggested that the government had a "hidden agenda” in pressing for an elevated corridor around the city. They said that Bengaluru needed a comprehensive commuter rail network and that the recently approved line from Whitefield to Baiyappanahalli should be extended to all parts of the city. Separately, the CfB is launching an online vigil programme called Niga (Numeracy Information Government Action), a crowd-funding initiative to monitor air pollution and lake water, conduct soil-testing and check the health of trees, said Naresh Narasimhan, architect and another member of the group.
DH News Service
Say it through art
The Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) group is organising the 'Art for Children and Art by Children’ event at Sheesh Mahal, Palace Grounds, on Sunday from 9 am to 12.30 pm. Children and grown-ups led by artist S G Vasudev will paint and draw on the theme 'Save it for children’. It will be a platform for people to express their view of the city through art.
Among these RWAs are Sankey Park Walkers' Group in Malleswaram, Sadashivanagar RWA, Citizens Initiatives for Jayamahal and Vasanthnagar Senior Citizens' Forum, Srinivas Avalilli, a member of the CfB, told a press conference on Thursday.
Actor Prakash Belawadi, who is also a member the CfB, said that RWAs across the city were being asked to pass such resolutions. He said that all the resolutions and signatures would be collected and submitted to the state government.
"The government thinks that people are supporting the flyover. These signatures
will show it the mirror," he said.
Avalilli asserted that they were not against development. "We are just opposing the government's attitude of not conducting proper public consultation on the flyover project. A large number of Bengalureans are certainly against the steel flyover," he said.
On the Bangalore Development Authority's plan to approach the Supreme Court against the four-week stay given by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the steel flyover construction, Avalilli said that if that was the case, the CfB would also move the apex court to counter the BDA.
CfB members suggested that the government had a "hidden agenda" in pressing for an elevated corridor around the city. They said that Bengaluru needed a comprehensive commuter rail network and that the recently approved line from Whitefield to Baiyappanahalli should be extended to all parts of the city. Separately, the CfB is launching an online vigil programme called Niga (Numeracy Information Government Action), a crowd-funding initiative to monitor air pollution and lake water, conduct soil-testing and check the health of trees, said Naresh Narasimhan, architect and another member of the group.
DH News Service
Say it through art
The Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) group is organising the 'Art for Children and Art by Children' event at Sheesh Mahal, Palace Grounds, on Sunday from 9 am to 12.30 pm. Children and grown-ups led by artist S G Vasudev will paint and draw on the theme 'Save it for children'. It will be a platform for people to express their view of the city through art.
As many as 56 Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs), including 14 from localities around Palace Road in central Bengaluru, have passed resolutions against the controversial steel flyover project, according to Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB), the group spearheading the #steelflyoverbeda campaign. Among these RWAs are Sankey Park Walkers’ Group in Malleswaram, Sadashivanagar RWA, Citizens Initiatives for Jayamahal and Vasanthnagar Senior Citizens’ Forum, Srinivas Avalilli, a member of the CfB, told a press conference on Thursday.
Actor Prakash Belawadi, who is also a member the CfB, said that RWAs across the city were being asked to pass such resolutions. He said that all the resolutions and signatures would be collected and submitted to the state government.
"The government thinks that people are supporting the flyover. These signatures
will show it the mirror,” he said.
Avalilli asserted that they were not against development. "We are just opposing the government’s attitude of not conducting proper public consultation on the flyover project. A large number of Bengalureans are certainly against the steel flyover,” he said.
On the Bangalore Development Authority’s plan to approach the Supreme Court against the four-week stay given by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the steel flyover construction, Avalilli said that if that was the case, the CfB would also move the apex court to counter the BDA.
CfB members suggested that the government had a "hidden agenda” in pressing for an elevated corridor around the city. They said that Bengaluru needed a comprehensive commuter rail network and that the recently approved line from Whitefield to Baiyappanahalli should be extended to all parts of the city. Separately, the CfB is launching an online vigil programme called Niga (Numeracy Information Government Action), a crowd-funding initiative to monitor air pollution and lake water, conduct soil-testing and check the health of trees, said Naresh Narasimhan, architect and another member of the group.
DH News Service
Say it through art
The Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) group is organising the 'Art for Children and Art by Children’ event at Sheesh Mahal, Palace Grounds, on Sunday from 9 am to 12.30 pm. Children and grown-ups led by artist S G Vasudev will paint and draw on the theme 'Save it for children’. It will be a platform for people to express their view of the city through art.