#THtalksBengaluru | N.A. Haris and the BDA’s vision for Bengaluru
N.A. Haris discusses Bengaluru’s traffic, environmental impact, BDA plans, and decongestion efforts in a detailed #THTalksBengaluru chat.
A package of stories featuring Mr. Haris’s responses to readers’ questions on the environmental impact of the short tunnel project, recurring civic issues at layouts developed by the BDA, and the progress of long-pending traffic corridors to decongest the city.
Published - October 10, 2026 03:45 pm IST
Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Chairman N A Haris, participates in 'THTalksBengaluru', in Bengaluru on Otober 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K
From the short tunnel–flyover between the notorious Hebbal junction and Mehkri Circle, Bengaluru Business Corridor to sites being allotted in Dr. K. Shivaram Karanth Layout, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) is always in news.
In an hour-long chat with The Hindu’s reporters as part of #THTalksBengaluru on October 8, 2026, BDA Chairman N.A. Haris answered readers’ questions on calling tenders for the Peripheral Ring Road-1, a long-pending project that could potentially decongest the city, the felling of trees for the short tunnel project, promoting vertical growth in Bengaluru and reinstating BDA as the sole planning authority for the rapidly growing city.
Published - October 10, 2026 03:45 pm IST
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