Mysuru: With the 10-lane Access-Controlled Expressway between Mysuru and Bengaluru expected to be inaugurated soon by Prime Minister Modi, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will conduct an inspection of the Highway tomorrow (Jan. 5).
The inspection assumes significance as many elected representatives including former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, MLC Dinesh Gooligowda, MP Sumalatha and many local JD(S) MLAs alleging that the highway works are unscientific and sub-standard with problems of flooding, road blockages and lack of entries and exits for villagers who have given land for project.
The Highway with a design length of 118 km is expected to reduce the present travel time of three hours between Bengaluru and Mysuru to 90 minutes. Gadkari will conduct an aerial survey between 11.15 am and 12.15 pm. He will also ride on a stretch near Jeeganahalli village in Ramanagara. The work on most of the stretches is completed and it is likely to be formally opened before the Assembly elections.
The Union Minister will later hold a meeting with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Gadkari will also review the progress of work on other National Highways in the State along with the CM at 5.30 pm.
As the Expressway is nearing completion, there are reports doing the rounds on naming it. While MP Pratap Simha has demanded that the Expressway be named Cauvery Expressway, leaders like former CM and senior BJP leaders S.M. Krishna and Chamarajanagar MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad, MLCs Dinesh Gooligowda and MadhuMadegowda want it named after Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar.
Gadkari will also inspect the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway project. This 262-km stretch connects Bengaluru Ring Road with Chennai Outer Ring Road.
Hon. Minister Nitin Gadkari should drive on the highway. There is no use in aerial survey, he might as well have a drone video sent to him. What’s the point in coming here if he cannot travel on the road? Clearly demonstrates a lack of interest. He is far from on-ground reality and most highway projects are delayed and not of great quality.
He should get closer to the problems of the people and travel on this highway. People have lost lives on this highway after it opened. His aerial inspection is irrelevant. The minister appears to be happier spending time on Twitter and media instead of getting closer to the people’s problems on highways.
@Ramprasad
Given this:”The inspection assumes significance as many elected representatives including former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, MLC Dinesh Gooligowda, MP Sumalatha and many local JD(S) MLAs alleging that the highway works are unscientific and sub-standard with problems of flooding, road blockages and lack of entries and exits for villagers who have given land for project”, this Gadkari idiot should drive on the highway without escort in a car along with other traffic to experience the kind of problems a project like this presents in a third world corrupt country like India, where such projects are undertaken with extensive bribe kickbacks in mind. To compensate that bribe money, contractors use poor quality materials.
This precedes the election. Modi, Sha and the entire BJP gang are scared of losing the election.
He should completely ignore the politicians who are just making a mockery of this express Highway. All slow moving vehicles must be banned once it’s complete. A food court must be made ready soon on either side of the express Highway.
Hey Sridhara
Yes, gfaster the vehicles , the better. sothose idiots cn be dispatched to the other world soon!
You sound as if you have no clue! Food court, all the way to Bangalore. I would say emergency treatment centres,
as one could expect more accidents, severe accidents.
Keep prattling , as idiots like you the ones who cause all those accidents.