Sankey Tank Road Widening Final Report
Sankey Tank Road Widening Final Report
Sankey Tank Road Widening Final Report
August 2010
Sankey Tank Road Widening - Report by DULT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 4
2.2.3 Segment C-D ( Sankey Tank Park Entrance to Maramma Temple) ........ 13
3. CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................................................16
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LIST OF FIGURES
Sankey road
On street parking
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1. INTRODUCTION
The City of Bangalore has been growing at a rapid pace on all fronts. It was Kempe-
gowda who was responsible for building the modern city of Bangalore (1537), erecting a
mud fort here to the north of the now existing fort which covered the area of Avenue
Road and its surroundings. New extensions were added to the old town by creating
Chamarajapet and Sheshadripuram in 1892. Two new bigger extensions, Basavanagudi
and Malleshwaram, Kalasipalyam (near the old fort) and Gandhinagar were laid out
between 1921-1931. During the post-independence period Kumara Park came into ex-
istence in 1947 and Jayanagar was inaugurated in 1948.
After Independence, Bangalore City was made the capital of Mysore State (renamed
as Karnataka state in 1973). Since Independence, Bangalore City has witnessed a phe-
nomenal growth in population and traffic.
The population in the Bangalore Urban Region and Municipalities has increased
from 29 lakhs in 1981 to 42 lakhs in 1991 and 90 plus lakhs in 2004, an increase of 45%
and 43% respectively during the mentioned period. The extent of developed area has
also increased considerably, in 1971 the area was 174.7 sq.kms and today it is about
437 sq.kms.
The city evolved as the garden city of the country due to its salubrious climate. To-
day it has grown into radial city with 9 road corridors forming the principal radial
arms, with concentric orbital corridors. The total road length of the city is about 4200
kms out of which arterial roads account for 500 kms. Most of the corridors carry traffic
volumes much above their capacity, though number of grade separators have been con-
structed and are being constructed, most of them are located in the developed part of
the city and causing a trigger of congestion at adjacent junctions
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The public transport system (bus) is overstressed carrying about 50 lakh commuters in a
daily basis. Congested streets and longer route lengths due to urban sprawl have only served to
reduce bus frequencies further.
Traffic Management measures such as one way systems, parking restrictions, junctions im-
provements etc., are being implemented to ease the congested street network. The ever increas-
ing traffic is fast deteriorating the limited improvement in level of service these traffic manage-
ment measures can offer.
Industrial activity in and around Bangalore City, particularly Information Technology and
Bio Technology related activities continues to grow and attract a large number of people to the
city. The rapid urban population growth with relatively small investments in transport (roads
and buses) has resulted in an increasing gap between the transport demand and supply
The number of motor vehicles registered in Bangalore increased from 2, 36,000 in 1983 to 6,
84,497 by 1992 and 21 lakhs by December 2004, a phenomenal rate of increase 289% and 278%
respectively during the mentioned period. Out of the total 21 lakhs registered vehicles in Banga-
lore, 15.42 lakh vehicles account for 2 wheelers and 3.3 lakhs vehicles account for cars, which
means that 88.17% of total vehicles are personal vehicles. This does not include the floating ve-
hicle population. The result is a low average speed on the network. Traffic management
measures such as one way systems are very much evident, but they too are facing capacity
problems. The sprawl of the city further loads the radial routes, as there have been rise in of
new layouts developed by Bangalore Development Authority.
In order to reduce traffic congestion and ensure smooth Transportation Management major
projects such as construction of Fly-overs, Widening of existing road, construction of
Sub-ways/ Grade Separators and Pedestrian Sub-ways needs to be undertaken. Along with this
there is also a need to improve Public Transportation by introducing Metro Railway and Mass
Rapid Transits facility. Certain short term initiatives such as One-way system, Junction
improvement and Restriction on certain type of vehicles is also necessary to make Bangalore
City free from traffic jams and to ensure safe environment.
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Two important National Highways passes through Bangalore City. They are NH-4, from
Tumkur to Kolar and NH-7 from Anathapur to Hosur. Apart from this Mysore Road which
forms the Bangalore-Mysore Highway Corridor is also part of city roads. Bangalore City has
also major arterial roads such as, Kanakapura Road, Bannerghatta Road, Magadi Road and Sar-
japura Road which connects Bangalore City from the other rural areas.
Inside the city center important roads such as, Sankey Road, M.G.Road, Cubbon Road,
J.C.Road, Kempegowda Road, Sheshadri Road, Richmond Road, Residency Road etc., forms the
core traffic areas. Majority of the roads in Bangalore City are operating at above capacity level.
The capacity volume ration in most of the roads is above one.
