JOIN USBJP state president B S Yeddyurappa has termed the proposed Chalukya Circle-Hebbal steel flyover project a “daylight robbery” of taxpayers’ money by the Siddaramaiah government.
Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Yeddyurappa said the BJP suspected a mega scam in the Rs 1,791-crore project and demanded that it be dropped immediately.
He claimed that the Congress government was conspiring to divert 40% of the project cost to the party, but did not specify the purpose. Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar said the government was hurrying through the project, giving room for doubting its intention.
The BJP will not oppose infrastructure projects to decongest Bengaluru roads. But in the case of the steel flyover, the government has not maintained transparency. It has not shared comprehensive details of the project with the people, he said. Shettar said debates were going on in the media on the manner in which the flyover project was being pushed by the government and people, too, were expressing their views. “The steel flyover project is an old proposal. The government is suddenly trying to implement it so hurriedly.”
What are the alternatives to the cost-intensive steel flyover project? Why are the options not being discussed? Why the cost escalation from Rs 1,399 crore to Rs 1,791 crore? The government should explain why it is not interested in running a Metro line instead of the flyover,” he asked. He said the government must allow discussions on the various aspects of the project and all the details should be shared with the public.