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Citizens brave weather to protest against underpass

Source: Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore

Nov 08, 2009

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Citizens brave weather to protest against underpass

Staff Reporter
Public express dissent over ‘undemocratic BBMP’
Tagore Circle was dug up overnight, say protesters

‘Despite opposition BBMP went ahead with the project’

— Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

Ire against project: Members of the Save Bangalore Committee and residents of Basavanagudi protesting against the construction of the underpass at the Tagore Circle in Bangalore on Saturday.
BANGALORE: Undeterred by the rain and the oncoming traffic, members of the Save Bangalore Committee and several other concerned citizens and organisations lined up at the Rabindranath Tagore Circle in Basavanagudi to condemn the decision of the “dictatorial Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)” of constructing the underpass at this location.

Demand
Over a 150 people carrying banners of dissent against the BBMP, demanded that their questions be addressed before the work continued.

Angry protesters alleged that it smacked of sheer arrogance on the BBMP Commissioner’s part to say he would continue with the underpass despite public o ...Read the full article

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