Name of work: Widening of Sankey Road (From Yeshwanthpur circle to Kaveri theatre
junction on Bellary road)
Authority: Government of Karnataka Notification No: UDD 154 BEM RUPRA 2004 dt
8.01.2005. Notification by BMP No KDTP/RW/Phase-1 Sector-2/C2/PR2/2004-05 dt.
02.03.2005.
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The road from Yeshwanthpur circle (NH 4) to Bellary Road (NH 7) at Kaveri Junction is
connecting both the Highways via C V Raman circle. Maramma temple and Sankey Tank Road.
The traffic coming from Tumkur side and Mattikere M S Ramayya Nagar and Mekri Circle is
passing via this road; there by the traffic moving in this road is very high considering the exist-
ing road width of 8.00 mtr to 11.00 mtr with dual two carriage way up to professor CNR Rao
circle. Hereafter 11.50 m single lane carriage way up to Sankey tank.
BBMP has notified to widen this road to 30.00m with dual three lane carriage way of 11.00
m with drain and footpath on both sides and median of 1.20m vide notification No
UDD/154/BEMRUPRA2004/dated 18.01.2005. As per the traffic study conducted at Ye-
shwanthpur Bus stop, Total commercial vehicles passing in 24 hours are 38135 Nos/43645.60
PCU. Further according to revised master plan 2015, the road width from Yeshwanthpur circle
to Pro. CNR Road circle 45 mts has been approved. The alignment plan is revised accordingly.
road is a two way road with a magic box at the kaveri junction, the adjacent road next to the
Sankey tank which connects to the CV Raman Road is partially one way. The 15th main road
which starts from Bhashyam circle is a one way along with Sampige road.
Presently, the through traffic flow on the Ramana Maharishi road i.e. adjacent to the Palace
ground is diverted towards left on the Sankey road and provision to take a ‘U’ turn is made on
top of the Magic box which creates chaos at the entrance of the stretch. It is observed on the
ground reality that there is smooth flow of traffic once the magic box is crossed.
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Though BBMP is widening the Ramana Maharishi road to 45 meters and the work is under
progress along with the proposal of underpass at the Kaveri junction is in line, once these things
are completed the conflict of ‘U’ turn will get eliminated and the problem will be solved. Hence,
as per DULT’s observations, road widening at segment A-B is not required and BBMP should
have a second thought on the same.
As per the BBMP survey total numbers of trees on this stretch are 57 out of which 37 trees
could be saved and 18 trees will be removed. Since, this stretch should not be widened consid-
ering the proposals in line, the entire trees on this stretch can be saved.
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Details Of Trees From Kaveri Junction To Bhashyam Circle Of Sankey Road
Sl. Details of trees on Left side Details of trees on Right side Details of trees on both sides
No
Total No of No. of Total No of trees No of trees to Total No. of trees No. of trees to be
No of trees trees to be Number could be be removed No of could be
1 removed
trees could be of trees saved trees saved
removed
saved
41 25 16 32 14 18 57 39 18
Note: As per BBMP Total Number of trees that will be saved on this stretch .i.e. on Segment A-B is 39 out of 57 and 18 trees will be re-
moved but as per DULT’s proposal entire 59 trees will be saved as widening is not required .
2.2.2 Segment B-C (Bhashyam Circle to Sankey Tank Park Entrance)
The segment starts from Bhashyam Circle to Sankey Tank Park Entrance. This is one of the
most critical segments as it lies on the tank bund. The upstream side of the road is the Sankey
tank and the downstream is the government land and some unauthorized structures have come
up in the course of time. In other words the downstream land which belongs to government has
been illegally encroached.
When this stretch is compared to the segment A-B, the dissimilarity of road width from 33m
to 11m can be noticed, creating the bottle neck and thus resulting in long traffic queues during
the peak hours.
As per the ground reality this segment has to be widened up to decongest the traffic flow.
Slight changes in alignment have to be done to protect some of the trees on the upstream side.
The positive part of this stretch is that no property acquisition is required as the property be-
longs to the government. The only land to be acquired is about 600 sqm (as per the BBMP rec-
ords the 600sqm land is also illegally encroached). This is as shown in figure 5.
On street parking is observed on this Stretch which takes away almost one lane Of the
road thus causing reduction in carriage way and leading the v/c ratio to reach <1.
As a short term measure on street parking should be removed.
Since the other two segments out of which one is already widened the other has to
be widened. It is not pragmatic to have a bottle neck between the two wide stretches,
considering the long term future projection and growth of the Bangalore traffic this
road has to be widened.
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3. Conclusions
Short Term Measure:
Ban On street parking on Segment C-D which is causing loss in road space of almost 1
lane of the road.
