Three 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…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has again strongly refuted allegations that the Expressway was constructed in an unscientific manner. “The rise in accidents on the Expressway is primarily due to over-speeding and reckless driving,” he clarified. The MP was speaking to reporters yesterday at Jaladarshini Guest House. “Accidents on the Expressway are solely the result…
Is over-speed the cause for accidents? Penal action including suspension of DL on those over-speeding beyond 100 kmph Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway is experiencing an alarming rise in accidents, prompting proactive measures by the Police. Speed interceptors (speed radar guns) installed in patrol vehicles have now been deployed by the Ramanagara Police to address the…
EV PowerPlus, Volvos to travel at 80 kmph; Sarige red bus speed limit is 65 kmph Mysore/Mysuru: With a KSRTC EV PowerPlus bus destroyed in a recent accident allegedly owing to overspeeding on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway near Ramanagara killing the conductor and injuring 25 passengers, the KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation) bosses have made…
Toll hike on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway has cascading effect Mysore/Mysuru: Motorists are expressing their dissatisfaction with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) following a significant increase in toll fees on the access-controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. Adding to their frustration is the establishment of a second toll booth within a few months of the Expressway’s inauguration and…
Engineer from Kodagu was returning home after discharge from hospital in Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: After a break, criminals are back to rob travellers on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. The latest robbing incident was reported on Friday night just hours after the visit of senior Police officers on the Expressway amidst a raging debate on the lack of…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It is for the third time in a very short span of time that I am writing about this subject and I hope and pray that I don’t feel compelled to write about it once again. But if we look back, not a single day passes without our new…
Technical snags in FASTag capturing system cause confusion; travellers argue with toll plaza staff Srirangapatna: The second phase of the toll collection on the 118-km 10-lane Access-Controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway (NH-275) began this morning at Srirangapatna amidst protests by farmers and pro-Kannada activists. Personnel manning the toll booths at Gananguru village after Srirangapatna near K. Shettihalli…
Mandya: ADGP (Traffic and Road Safety) Alok Kumar has said, “At the outset it appears that the 10-lane Access-Controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway is unscientifically built at places which calls for taking measures at the earliest to check the rate of accidents and deaths, by discussing with the top Officers of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)…
Mandya: In the wake of rise in number of accidents on Access Controlled 10 lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, ADGP (Traffic and Road Safety) Alok Kumar inspected several stretches of the Expressway that have turned into black spots near Nidaghatta, Maddur and Gejjalagere in Maddur taluk and Hanakere in Mandya taluk in the district this morning. The…
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