Mysore/Mysuru: Farmers held demonstrations at entry and exit points of the city this morning to mark one year of the farmers’ protest against the Centre’s farm laws. The intensity of protest was severely felt on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway and Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway where vehicular traffic was thrown out of gear. Police had a tough time in controlling…
Car topples near Maddur: MP Pratap Simha extends helping hand
November 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has extended a helping hand to accident victims after a car toppled on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near Maddur yesterday afternoon. A group of people were travelling in a Toyota Innova MUV when the driver lost control of the vehicle as one of the tyres of the car burst and toppled. Due…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: No entry for bikes, autos to prevent accidents
September 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: If you are a two-wheeler rider, then you must know that you cannot enter the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has a notified rule that prevents the entry of two-wheeler riders on any Expressway. Even autos and agricultural vehicles are not allowed on the main carriageway. All such vehicles…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-Lane Economic Corridor: Rs. 8,066 crore project cost to exceed by Rs. 700 crore
September 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The construction of 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Economic Corridor is in full swing and it is scheduled to be completed by October 2022. But the estimated cost of Rs. 8,066 crore might exceed by another Rs. 700 crore. The corridor comprises a six-lane access-controlled carriageway for traffic to move at a high speed and a two-lane…
Woman decapitated in gory car accident
September 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A woman’s head was severed from the body in an accident on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway yesterday near the Fire Service Station in Srirangapatna. The woman was walking by the side of the road when a speeding car hit her. The car, driven by a Mangaluru-based man, was negotiating a turn near the Fire Service…
Bengaluru-Mysuru highway work: War of words between MP and Congress intensifies
September 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha met Mines and Geology Minister Halappa Achar at Bengaluru and sought to remove departmental hurdles for expediting the ongoing Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Highway, the ‘Credit war’ over the Highway expansion has escalated with Congress leaders challenging the MP for an open debate in the presence of media on…
100 EV charging points on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
August 25, 2021Mysuru city also to get about 100 Electric Vehicle charging points Energy Minister asks CESC to chalk out 100-day programme Mysore/Mysuru: Giving a strong push to electric mobility by establishing public charging stations all along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway and also at many places inside Mysuru city, Energy Minister V. Sunil Kumar asked officers of Chamundeshwari…
Cauvery pipeline breaks; Highway under water
August 21, 2021Srirangapatna: A part of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway submerged in knee-deep water yesterday as a huge drinking water pipeline broke. Motorists, especially two-wheelers, were inconvenienced as they had to wade through water. A huge water spring emerged near Baburayanakoppal near Srirangapatna yesterday as the main pipeline that distributes Cauvery water from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS)…
Works on 93-km Mysuru-Madikeri Highway to begin from June 2022
August 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Work on the 93-km Mysuru-Madikeri Highway is expected to commence from June 2022 and will be laid at an estimated cost of Rs. 3,883 crore. The project will be a separate one from the existing NH-275 and will begin from Paschimavahini near Srirangapatna. The existing four-lane road between Mysuru and Madikeri (NH-275) has reached…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway: Unscientific, says Sumalatha; Pratap Simha hits back
August 20, 2021Mandya: Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish has termed the works of the 10-lane Expressway between Mysuru and Bengaluru as unscientific and would inconvenience people of Kodihalli in Maddur taluk. At the DISHA (District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee) meeting held in Mandya on Wednesday, Sumalatha said that the works are not being undertaken scientifically. “Take Kodihalli…
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