Mysore/Mysuru: Even as there is a raging debate over naming Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway after erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar or River Kaveri (Cauvery), Mysore Royal Family member Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar today said that he will abide by whatever decision the Government takes in this regard. It may be mentioned that, ahead of the…
Naming Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: ‘Cauvery Expressway’ will be a befitting name: Pratap Simha
January 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the issue of naming of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway coming to the forefront. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has reiterated his earlier opinion that the Expressway be named as ‘Cauvery Expressway’. The Highway is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by February end. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, the MP…
Naming of Expressway
January 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (also known as MyLAC) Chairman R. Raghu Kautilya has opined that the Expressway must be named ‘Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Expressway’. On MP Pratap Simha’s proposal to name the Expressway after River Cauvery, Raghu said that since senior leaders like S.M. Krishna has suggested Nalwadi’s name, Nalwadi’s name must…
In a first for State, Gadkari’s chopper lands on Bengaluru-Mysuru NH 275
January 5, 2023Mysuru: Probably for the first time in the history of Karnataka, a helicopter landed on a Highway for an inspection of the road by a Union Minister. A temporary helipad was created on the road with the symbol ‘H’ painted on the road for the pilot to visualise. The make-shift helipad was created on the…
More on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway NH 275
January 2, 2023Sir, This refers to V.N. Prasad’s letter ‘Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway NH 275: A Designer’s Perspective’ in SOM dated Dec.29. I was thrilled to read for the first time a ‘real’ expert’s take on the 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway. Well-articulated and easy to understand. To me point number 5 was a stand-out [5. Under the circumstances, politicians announcing…
Name Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway after Nalwadi: Mandya MLCs
December 25, 2022Mandya: With the ambitious Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway project nearing completion, Congress MLCs from Mandya — Madhu G. Madegowda and Dinesh Gooligowda — have urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to name the Expressway after Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. The MLCs, apart from submitting a memorandum to the CM, have also appealed PWD Minister C.C. Patil, Mandya District…
Tourist rush towards Mysuru, two accidents on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
December 24, 2022Due to heavy influx of tourists towards Mysuru for Christmas and New Year season, traffic on the 10-lane Mysuru-Benglauru Highway was choked with vehicles at a couple of places this morning. While one side of the road towards Bengaluru was empty, the other side, towards Mysuru was chock-a-block. Traffic was stranded at many places in…
How can entry to Maddur be in Ramanagara district?
December 22, 2022MLC Dinesh Gooligowda raises flaws in Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway in Council New Delhi/Belagavi: Additional underpasses and subways on the Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway for vehicles to move and pedestrians to cross was raised in the Legislative Council yesterday by MLC Dinesh Gooligowda who said that the entry and exit points that have been facilitated at Nidaghatta are…
Name Mysuru-Bengaluru Road as Cauvery Expressway: MP urges Union Minister
December 22, 2022On the lines of Yamuna Expressway, Ganga Expressway and Narmada Expressway Mysuru: With just months left for the inauguration of the long-pending and ambitious 10-lane Access-Controlled Expressway between Mysuru and Bengaluru, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has urged Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to name the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway after River Cauvery. The…
Craft villages to come up from Maddur to Channapatna
December 20, 2022DPR to be prepared soon on craft villages, clusters on both sides of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Mysore/Mysuru: A day after BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Lehar Singh Siroya urged the Centre to develop a crafts village similar to Delhi Haat along the Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway to protect the livelihoods of Channapatna toys artisans, officers confirmed to…
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