India, May 6 -- In a fresh push to ease traffic congestion in Bengaluru, Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister DK Shivakumar announced that the state government will go ahead with acquiring land in Hebbal to facilitate the proposed tunnel road project.

According to a report by The New Indian Express, he made the remarks after a meeting with Industries Minister MB Patil at Vidhana Soudha on Monday.

Shivakumar said the government intends to proceed with both Metro expansion and the tunnel road, calling Hebbal "an important junction" in the city's traffic network, the report added.

He added that land acquisition, both civilian and defence-held plots, will be carried out using mechanisms like Transferable Development Rig...