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engineers and planners, Tender SURE BBMP would be the nodal agency and sewage. BESCOM in charge of
is the first set of such guidelines for to actually float the Tender SURE power lines, KPTCL in charge of major
urban roads in India published in two contract and award the work. This power transmission. The Traffic police
bound volumes. Volume 1 defines also meant that BBMP would need to in charge of traffic and surveillance
design guidelines and Volume 2 actively engage with all the other civic infrastructure. The telecom has BSNL
provides procurement and execution agencies in order to ensure that the (central government), and many
guidelines. Volume 2 was initiated at integrated, holistic approach needed private players regulated by the BBMP.
the behest of the Chief Secretary of for Tender SURE to succeed was not Each one of these agencies builds
that time, who said, “Currently we end lost. its infrastructure in silo, through its
up spending money on the same roads Now, the government is own individual contractors, without
many times. This is very inefficient. implementing over 50km of Tender knowledge or consideration to the
Tender SURE is a fantastic concept SURE roads. networks of other agencies. Every
and will improve the quality and time there is a problem, the road is
long-term RoI.” Contract guidelines The technology details of dug up and costs are incurred. In such
were important to address the issue the project a broken system, what we see as users
of “leaks” in road works contracts, as Tender SURE breaks once, and fixes of the roads is nothing but chaos: badly
well as provide quality measurement once-and-for-all 3344 designed roads, poorly constructed
and maintenance criteria. Members A city road is not just the road, but a underground systems, and repeated
of Bangalore City Connect saw merit carrier of multiple other utilities. They cut-relaying-cut expenses.
in the idea of Tender SURE too, and are the “super seven” - power, water, Solving this was the core idea
supported it whole heartedly. sewage, drainage, telecom (many), behind Tender SURE: fix both the road,
In 2012, the Government of gas (new) and security surveillance & and also what under the road with an
Karnataka approved and sanctioned traffic management. integrated road design, and we fix the
funds for the first set of model Unfortunately, in Bangalore (and problem. Instead of spending seven
TENDER SURE roads to be taken up most cities), these multiple services times cutting up the same road for
for Bangalore, at a cost of Rs.200Cr. are run by different civic agencies. The each service, Tender SURE ensures
Even though there were multiple civic BBMP is in charge of the road works. integration, and a one-time spend,
bodies involved, it was logical that The BWSSB is in charge of the water thereby saving three times the cost
over a ten-year timeframe.
For the first time in urban India, this
level of detailed design and technical
drawings have been produced for
city roads. Over 2000 construction
drawings went into the first set of
roads – detailing every single line
and square foot of the roads and
intersections and any subsequent
revisions due to ground conditions or
agency changes. This level of detail is
possible only after multiple iterations
with each individual agency involved,
and complete internalization of the
challenges on the ground, and the
technical solutions to these challenges.
What have been the
challenges?
Church Street The execution of the Tender SURE
project was filled with complex
challenges from day one. Many of

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