India, June 23 -- BJP leader and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya has strongly criticised the Karnataka government's Rs.18,000 crore tunnel road project, calling it "unscientific" and "bound to fail."

He alleged that the Congress government is systematically neglecting public transport in the city while pushing forward with projects that are financially and environmentally unsound.

The proposed tunnel road, planned between Hebbal and Silk Board, has been mired in controversy from the start. Surya highlighted several concerns, beginning with the limited access, the tunnel is expected to be open only to four-wheelers and would require commuters to pay a toll of Rs.600 per return journey.

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