ADGP Traffic and Road Safety Alok Kumar to inspect camera-installation works on May 13 and 14 Mysore/Mysuru: Overspeeding, driving on the wrong side of Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway (Highway), violating lane discipline and wrong lane travel will be totally reduced with the deployment of over 60 Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras along National…
Toll Hike: Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway toll fee to go up from April 1
March 29, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In the second revision since the opening of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Access-Controlled Expressway in Feb. 2023, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced an increase in toll rates effective from Apr. 1, 2024. The charges have been adjusted by 3 to 14 per cent in accordance with the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and…
Rs. 99.20 lakh cash in gunny bag seized on Expressway
March 19, 2024Rs. 537 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs seized since August 2023 in Karnataka ahead of election Mysore/Mysuru: Election Officers at a check-post in Mandya have seized a significant sum of unaccounted cash, totalling Rs. 99.20 lakh. The discovery was made inside a car stopped at Kongaboranadoddi check-post situated in Maddur taluk (Nidaghatta) along Mysuru-Bengaluru…
Centre approves GPS-based toll collection system on Expressway
March 16, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Centre has given its approval for a pilot project involving a GPS-based tolling system on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway and the work will soon commence, official sources said. It may be recalled here that during his recent visit to Mysuru, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the project will be implemented soon….
Overspeeding car jumps median, hits KSRTC bus
March 16, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A car collided with a KSRTC Ashwamedha bus on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, resulting in injuries to four individuals. Police reported that the car’s driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to breach the barrier and collide with the bus after crossing over to the other side. The incident occurred around 12.15 pm on…
Expressway: Dr. Mahadevappa attempts to set records straight
March 11, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Social Welfare Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, also the Minister in-charge of Mysuru district, clarified the Congress-led UPA–2’s role in enhancing road infrastructure in the State. Serving as the Public Works Minister from 2013 to 2018 in the previous Congress regime, Mahadevappa highlighted his and CM Siddaramaiah’s efforts in proposing the upgrade of State Highways…
Three killed in separate accidents on Expressway, KRS Road
March 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In separate accidents, three persons including a student were killed on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway near Siddalingapura and on KRS Road in city. The accidents took place on late Saturday night and yesterday morning. In the first case, Ramesh (48), a security guard at Sarathi Family Dhaba near Siddalingapura, was killed on the spot, when a…
Two from Mysuru among three killed on Expressway
February 18, 2024Seven others injured, one critical; Vehicle was transporting wedding party from Haveri Mysore/Mysuru: Three persons from Mysuru, including a woman, were killed and seven others sustained grievous injuries in an accident on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway in the early hours of Saturday. Police reports indicate that the accident resulted from overspeeding. The collision occurred near Byrapatna,…
Expressway-Outer Ring Road Junction to get a flyover
February 17, 2024Bengaluru: The Siddaramaiah Budget has announced the construction of a flyover at the junction of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway and Outer Ring Road near Kempegowda Circle, commonly known as the Manipal Hospital Junction, along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, intending to alleviate traffic congestion. This collaborative effort with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) aims to address…
Collision on Expressway claims city youth’s life
February 17, 2024Srirangapatna: An accident occurred on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway near Srinivasa Agrahara in Srirangapatna taluk, resulting in the death of a young individual from Mysuru. The accident occurred when the vehicle, in which the victim Akshay (26) was travelling from Mysuru, lost control and veered across the road median, colliding with an oncoming car from the Bengaluru…
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