Find your skywalk

BBMP invites private players to design, build and operate skywalks for 30 years and earn revenue through ads. Will it have takers? That’s the questionBetter late than never. After a rash of deaths due to lack of pedestrian crossings, the BBMP has decided to sanction 74 skywalks in the city – in one go.The civic agency has issued a notification seeking ‘request for proposal’ from private parties for the construction of these skywalks across the city at prominent locations.Private bidders will build and operate the skywalks for 30 years under the design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) model. Their return on investment (RoI) will come through advertisements.Bangalore Mirror has been running campaigns titled “Let Walkers Live” and “Spot Report” to highlight problems faced by pedestrians in Bengaluru every day.While many of the proposed skywalks lie on the Outer Ring Road as the road has become a nightmare for pedestrians, the BBMP seems to have forgotten Esteem mall (near Hebbal) and Narayana Health City (on Hosur Road). The crossing outside Esteem mall has seen at least three deaths and the Narayana Health City crossing made headlines after a woman was killed while crossing the road. In the wake of that accident, Bangalore Mirror had done a “Spot Report” and found that 8-10 people are killed on the Hosur Road stretch every day.RED HOT: The newly constructed skywalk at EcoSpace on Outer Ring RoadThe dreaded Mysore Road too gets its share of skywalks. It has only one skywalk now. The stretch between Satellite Bus Station and Nayandanahalli on this road will now get four skywalks. BBMP hopes to have lifts/escalators in most of the new skywalks as an incentive to pedestrians to use it.The civic agency has set a deadline of August 31 for private players to express interest.​ But will they respond?n HMT Main Road: Nethaji Medical Store to Karnataka Bag Shopn Hosur Main Road: Near Madivala Shopping Complexn In front of SJES College, KR Puram (NH 4) from bus stop to bus stopn Near ISKCONTemple, from bus stop to Kalyana Mantapan NH4 at entrance of Garden City Collegen Old Airport Road: from Post Office to HALn Mission Road near Flyover: From Photo shop to Lalbagh siden St. German School, Coles Park (integrated)n Sarjapur Road near Kudremukha Iron Ore Companyn In front of Cantonment Railway Station: from parking to Railway Stationn Jalahalli Cross, Tumkur Road: (Integrated)n Ramamurthy Nagar: near Church bus stop. From Vinayaka Medicals to Jayashree Enterprisesn TVS Circle near Jalahalli cross from Millipore to Indosol Pvt Ltdn NR Colony bus stop Subramanya Shetty Road: Govt hospital to Montessori schooln In front of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, Jayanagar IV Blockn Hennur Main Road near St Charles Schooln Near NES Junction on Yelahanka-Doddaballapur Roadn Little Flower Public School, Hosakerehalli ORRn Kengeri Bust Stopn Near Kathriguppe Arch near Big Bazaarn MKS Layout, Double Road, near Doddakallsandra villagen Queens Road near Congress party officen Near Patalamma Road in South End Circlen Satellite bus stand, Mysore Roadn ORR near Swathi Restaurant HSR Layoutn Gandhi Bazaar Main Road from Ganjam to Ladies Wearn Kuvempu Circle, Old Airport Road (Integrated skywalk)n Kathriguppe Main Road near Ganesha Templen Jayanagar 9th Block, near Central Mall and Big Bazaarn Palace Guttahalli Bus stop near Cauvery Theatren Rajaram Mohan Roy Roadn Kadirenahalli Corss ORR, Banashankari to Collegen ORR near BEL Underpassn ORR near Devinagar Crossn ORR near Yogesh Nagar Crossesn ORR in front of Lumbini Gardenn Mysore Road near Deepanjali Nagar Junctionn ORR HBR Layout near Ambedkar Groundn ORR near Banasawadi Underpassn ORR near Vijaya Bank Colonyn ORR near ITI Colony, Nagarbhavin ORR near Iblur Junctionn ORR near Marathalli Innovative Multiplexn ORR Marathahalli near Kalamandiran Nagarabhavi Circlen ORR near NGR Layout and Basthi Layoutn ORR near Sumanahallin Roopena Agrahara bus stop near NGR Layoutn ORR near Nagarabhavi villagen End of Lingarajapuram flyovern Near Dr Rajkumar memorial, ORRn ITC Factory to Banasawadi near Sagar Hoteln ORR Nagarabhavi II Blockn Kendriya Vidyalaya, MEG Stadium and MEG John Roadn KR Market near Victoria Hospital main entrancen Near St Charles High Schoo, St Thomas Townn Hosur Main Road, 7th Cross near bus stopn Mysore Road Satellite bus stop near Gali Anjaneya Templen MG Road connect to Boulevard, Rangoli Metro Art Centren Bhethany High Schooln New Horizon College of Engineering, Kadubeesanahallin Mysore Road, BHEL Circlen Kempegowda bus stop across Gubbi Thodadappa Roadn Training Battallion III to Training Battalion I, MEG & Centren Kadirenahalli Cross near Dayanandsagar Instituten St Joseph’s College, Lalbagh Rdn ORR near Laggere Bridgen Doopanahalli near 100 ft roadn Old Airport Road near Marathallin Yediyur Market, Jayanagar Roadn Amruth Theatre, Lingarajapuramn Teachers’ Colony at JSS Collegen Assaye Road near Naidu Roadn Hosur Main Road, Wilson Garden 10th cross junction