Mega BJP rally to affect traffic

BANGALORE: The big BJP bash, part of its national executive meeting in Bangalore, is all set to throw traffic out of gear around the National College grounds in Basavanagudi on Saturday evening. The international airport road is also likely to be jammed, as most BJP stalwarts will fly back late in the evening.

The BJP rally will start at 6 pm at the National College grounds. Over 1 lakh people are expected to participate in the event where many national leaders will speak.

VVIP movement from Residency Road, where the national executive is being held, will start at about the same time. This will have an impact on traffic movement on St Mark's Road, Kasturba Road, Rajaram Mohan Roy Road, Lalbagh Road and KR Road between 5 pm and 6 pm.

Heavy vehicular movement and parking problems are likely on KR Road, Bull Temple Road and Gandhi Bazaar from 2 pm once party workers begin streaming to the rally venue.

When the rally ends at about 8 pm, VVIP movement will start again. This time, traffic will be disrupted on KR Road, JC Road, Dr Ambedkar Road and Raj Bhavan Road.

While some VVIPs will head directly to the Bengaluru International Airport, others will leave by 9 pm. Traffic will be disrupted on the airport road between 8.30 pm and 10.30 pm.

Source : Times Of India

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Om Prakash Mathur heads BJP poll panel

JAIPUR: The BJP on Friday announced its state election committee for the forthcoming Assembly elections. The committee, which would be presided over by party's state chief Om Prakash Mathur, consists of 17 members.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje, MP Ramdas Agarwal, cabinet ministers Gulab Chand Kataria, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Nathu Singh Gujjar, Rajendra Singh Rathod and party's Mahila Morcha president Suman Sharma are among its members.

The committee is expected to take the final call on the list of candidates for the elections soon. Senior party members have received more than 20,000 applications for tickets, of which several are women.

The party has already announced that only 'performing' MLAs would be allotted tickets. Party leaders, including Mathur and Raje, are following the 'report card' method, maintaining records of work done by sitting MLAs after approaching the people from their respective constituencies.

Meanwhile, after issuing orders for reconstruction of all roads in the city last week, the chief minister has now issued orders for repair of all the roads across the state.

On Raje's directive, a special committee to monitor the repair of roads, which are damaged in the monsoon, was formed on Friday. The repair work has to be completed by September 30.

Source : Times Of India

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