Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 21 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said a detailed project report is being prepared to white top 500 km of roads at a cost of Rs 4,000 crore.

Speaking to reporters after kickstarting white topping and road development works in Gandhinagar Assembly constituency, he said, "White topped roads last 25-30 years. We have already taken up 148 km of roads for white topping, and we are spending Rs 1,800 crore for white topping 83 roads."

" Black topping is going on in 350 km of roads at a cost of Rs 695 crore. The CM has given a grant of Rs 1,100 crore and we have taken up asphalting of 550 km of roads," he added.

He said that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Bengaluru for the inauguration of the Metro Yellow line,

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