Overview

• The court issued notice to the State on the public interest petition and listed the matter for December 9, with no interim stay recorded on the tender.
• Petitioners ask to quash the July 14, 2025 tender, the December 2024 feasibility study, the DPR including its February 2025 revision, and a November 26, 2024 SEIAA letter stating prior environmental clearance is unnecessary.
• The plea alleges the DPR was rushed and inaccurate, lacked site-specific geological, hydrological and biodiversity studies, and relied on a traffic model that excluded two-wheelers and autorickshaws.
• Residents seek to bar further steps until an environmental impact assessment, mobility planning, and detailed utility and drainage mapping are completed, and they call for an independent multidisciplinary review.
• The project envisions a three-lane twin-tube road from Hebbal to Silk Board with eight entries and eight exits under a BOOT concession, costing an estimated Rs 17,698–19,000 crore, and the bench noted the State may proceed to finalise the tender for now.