bengaluru citizens including kannadigas living abroad can now share their suggestions regarding the development of the city under the title brand bengaluru on a website launching the portal at vidhana soudha here on wednesday deputy chief minister dk shivakumar said the publics suggestions are very important for the development of bengaluru i have already held a series of meetings with various stakeholders including mlas from the city and industry captains we are starting a portal to collect opinions from the public he addedtimesviewthe deputy cm is showing a lot of promise as he has been holding consultations to enhance brand bengaluru hopefully shivakumar will not get too ambitious and plan projects that arent implementable within a timeframe else they may remain only on paper as has happened in the past two decades successive governments have been reiterating old pledges such as congestionfree pollutionfree and slumfree city but things have only gone from bad to worse given that several bigticket projects to decongest bengaluru remain nonstarters the government needs to focus more on implementationshivakumar who has been consulting people from different walks of life to lay out a roadmap for the citys development over the past few days said he will consult political leaders including former chief ministers in the coming days i have met some former cms and need to consult a few more i could not meet basavaraj bommai because he was busy he addedhe said a team of officials will soon visit cities including chennai and indore which have adopted good practices in solid waste management i will consult retired traffic police officers on addressing civic issues including clearing footpaths the suggestions coming out of their experience carry weight he addedshivakumar said mlas officers and brand ambassadors of bengaluru had suggested a highdensity corridor expansion of metro connectivity monorail suburban rail road widening elevated roads conversion of nice road into a ring road and construction of tunnel roads in the city to control traffic their suggestions pertained to cleanliness environment waste disposal and sewage management sewage treatment and recycling cauvery water supply development of slum areas efficient administration and corruption control he saidshivakumar has already announced that an expert committee will be constituted to prepare a master plan or blueprint for comprehensive development in six monthsswd antiencroachment drive will continue says shivakumardeputy cm dk shivakumar said clearing of encroachments on stormwater drains will continue and that officers have been given a free hand till now we have been blamed for targeting only the poor when it comes to clearing encroachments yesterday we cleared encroachments by a resort and a big developer he saidabout stopping certain tenders floated by him during the bjp regime the minister said all tender documents including cost estimates are being reexamined a green signal will be given only if everything is okay he said on the bjps criticism over the matter shivakumar said let them criticise us even more fiercely i will expose everything in rr nagar bills worth rs 123 crore were cleared