more-inIn continuation of their protest against the proposed widening and straightening of Hunsur Road, citizens and activists staged a demonstration here on Sunday and drew attention to viable alternatives. project to widen and straighten a portion of Hunsur Road, according to the MGP. “Hunsur Road has a median barrier and hence head on collision was not the cause, but excessive speed and irresponsible lane changes were the causes. This called for speed limits and creating speed breakers as per the specifications of Indian Road Congress,” they added. Besides, it would cost only a small fraction of money to changing the banking of the road curves apart from saving more than 100 trees that is under threat of being felled for road straightening.

Source: The Hindu October 22, 2017 18:50 UTC