Provide Auto bays / off street auto stand at the junction of Malleshwaram 18th cross.
Traffic Management schemes like one ways can be adopted in consultation with traffic
police.
Road widening is not required for the Segment A-B. Redesign of the segment is required
as per the ground reality.
Road widening has to be done for the segments B-E with some changes in the alignment
drawings.
Segment D-E is already been widened due to the on going under pass construction.
Segment C-D is a narrow stretch with lesser carriage way width, simple enforcement can
be done on short term measure. Considering that Sankey tank road is wide enough at
both the ends i.e. from segment A-B and D-E, but the middle stretch is required widen-
ing to avoid bottle neck.
As per RMP 2007-15 it is suggested for 30m-45m wide road and also Bangalore CTTP
report by RITES suggest for the same.
Annexure:
Land Acquisition:
The adjoining property along with this road mainly belongs to Indian Institute of Science,
State Forest and Education Departments up to Sankey Tank. Total area of land required is
39280.00 sqm in which private property of 600.00 sqm and Government Land 38680.00 sqm.
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NAME OF ROAD: SANKEY ROAD
From Yeshwanthpur circle to Prf C N Rao circle
Details of property/Land required for widening of Road for 45.00 Mtrs & 30.00 Mtrs
1. First reach from CH 0.00 to 500.00 mtrs is having ROW of 45 mtrs: In this portion dual
three lane main carriage way of 11.00 mtrs, with both sides service roads of 7 mtrs, 2.5
mtrs median, RCC drains and footpaths are proposed as per detailed cross section.
2. Second reach from CH 50.00 to 920.00 mtrs is having ROW of 45 mtrs: In this portion
dual three lane main carriage way of 11.00 mtrs with both sides service roads of 7 mtrs
median. RCC drains and footpaths are proposed as per detailed cross section.
3. Third reach from CH 920.00 to 1800.00 mtrs having ROW 30 mtrs: In this portion dual
three lane main carriage way of 11.00 mtrs, with 1.2 mtrs median, RCC drains and foot-
paths are proposed as per detailed cross section.
4. Fourth reach from CH 1800.00 to 2200.00 mtrs is in tank portion, the widening is pro-
posed up to 11 mtrs to have dual three lane carriage way of 11 mtrs. It is proposed to
detain the existing carriage way of 11 mtrs to accommodate three lane is proposed on
D/S side of the tank at 3 mtrs below the existing road level by widening the embank-
ment. To minimize the embankment and accommodate the road within the existing toe
line of tank an RCC retaining wall is proposed.
The road from CH 1800.00 to 1900.00 mtrs is proposed for widening towards up-
stream side (parking) to avoid temple’s area. The road from CH 1900.00 to 1975.00 mtrs
is having down ramp with 4% gradient to negotiate the road levels. And thereafter up to
2500.00 mtrs same level is maintained. From CH 2500.00 to 2575.00 the road up ramp
with 4% gradient is proposed which joins the existing road level.
The retaining wall with required section, height ranging from 3 mtrs to 7 mtrs is
proposed with M 15 concrete. Reinforcement at 6 kg/sqmt is provided. The bottom
width of wall is proposed minimum of 0.6 times the height of wall. Filter media of 0.5 m
thick is provided by the side of the wall. A longitudinal drain along junction of slope
and road of size 500mm X 900 mm is proposed with RCC M 20 grade concrete including
reinforcement. To drain out the water from drain. Hume pipe of 250 mm diameter em-
bedded in concrete is also proposed. The embankment slope being steep (1:1), granite
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slabs of 100mm thick is provided with pointing to cover the earth surface. In this portion
median is not proposed as the carriage ways are in different level.
5. Fifth reach from CH 2200.00 to 2600.00 mtrs is in tank portion, the widening is proposed
upto 11 mtrs to have dual three lane carriage way of 11 mtrs. It is proposed to retain the
existing carriage way with footpath on either side. Widening and construction of anoth-
er carriage way of 11 mtrs to accommodate three lanes is proposed on D/S side of the
tank at 3 mtrs below the existing road level by widening the embankment. To minimize
the embankment and accommodate the road within the existing toe line of tank an RCC
retaining wall is proposed. From CH 2500.00 to 2575.00 the road up-ramp with 4% gra-
dient is proposed which joins the existing road level.
The median has been proposed to be constructed with M20 concrete using kerb, be-
tween walls of media it is proposed to fill up with selected earth, for planting flower bed
and shrubs. The side drains will be constructed with RCC covered with RCC slab. Foot-
path beyond drain portion is proposed by laying interlocked paver blocks over dully
filled with suitable materials.
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LIST OF UTILITIES
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