335-km 6-lane corridor to reduce travel time from 7 – 8 hours to just 4 hours ! Bengaluru: The Central Government has launched plans to construct the Bengaluru-Mangaluru Expressway to enhance transportation efficiency and significantly reduce travel time between these major cities in Karnataka. Mirroring the success of the recently completed Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, this new…
Car falls into ditch, 4 injured
March 16, 2024Srirangapatna: In an incident, four people were injured when the car (KA-02 AH-7685) they were travelling in fell into the ditch after skidding off the service road near Ganangur on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, on Thursday. The injured have been identified as Sunil, Naveen Kumar, Sagar and Tandava, all aged between 22 and 24 years and residents…
Car topples nine times on Expressway
March 3, 2024Miraculous escape for occupants Mandya: The occupants of a car had a miraculous escape following a tyre burst resulting in the car toppling eight to nine time on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway before coming to a halt. The car occupants, who escaped miraculously, are 46-year-old Vinod, owner of Vinod Jewellery at R.T. Nagar in Bengaluru and his…
Govt. must take over NICE Road project, says T.B. Jayachandra
August 22, 2023Bengaluru: Former Minister and State Government’s Special Representative in Delhi T.B. Jayachandra has called for the Government to take over the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) Road due to the construction of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway. Speaking to the media in Bengaluru on Monday, Jayachandra stated that there is now no need for a separate entity…
44 commuters booked for overspeeding on Expressway
July 6, 2023Three radar speed guns deployed on Ramanagara stretch; more will arrive in the coming days Ramanagara: In a concerted effort to curb the escalating number of accidents on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway caused by over-speeding motorists, the Ramanagara Police took action on Tuesday, July 4. Deploying three mobile speed radar guns, they apprehended 44 vehicles (as…
Two city couples robbed on Expressway at knife-point
March 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In a second incident of major robbery reported on the recently inaugurated Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, four persons (two couples) from Mysuru city were robbed at knife-point between Devarahosahalli and Thittamaranahalli of Channapatna taluk, Ramanagara district. Though the incident occurred on Monday (Mar. 13) night it has come to light now, causing widespread concern about the…
Expressway traffic jams: Bus Rapid Transit System best, says IISc. expert
March 17, 2023Bengaluru: The Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway is aimed at addressing traffic woes, but a traffic expert has his own apprehension. He feels that highway does more harm than good, further affecting the traffic density in both Mysuru and Bengaluru. Dr. Ashish Verma, Mobility Expert, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, has observed that there is already traffic…
Toll fee: CM Bommai blames D.K. Shivakumar for politicking
March 17, 2023Bengaluru: An agitation has been launched by political parties against the toll collection for the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway which was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Opposition Congress has joined the protests, with its State Chief D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) demanding building of service roads, and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai blaming him for politicising the National…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway NH-275: Toll Plazas open amid protests
March 14, 2023Congress workers, pro-Kannada activists attempt to lay siege at Kaniminike near Bidadi, Sheshagirihalli near Ramanagar on the Highway Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed for over an hour as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) started collecting toll on 56-km section of Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway till Nidaghatta from 8 am today, with Congress workers, pro-Kannada activists and other…
‘Our people deserve best infrastructure’
February 12, 2023Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets on new Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Access-Controlled Expressway is set to be inaugurated next month. The project has won Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s praises as he took to Twitter saying that it is the story of world-class infrastructure and unprecedented growth in Karnataka. Yesterday, he replied to a…
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