Top builders give Yelahanka's flyover project a wide berth

The Ejipura flyover project is a case in point. After it scraped the contract with Simplex
Infrastructure in March last year, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) floated at least
four tenders to finish the work but is yet to find a contractor for a project that should have been
completed in 2019.
Response for tenders for the Rs 80-crore Kempegowda Circle flyover project in old Yelahanka was
no different. Only two companies — MVR Infra Projects Ltd and BSCPL Infrastructure Ltd —
participated in the tender. Both of them earned the BBMP's wrath in the past for poor quality work
in the Shivananda and Manjunath Nagar flyover projects.
BBMP sources said they generally request firms such as Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC) or
PJB Engineers Ltd to take up flyover projects, but they have their own calculations. The two firms
have grabbed a majority of flyover and underpass projects taken up in the BBMP limits.
When the BBMP floated tenders for the controversial Sankey Road flyover, it once again received
only two bidders — PJB Engineers and BSCPL Limited.