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- Bangalore has installed fire hydrant systems for the first time on white-topped roads in the city's pete (market) area, with Minister Krishna Bairagowda announcing the initiative.
- The hydrants were set up on Tank Bund Road and Rangaswamy Temple Street (RT Street) in the Gandhinagar assembly constituency, where white-topping work has been completed and the roads opened to traffic on Monday.
- Because the narrow lanes of the old market area do not allow fire engines to enter, water facilities for firefighting have been built into the roads themselves to enable rapid emergency response.
- The report also details the city's phased white-topping programme, including 196 km completed in phase one and a planned 250 km third phase costing Rs 3,000 crore.
What to watch next
- Completion of the remaining 60 km of phase-two white-topping by end of December.
- Launch of the Rs 3,000 crore, 250 km third phase of white-topping, expected to begin by December.
- Whether fire hydrant systems and similar modern infrastructure are extended to other areas, as Dinesh Gundurao indicated.
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Named India · Bangalore Central Municipal Corporation · Gandhinagar · R.T. Street · Tank Bund Road · BSWMML · Dinesh Gundurao · Greater Bangalore Authority · Jagadesh · Krishna Bairagowda · Nitesh · Venkata Chalapathi · Vijay Kumar Haridas
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