Bengaluru: Yelahanka flyover named after Veer Savarkar despite opposition
FollowYelahanka flyover was named after Savarkar amid opposition. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa inaugurated the flyover on Tuesday.
Bengaluru: Chief minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday inaugurated and named a flyover in Yelahanka after Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
The Government of Karnataka had decided to name the flyover after the Indian Independence activist, politician and a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha a few months ago.
The Government of Karnataka had decided to name the flyover after the Indian Independence activist, politician and a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha a few months ago.
The naming of the flyover was also opposed by a few Kannada Sangha groups. But the government decided to continue to do so.
The new flyover named as 'Veer Savarkar Flyover' is a 400-meter-long structure built at a cost of Rs 34 crore on the Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan Road.
The inauguration of the flyover, which was initially scheduled in May, was put off by the state government citing COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing norms.
However, on Tuesday, the inauguration was scheduled for the second time and CM Yediyurappa inaugurated the structure by lighting a lamp and paying floral tributes to Savarkar in Yelahanka.
