3 years on, Kempegowda park in Bengaluru yet to come to life
Bengaluru: Nearly three years since inauguration of the towering statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda near the airport in 2022, the city is still awaiting to see the 23-acre theme park planned around it come to life.
While Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Heritage Area Development Authority's (NKHADA) officer in-charge Usha Rani brushed off queries about the delay saying, "We have so many other things to plan and we don't have time for this", preparations are in full swing to lay foundation stone for its new headquarters on the occasion of Kempegowda Jayanti on June 27.
The authorities had targeted to build the park, which is part of the Rs 84-crore project, by 2024.
But, NKHADA officials said a wrongly issued work order stalled the project for four months. A senior official said they hit a major hurdle—a gas pipeline beneath the land designated for the park connecting Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL).
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"We had to wait for approvals to build a tunnel for the pipeline which took two-three months. Work on the tunnel has started and completion will take another seven months.
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The tunnel will be tall enough for a six-foot man to walk through," the official added.
MLA and former minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan said: "This project could have been completed long ago. When basic infrastructure like this is ignored, and money is instead spent on commemorative events, one wonders about the priorities. They just don't want to finish what's already there—may be because they feel the credit will go to the previous (BJP) govt."
The 108-foot Statue of Prosperity of city founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda was unveiled near Kempegowda International Airport's Terminal 2 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Nov 2022. The Rs 62-crore statue was one of the two components of the project, with second being the park for which Rs 22 crore was earmarked. "It's not like they need new funds. The money is already there—they just need to act," Narayan said.
A recent meeting between BBMP commissioner Maheshwar Rao and NKHADA yielded no clear roadmap for completion of the park. "The statue was built in seven months," Narayan said, adding: "But everything else is taking its own sweet time."
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