Environmental Ecological Safety and Quality

Environmental & Ecological Issues:

·  For any developmental activity undertaken, there is usually a compromise made. Sometime man asks nature to compromise. Road infrastructure in particular requires felling of trees in huge numbers. KRDCL has made this compromise with nature by justifying the loss. KRDCL ensures minimum tree felling whenever required and makes sure that replanting of trees at the ratio of 1:10. So if a tree is felled, KRDCL plants ten trees to make up for the loss. KRDCL is also procuring land and going for more tree plantations. If any tree can be avoided being felled and can be incorporated within the median has also been studied and taken care of. Further, KRDCL is not only depositing the money for plantation of tree to have a close watch on the plantation has planned to appoint one Assistant Forest Conservator, till the desired goal of saving the greenery is achieved to the intended level.

·  KRDCL is taking active steps to maintain the ecological balance.

·  Forest Department and request the department to take up afforestation on the roadside with indigenous species like Neem, Tamarind, Ficus, Sisso, Nerale, Mangao, Pongamia etc.

·  In addition to this, the beautification of roads are also taken up. The median on Bangalore Mysore Road has been planted with flowering shrubs like Bouganvilla, Daswala, Mehandi, Kanagale etc., these plants when bloom with flowers will enhance the aesthetic value of the road and driving will be a pleasure. In addition to this, these shrubs will act as barrier and curtail the effects of Head lights of the vehicle coming on opposite side. In Mysore-Bantwal road also, the median planting with shrubs is being done from Mysore up to Bilikere village.Travellers rest place was also setup near Srirangapatna with ample greening and other facilities.

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Safety Measures:

·  KRDCL also ensures that there are enough signages on the highways so as to help the drivers with appropriate guidance.

·  Wherever curves are dangerous the appropriate level of turning radius has been improved and care has been taken to align the road as much as possible to provide the information of the opposite direction to the users.

Quality:

·  The Projects undertaken by KRDCL are handled by globally recognized consultants like Management Consultants, Project Consultants, Quality Consultants, Proof Consultants and Design Consultants who are outsourced by the KRDCL with a rigid pre-qualification conditions .The quality of the KRDCL project roads have been further supervised by the Management for professional supervision.

Details of amount remitted to the Forest Department

Towards compensatory Afforestation

Sl.No. / Forest Division / Amount Remitted
(Rs.) / Road Details
1 / Bangalore Urban / 6,60,000.00 / Bangalore-Mysore Road
2 / Bangalore Rural / 20,70,440.00 / Bangalore-Mysore Road
3 / Mandya / 19,24,960.00 / Bangalore-Mysore Road
4 / Mysore / 1,62,900.00 / Bangalore-Mysore Road
8,44,800.00 / Mysore-Bantwal
5 / Hunsur / 55,44,960.00 / Mysore-Bantwal
17,24,500.00 / Bilikere-Belur
6 / Mercara / 34,20,560.00 / Mysore-Bantwal
7 / Hassan / 23,28,062.00 / Bilikere –Belur
3,14,360.00 / Holenarasipura –Byepass
29,810.00 / Channarayapatna –Arakalgud
62,300.00 / Yagachi Bridge
8 / Gulbarga / 70,00,000.00 / Wadi-Raichur
92,000.00 / Khanpur- Shapur
9 / Bijapur / 14,88,634.00 / Jewargi-Bijapur
10 / Gadag / 3,74,500.00 / Gadag –Ron
11 / Belagam / 17,19,890.00 / Peeranwadi –Chorca (Goa Broder)
TOTAL / 2,97,62,676.00

So far KRDCL has invested Rs. 2,97,62,676.00 towards plantation of tree as a measure to compassate tree felling.