We must admit our lack of competence in development of Highways and Expressways By V. N. Prasad Recently, I saw a video titled “China’s mind-bending mega bridge: A magical journey on the world’s most complex overpass.” It is worth watching a million times. Road traffic converging at a junction is so beautifully (I mean technically)…
Fight over toll ends in toll plaza staff’s murder
June 6, 2023Ramanagar: A fight over toll between the staff of a Toll Plaza and a group of youths ended in the murder of the toll plaza staff near Sheshagirihalli Toll Plaza in Ramanagar taluk on Sunday midnight. The deceased has been identified as Pavan Kumar (26), a resident of Karikal Tandya in Bengaluru South taluk. At…
Two seriously injured as car topples on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
June 6, 2023Mandya: Two persons suffered serious injuries while three others sustained minor injuries when the car in which they were travelling toppled on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway near Chikkamandya yesterday afternoon. The seriously injured are 30-year-old Arjun and 25-year-old Manjunath G. Adiga of Bengaluru. All the five occupants of the car were travelling from Bengaluru to Mysuru and…
New menace on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: Fencing vandalised, stolen
June 3, 2023Many places have gaping holes where the entire chain-link sheets have been cut and taken away Srirangapatna: After the theft of stainless-steel angles (metal bars) fixed on electric poles on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, a new theft has come to light where the chain-link fencing on both sides of the Highway is being cut and taken away….
Break in India !
June 3, 2023We are a nation of vandals — wilful destroyers of what is beautiful or venerable. Be it painting love quotes on rocks, etching perverse rhymes on elevator doors, breaking art installations, slashing bus seats, stealing street lights or cutting fences on the new Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, we are constantly defacing, stealing or destroying public property. Mysuru-Kodagu…
Anganwadi activist brutally murdered in Siddalingapura
May 26, 2023Absconding accused nabbed Mysore/Mysuru: An Anganwadi activist was allegedly murdered using an iron road at a bakery in Siddalingapura near Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway on Wednesday evening and the accused, who had gone absconding was nabbed by the Police the next morning. The deceased has been identified as Mamata (31), who was working at Kerethonnur Anganwadi Centre…
Expressway changes the face of travel between Mysuru and Bengaluru
May 21, 2023KSRTC’s e-bus service has over 1,000 daily happy customers By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation’s (KSRTC) intercity electric bus (e-bus) between Mysuru and Bengaluru on the Expressway built between the two cities has seen an overwhelming response from the passengers who are using the service with more frequency now. The trial…
PM Modi visit: Avoid these routes in city on Apr. 30
April 28, 2023Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway to be closed for vehicular traffic from 11 am to 4 pm Mysuru/Mandya: If you are planning to travel to Bengaluru or move around in Mysuru city centre on Apr. 30 (Sunday), then you need to avoid certain routes to stay away from the Prime Minister’s convoy. According to an official notification, vehicular…
Five of family killed in accident on Expressway
April 23, 2023Channapatna: Five of a family including three children were killed, when the car in which they were travelling jumped the road median on Ramanagar-Channapatna Bypass Road of Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway and crashed into a Toyota Innova vehicle coming on the other side of the Expressway yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Ravi Poojar (46), his…
Miraculous escape for 30 passengers as bus catches fire on Expressway
April 22, 2023Srirangapatna: A major tragedy was averted this morning after a private bus caught fire near Srirangapatna on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. No one was injured in the incident though the valuables and luggage they were carrying were destroyed. The private passenger bus was heading from Bengaluru to Mysuru and over 30 passengers including women and children…
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