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By Manoj SharmaBruhatMahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed grade separators — read min-flyovers and underpasses — at three busy junctions in the city to make traffic steady and smooth. In June, BBMP proposed the construction of 13 grade separators, and later it scrapped two. As per the new notification, three have been added, making the total number 14.BBMP will now send the proposal to the government for consideration of the project in this year’s budget itself. The new proposal is construction of second-level grade separators aton Magadi Road, West of Chord Road at Manjunath Nagar and a stretch betweenandon Hosur Road. A BBMP official told Mirror, “We had earlier proposed 13 grade separators at various junctions in the city. These junctions were identified by a consultancy. We have sent the proposal to government for approval. Later, we will include these grade separators in the next council budget. The total cost of proposal is Rs 421 crore.”On modifying the proposal, he said, “We had earlier proposed 13 grade separators at the same cost of Rs 421 crore, but there had to be some changes. We will also share cost with BMRCL for a grade separator (onatand).”