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Vizag follows Bengaluru in adopting TenderSURE roads

Madhuri Rao, DH News Service, Bengaluru, AUG 23 2018, 23:35PM IST | UPDATED: AUG 24 2018, 09:10AM IST

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The Andhra Pradesh port city of Visakhapatnam has decided to go the Bengaluru way to develop
TenderSURE roads.
The port city, known famously as the Jewel of East Coast, is taking Bengaluru's TenderSURE model as
a case study to solve the pothole menace on the roads.

The TenderSURE model provides separate ducts along the streets to lay water, power, sanitary lines
and also gas pipelines. This would prevent the road from being dug frequently and improve its
durability.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has implemented the TenderSURE model in St Mark's Road,
Residency Road, Church Street and Museum Road.

The Greater Visakhapatnam Smart City Corporation Limited (GVSCCL) has done a detailed study on
the issues concerning roads and how they can be solved. The problems include lack of space for the
physically challenged, unequal lane distribution, priority for speeding vehicles over pedestrian safety
and inaccessible footpaths.

The proposed model includes reduction of lane widths from 3.5m to 3.2m to provide more space for
pedestrians, separate ducts for utilities, and street furniture, among others. 

Swati Ramanathan, founder of Janaagraha, a non-government organisation that is associated with

urban local corporations to develop the TenderSURE model said: "The Ministry of Urban Development
has introduced TenderSURE as the best practice for municipal projects spearheading under 'Smart
Roads'." 

Cities like Davanagere and Nagpur are also including the model keeping Bengaluru as the case study
since the project was first implemented here.

Speaking about the project, a senior BBMP o icial said: "The condition of the roads were deteriorating
earlier as they were dug up multiple times either to lay power lines or cables or to repair water pipes.
The TenderSURE model solves these issues."

K T Nagaraj, BBMP chief engineer, road infrastructure projects, said no one came for consultation from
Visakhapatnam.

Vishal Kundra from GVSCCL told Deccan Herald that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu
Naidu initiated the foundation-laying ceremony for the Smart City project on Thursday, and this
would be a good start for the improvement of infrastructural facilities in the state.

TenderSURE model BBMP Andhra Pradesh