"It matters. So when infotech majors Infosys and Wipro complained about poor infrastructure, the state got the UPA Government to roll out an offer — a nine-kilometre flyover along Hosur Road to Electronic City. Announcing the project today, Union Minister for Surface Transport and Shipping T.R. Baalu said a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) would be floated for the purpose. The decision to construct a tolled flyover came a day after the meeting with the representatives of the Electronic City Industries Association (ECIA). Only weeks ago, IT companies, including Infosys and Wipro, had complained of traffic snarls and potholed roads. They had even threatened to pull out of the city if their issues were not addressed. The SPV — comprising ECIA, Centre and the state government — will share the project cost. While ECIA will hold 33.3 per cent stake in the Rs 400-crore project, the National Highway Authority of India and the state government will have 66.6 per cent. The four-lane flyover will be a dedicated route to the Electronic City, without any diversion. The Union Minister said a detailed project report would be prepared by March 2005 and the foundation would be laid in the second week of April 2005. The project is likely to be completed in about two-and-a-half years. Chief Minister Dharam Singh said the existing four-lane Hosur Road will be upgraded to six lanes, at Rs 65 crore. ‘‘Commuters need not have to pay any toll for using this road,’’ he said. Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Water Resources Minister MallikarjunKharge and Union Minister of State for National Highways K.H.Muniyappa were present. "
--From The New Indian Express, dated September 28th, 2004. I was in Chennai last weekend. We have a flyover in a place called Chrompet which has been "constructing itself" for the past 'k' years (k=0,1,2,3....). That flyover would hardly be a km long. And here we are talking about a 9 km flyover. For my two cents, i think that this is more unlikely to happen than Sleeping Beauty's dream.. "There is no spoon... There is no flyover" ;)
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Tuesday, October 05, 2004 
Well.. for me there r other issues. The amount of money that will be spent on it.. the amount of money that just flows away through leakage... the tax that will be collected ...
Qualify me as a pessimist, but i also have other questions. these huge corporates have so many demands.. so many complaints.. taken. fine. but then i feel absolutely sick when they dont even have a little bit of social responsibility. there r so many corporates here having thousands of employees.. thousands of vehicles flowing in and out. accidents r not too infrequent either. cant these giants build some basic medical infrastructure? is there even one nursing home in the entire e-city? do they expect the govt. to come and do that? how much value do they have for life?
well.. i've many more questions.. but i dont want my comment to be bigger than ur blog.