Mysuru among five cities to be developed to ease pressure on Bengaluru: CM
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced a development plan to expand infrastructure and employment in five cities, including Mysuru, to reduce population pressure on Bengaluru. The government aims to improve connectivity and services in these regions to foster balanced state growth.
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Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said here on Saturday that the State government would formulate a new development plan to transform five major cities, including Mysuru, with the objective of reducing the growing population density, traffic congestion and pressure on infrastructure in Bengaluru.
Speaking to reporters after arriving by helicopter at the Oval Grounds here to inaugurate the 111th birth anniversary celebrations of Shivarathri Rajendra Mahaswami at the Mysuru branch of Suttur Mutt, Mr. Shivakumar said special programmes would be formulated to create employment opportunities and strengthen education, healthcare and infrastructure in Mysuru, Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad and Kalaburagi, besides another major city.
He said steps had already been taken to construct ring roads in small and major cities across the State to ease traffic congestion.
“Mysuru is a better-planned city than Bengaluru and new models of development have been introduced here,” he said.
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