The Karnataka Road Development Corporation Ltd floated tender for a 22 km stretch of the corridor in the first week of March. The total cost of the project is estimated at being between Rs 28,000-33,000 crore.

Speaking to The Quint, Tara Krishnaswamy, convenor of Citizens for Bengaluru – which played a pivotal role in the anti-steel flyover movement two years ago – said that she feels a massive sense of déjà vu.

In 2016, citizens across the city had rallied together under the #SteelFlyoverBeda movement that sought the cancellation of a 7km elevated corridor made of steel at a cost of Rs 22,000 crore. Instead, citizens had demanded better public transport, pedestrianisation, interlinking of the metro rail and the bus system, among others. Krishnaswamy said nothing had changed nearly three years on.