Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha this morning inspected the ongoing works of Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Highway along with a team of officials. The 140-odd-km Highway is being upgraded to a 10-lane Highway and as an Economic Corridor. The 10 lanes include two service roads on either sides of the eight-lane main carriageway. The NHAI has taken…
Two more years for Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane highway to be ready
September 3, 2020Extension work of Mysore Airport runway not started yet, says MP Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said that work on the ambitious Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-way lane (including service roads) being taken up at a cost of Rs. 2,550 crore is expected to be completed in two years. Speaking to media persons yesterday, the MP…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway expansion works: Historical Gadde Ranganatha Temple faces threat of losing identity
September 1, 2020Mandya: The Gadde Ranganatha Temple near the historical town of Srirangapatna on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road is on the brink of losing its identity as it faces the threat of getting covered up due to the expansion works of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken up the conversion of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway into…
International Airport near Srirangapatna proposed
August 11, 2020Survey of 900-acre land conducted; Proposal with Centre Mysore/Mysuru: One more International Airport may come up near Srirangapatna on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, in addition to the existing Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), far away from Bengaluru near Nandi Hills, if the Centre accepts the proposal already sent for its consideration. The question is, if this new Airport…
Rejuvenation of Kalyani adjacent to Siddalingapura Temple on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
July 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Namma Mysuru Foundation, which has been directed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for construction of two heritage toilets at Town Hall and People’s Park in keeping with the rich heritage tradition and architectural characteristics of the cultural city, has now taken up rejuvenation of the defunct Kalyani (Temple Pond) adjacent to the famous…
Lockdown: Hundreds leave Bengaluru for Mysuru
July 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government’s decision to impose lockdown from July 14 evening to 22 and a surging number of COVID-19 positive cases in Bengaluru has forced people to go back to their native places. On the morning of July 13, a large number of vehicles piled up at toll gates at Bengaluru’s borders. There was…
Amendments to Land Reforms Act: Farmers to block Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway tomorrow
June 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Condemning the amendments made to Land Reforms Act and orders being made to implement by the State Government, the farmers will be staging a nationwide protest by blocking Highways on June 20, said Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha District President Vidyasagar T. Ramegowda in a press meet here recently. Stating that both the Central and…
Tight vehicle screening at 5 Mysuru District borders
May 6, 2020COVID stickers pasted on vehicles; indelible seal stamped on symptomatic travellers Mandatory 14-day quarantine for outside State visitors; asymptomatic persons let off Mysore/Mysuru: Determined to take stringent measures against spread of Coronavirus infection even after the State Government decided to allow one-time, two-way inter-district passes to facilitate people stranded in other cities to return home,…
COVID-19 impact: An ever-busy Highway deserted now
April 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: On any given day and given time, thousands of vehicles traverse on this Highway connecting Mysuru and State Capital Bengaluru. More than 25,000 vehicles ply on this stretch every day and during peak hours, it is bumper-to-bumper traffic. Now the road is deserted, thanks to Coronavirus scare and the nation-wide lockdown. Even if one…
Road projects on track: MP
February 20, 2020Land acquisition for Mysuru-Kushalnagar Economic Corridor from next month Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Highway will be completed in 24 months from now Mysore/Mysuru: Land acquisition for the Mysuru-Kushalnagar Economic Corridor Expressway Project from Paschimavahini in Mysuru till Kushalnagar in Kodagu along the existing Mysuru-Madikeri National Highway (NH)-275 will begin next month, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. Addressing…
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