Karnataka Assembly passes BMLTA bill to tackle traffic in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, 28th December 2022: On Tuesday the Karnataka legislative assembly passed the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA) bill which seeks to bring all modes of public transport under one authority. This is in the hope of tackling the traffic congestion in the city which has become a major problem which, according to the State government, even drives away investment.
This will be applicable to the Urban Mobility Region of Bengaluru and is aimed at the “regulation of development, operation, maintenance, monitoring, (and) supervision of urban mobility” within the region.
The BMLTA will be a 36-member team with the Chief Minister of Karnataka as its ex-officio chairman. They can establish- appropriate framework for engagement of the private sector in planning, development and management of mobility service delivery and effective contract execution by the Urban Transport Agencies, Traffic Management Agencies, and Infrastructure Development Agencies.
“BMLTA will also have to prepare a traffic management plan “at least once a year”, with a detailed traffic flow plan for road networks, movement of a certain type of vehicles such as freight and construction vehicles, traffic calming measures including a partial or full closure of streets, traffic management plans for special occasions, incident management plan, emergency evacuation plans etc,” according to a report by the Indian Express.
The Bill that was headed by Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy on behalf of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
