Bengaluru: With the Union Government sanctioning the 10-laning (including service roads) of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway works, the Union Minister of Surface Transport has taken control over the Highway for executing the conversion. The works on 10-laning is set for launching on Jan.8, 2019. With just a month away for the launch of works, the National Highways…
Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway: All obstacles cleared, says CM
October 24, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has said that all obstacles coming in the way of upgradation of Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway into a 10-lane Expressway has been cleared and the works will begin soon. Speaking to reporters at an interaction organised by Bangalore Reporters Guild and Bengaluru Press Club yesterday, he said that the Government had…
Government to expedite 6-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway
July 10, 2018Bengaluru: PWD Minister H.D. Revanna has said that the Government will fast-track six-laning (8 lanes including 2 service roads) of the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. Replying to a question by MLC Sandesh Nagaraj in the Legislative Council this morning, Revanna said that 64 percent of land has been acquired, while 36 percent is yet to be…
11 injured as balloon to welcome Rahul explodes
March 24, 2018Mysuru: Eleven persons including six children suffered injuries yesterday when a giant gas balloon exploded at Cauverypura in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district. The group of people was making arrangements to welcome Congress President Rahul Gandhi and was filling the balloons from a cylinder, when the accident occurred. The workers from an advertising agency in…
One killed, five injured as car topples and falls into canal
December 15, 2017Srirangapatna: In a tragic incident, one person was killed on the spot while five others sustained serious injuries, when the car in which they were travelling toppled and fell into the canal after the driver lost control of the vehicle near K. Shettahalli on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in the taluk yesterday. While the deceased has been…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway widening to be taken up in current fiscal itself
December 15, 2017New Delhi: Union Ministry of Road Transport will take up the widening of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway (NH 275) from existing four-lane to six-lane in the current financial year itself. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will invite bids for project before the end of this fiscal to widen the existing four-lane highway into a…
City crowded with tourists for Deepavali weekend
October 21, 2017Mysuru: Long weekends are always a reason to celebrate and for people smitten by the travel bug, it is the perfect time to plan a small trip. After the Dasara long weekend, it is always the Deepavali weekend one looks forward to. With holidays starting from Wednesday (Oct. 18), this Deepavali has put that cracker…
Bengaluru-Mysuru six-lane Highway works from December-January: PWD Minister
October 17, 2017Mysuru: The works on converting the existing four-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru State Highway to six-lane Highway will begin in the month of December or January, 2018, said PWD and Mysuru District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, here on Sunday. Speaking to media persons at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli here, he said that the State Government had already…
Demonic accident on Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway: Mysuru Lokayukta SP Ravikumar, driver Kirankumar killed
February 23, 2017Lokayukta SP S. Ravikumar and his driver Kirankumar were killed in a demonic accident that occurred near Ramohalli village on Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway in Bengaluru Rural district yesterday evening. While Ravikumar (34) succumbed to injuries while being taken to Rajarajeshwari Hospital on the highway, his car driver Kirankumar (33) died on the spot. It is reported…
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