Mandya: A miscreant, who waylaid a car on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, has extorted Rs. 23,000 from a Bengaluru resident after creating a fake accident story and threatening the car driver with a knife. The incident took place near the Factory Circle in Mandya. One T.S. Chandrashekar, a resident of Bengaluru, was proceeding towards Bengaluru from Mysuru…
Intelligent Transport System on Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Highway: Hi-tech touch for commuter safety
June 22, 202224×7 Central Command Centre with LED screens to monitor and relay real-time data To check lane discipline; Medical help to reach within minutes in case of accidents Mysore/Mysuru: In an attempt to minimise traffic woes and enhance the safety of commuters on the Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Highway, an AMR sensor-based Intelligent Transport System (ITS) will be…
Day-long traffic bottleneck at Manipal Hospital Junction
June 13, 2022Many vehicles had to wait for over two hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic Mysore/Mysuru: It will be a daunting task for the Traffic Police to regulate the long line of VIPs and Government officers from the Centre and State who are scheduled to arrive in Mysuru by road from Bengaluru and other places on the International…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: High Toll, Low Strain?
June 12, 2022By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A headline in Star of Mysore two days ago, proclaimed that those of us wishing to travel between Mysuru and Bengaluru along the new highway that is now getting ready for us, should get ready to pay anywhere between Rs. 200 to Rs. 250 as travel toll between the…
Debris-laden truck topples on highway
June 12, 2022A truck carrying debris jumped over the road diver and toppled on the other side of the Mysuru-Bengaluru, disrupting traffic for more than an hour. Vehicles were lined up for more than three kilometres on the highway till Srirangaptana Town Police reached the spot and cleared the debris first and then got the truck cleared…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Highway: Get ready to pay Rs. 200 to Rs. 250 as travel toll
June 10, 2022Bengaluru: Travelling between Mysuru and Bengaluru on 10-lane Economic Corridor that is slated for completion in October 2022 could cost you anywhere between Rs. 200 and Rs. 250 as per the prevailing rates fixed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) based on similar corridors. The first stretch of the expressway — from Bengaluru to…
Chain reaction…
June 5, 2022Four cars that were proceeding from Bengaluru to Mysuru collided with each other on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway on the bridge that is built across River Cauvery near Srirangapatna this morning. The accident occurred at Poorva Vahini, after Baburayanakoppal and traffic came to a grinding halt for some time. As it was a Sunday today, there…
Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura getting a makeover
May 23, 2022Devotee from Tamil Nadu funding project to construct a stone Gopura behind facade Mysore/Mysuru: The famed Sri Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway is getting a major makeover and a stone Gopura will be built in the coming days. The foundation has already been laid but continuous rain is playing a spoilsport. The…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Economic Corridor: MP urges NHAI to solve safety issues
May 12, 2022Certain landowners at Ramanagara were holding up construction work Mysore/Mysuru: Highlighting the safety and aesthetics of the ongoing 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Economic Corridor, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has urged National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take immediate measures to pave the earthen shoulder with suitable impermeable material like concrete. Meeting NHAI Chairperson Alka Upadhyaya recently,…
Two killed as tree falls on car near Ramanagara
April 25, 2022Traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway held up for more than one hour Mysore/Mysuru: A tree came crashing on a car on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway this morning and two persons including a 9-year-old child were killed on the spot. The incident occurred on the busy stretch and traffic was held up for more than one hour. The…
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