Huge publicity hoardings threaten safety of crucial waterway; Public demand removal, accountability Mysore/Mysuru: Holes drilled and massive advertisement hoardings fixed on cement pillars of the Varuna Canal Aqueduct near Siddalingapura have sparked public outrage. The aqueduct, crucial for supplying water to agricultural lands in Mysuru and Mandya districts, faces significant damage to its cement pillars…
Mysore/Mysuru: A concerning rise in traffic violations on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway has been highlighted in a recent report released by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Traffic and Road Safety, Alok Kumar. On June 1 and June 2 alone, a total of 8,335 traffic violations were recorded and there are 8,156 pending cases. These violations…
A repeat of March 2023 and August 2022 scenarios; no proper outlets for water to flow to drains, complain commuters Ramanagara: In a repeat of the harrowing experience faced by motorists on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway in March 2023 and August 2022, last evening’s rain once again caused severe flooding, blocking traffic for several hours. The…
Mysore/Mysuru: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) for Traffic and Road Safety, Alok Kumar, yesterday inspected over 60 Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras being installed along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway (National Highway-275). Departing from Bengaluru, he travelled by road to Mysuru via Bidadi, Ramanagara, Channapatna and Maddur. He inspected the cameras at…
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…
Srirangapatna: A youth from Mysuru was killed on the spot, when another car coming from Bengaluru side jumped over the road median on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway and rammed into the car the youth was travelling near Srinivasa Agrahara in the taluk yesterday. Police said that three other occupants of the car have sustained serious injuries and…
Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announces in Rajya Sabha New Delhi: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the Centre has initiated a pilot project for a GPS-based tolling system on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway and aims to launch the technology before announcing the Lok Sabha polls. In a written response to a…
Lady employee lodges complaint against hotelier Mysore/Mysuru: A former lady employee of a private hotel on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway has lodged a Police complaint against one Preetham Puranik, in-charge of managing the hotel for allegedly assaulting her sexually after promising to marry her and also against his father Krishnadas Puranik, owner of the hotel, for reportedly…
Mysore/Mysuru: Tipu Kannada Rajyotsava Vedike hosted a grand celebration of Kannada Rajyotsava and Tipu Jayanti last evening at the Milan Function Hall on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. The flag hoisting ceremony was conducted by Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait and MLC A.H. Vishwanath. Following this, students from Sheikh Public School sang the State Anthem, adding to the…
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)…
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