Day after Gautam Adani meets D.K. Shivakumar, Karnataka government amends two laws to clear legal hurdles for tunnel road project
The Karnataka government has passed legislative amendments to retroactively approve the Bengaluru North-South Twin Tunnel project. This move follows a meeting between Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, drawing criticism from petitioners who argue it bypasses legal scrutiny.
Why it matters
It highlights concerns regarding corporate influence on urban infrastructure policy and the use of legislative power to circumvent ongoing judicial challenges.
A day after Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani Group, which has emerged as the lowest bidder in Bengaluru’s North-South Twin Tunnel project , visited Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar at his residence , the Karnataka government passed Bills amending two laws in both Houses of the State legislature on Monday (August 24) to clear legal hurdles for the project.
Three PILs in the High Court of Karnataka challenging the tunnel road project had contended that the project was in violation of these two laws. The move has drawn strong condemnation from the petitioners arguing that this amounted to “regularising violations in retrospect”.
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