Mysuru: The Central Government is implementing the ten-lane national highway between Mysuru-Bengaluru and the work will begin from September of this year, said MP Pratap Simha. He was addressing the media at Nanjaraj Bahadur Choultry here recently and said that to release the pressure on the highway, the ten-lane work will begin from the junction…
A Road Map for NH 275
July 13, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yes, that is going to be the new name of the now ‘not-so-good-old’ Mysore-Bangalore road that we have all been driving on all these years. The debate on whether we should or should not widen the existing road between Mysuru and Bengaluru seems to have started, at least on…
Soon, travel from Mysuru to Bengaluru in just 90 minutes
July 11, 2018Bengaluru: Public Works Department (PWD) Minister H.D. Revanna yesterday said that the State Government had acquired 64 percent of the land required for the 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway project. The project, once completed, is expected to cut travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru to 90 minutes from an average three-and-a-half hours. Replying to MLC Sandesh Nagaraj’s…
Heart on the Move
July 7, 2018Mysuru: It was an hour of grief for the family of 21-year-old M.C. Namana when they heard that their daughter, who met with an accident, did not respond to treatment and might die despite the best efforts of the doctors. However, in spite of irreparable loss, Namana’s family donated the live organs of the young…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 6-lane Highway works to be further delayed
June 23, 2018Mysuru/Bengaluru: The work on the upgradation of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway is likely to be delayed for various reasons. Reason one is that the State Energy Department wants more funds to shift electric poles and transformers from the land earmarked for the project. Reason two is the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has…
Six-laning of Mysuru- Bengaluru Highway launched
March 25, 2018Bengaluru: The works on widening the existing Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway into six-lane highway and service roads on either sides was launched by Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari here yesterday who laid the foundation stone for the development works taken up at a cost of Rs. 6,400 crore. The works will be taken up in…
Traffic diversion on Mysuru – Bengaluru highway at Mandya today
March 25, 2018Mandya: On account of All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi taking part in road shows in the district, Mandya DC N. Manjushri has ordered traffic diversion on Mysuru – Bengaluru highway passing through Mandya from 1 pm to 5 pm today. As per a release issued by the DC, Vehicles proceeding from Mysuru…
12 injured in serial accident on Mysuru-Bengaluru highway
March 25, 2018Srirangapatna: In an early morning incident, twelve persons sustained injuries, three of them seriously, in a serial accident that took place on Mysuru-Bengaluru highway passing through the town. The accident involving four vehicles — a lorry, a mini bus, a goods canter and a motorcycle — took place near the Fire Brigade in the outskirts…
6-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway gets Centre’s nod
February 21, 2018New Delhi: The Centre yesterday approved a Rs.2,920-crore project for widening a section of National Highway-275 connecting Bengaluru and Mysuru. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its approval for six-laning of Nidagatta-Mysuru Section of NH-275 from km 74.2 to km 135.3 on Hybrid Annuity Mode in Karnataka,”…
Work on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway upgradation to begin in January
December 21, 2017Bengaluru: The ambitious and long-pending eight-lane conversion of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway will begin by January-end following an assurance of speedy clearance to the project by the Centre. The project will be taken up in two packages at a cost of Rs.4,149 crore, said Public Works Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa. Addressing press persons in Bengaluru yesterday, the…
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