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BMRDA Notifies New Mobility Road Grid for Bengaluru Metropolitan Region
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Who plans roads beyond the Bengaluru city limits? BMRDA's new grid and the Article 243ZE angle
BMRDA notified a road grid to plan mobility across the Bengaluru Metropolitan Region.
Why it matters: Karnataka-specific
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The Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA) has notified a new mobility road grid for the Bengaluru Metropolitan Region.
The grid sets out the planned road network for the region's growth.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
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- BMRDA (Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority) has notified a new mobility road grid for the Bengaluru Metropolitan Region.
- BMRDA is the statutory planning body for the wider metropolitan region, set up under the BMRDA Act, 1985.
- The grid lays out the planned road network to guide the region's growth beyond the city core.
- Article 243ZE (74th Constitutional Amendment) provides for a Metropolitan Planning Committee to prepare a draft development plan for a metropolitan area.
- Regional road grids link satellite towns and peripheral areas with the core city to ease congestion.
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Prelims
- The Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority is a statutory body responsible for planning and coordinating development of the metropolitan region.
- Article 243ZE, inserted by the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, provides for Metropolitan Planning Committees in metropolitan areas.
- A metropolitan area under Article 243P has a population of ten lakh or more, comprising one or more districts, municipalities or panchayats.
Mains
GS Paper 1/2/3: urban planning and infrastructure. Rapid peri-urban growth outpaces city-limited planning; a notified regional road grid under BMRDA, in line with the Metropolitan Planning Committee idea of the 74th Amendment, can guide land use, transport and connectivity. Implication: better coordination among BMRDA, BDA, BBMP and local bodies, with the way forward being integrated land-use and transit planning, land-acquisition clarity and funding.
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