Mysore/Mysuru: The 119-km Access-Controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway 275, along with Mysuru district and city, will become a fully functional Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) corridor starting July 1. This will also mark the beginning of issuing penalty notices (challans) from the Traffic Management Centre in Mysuru for traffic violations. ITMS was first introduced in Bengaluru…
Traffic violations on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: 74,915 cases in 28 days
June 2, 2024Utter disregard for road safety as 100 cases booked every hour Mysore/Mysuru: Traffic violations, including over-speeding, driving without seatbelts, lane violations and dangerously driving on the wrong side, continue unabated on the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway (NH-275). Every hour, the AI-based Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras detect over 100 violations. According to data released by…
Traffic violation on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: 12,192 cases in 15 days
May 18, 2024Most violations include overspeeding, not wearing seat belts, using mobile phones while driving Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant enforcement effort, the Bengaluru Traffic Police, monitoring movements along Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway 275, have registered 12,192 cases against motorists who violated traffic rules from May 1 to May 16. The crackdown was facilitated by the deployment of Artificial…
Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275: Wildlife crossing project halted after 60 percent work
May 17, 2024The construction of an animal overpass and underpass to facilitate the safe crossing of wild animals over the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway has come to a grinding halt. A portion of the work has been left incomplete after over 60 percent of the work, posing a significant threat to the wildlife in the region. During the planning…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway: Toll collection to begin from October 2022
March 30, 2022Elevated toll booths built after Srirangapatna and near Bidadi Mysore/Mysuru: The introduction of tolls on new roads that facilitate travel is a nationwide arrangement. Likewise, works are in full swing to set up two toll plazas on the Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane National Highway (NH-275) that is being developed as an economic corridor. The 117-km road, being…
Brave tempo driver foils highway robbery attempt
January 2, 2020Mysuru-bound courier company driver targeted near Mandya Argues with criminals; refuses to pay for ‘accident victim’ Mysuru/Mysore: If 2019 was dominated by crimes committed on highways including the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, Nanjangud Highway and several State Highways around Mysuru where commuters were robbed of cash, gold and valuables by faking accidents, one more incident was reported…
Mysuru-Bengaluru six-lane NH work to begin from September
July 24, 2018Bengaluru: The widening work of the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway (NH) at a cost of Rs. 6,800 crore will begin from September this year, said Public Works Minister H.D. Revanna. He was addressing a media conference here yesterday and said that he held discussions with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Delhi who has given his approval…
Felling of trees: Public meeting on July 8
July 6, 2018Mysuru: The PWD has proposed to fell 209 trees on either side of the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway 275 stretch from Colombia Asia Hospital Junction to Kalastawadi (4.236 km), for road widening. As rule 8(3) VII of the Karnataka Tree Conservation Act envisages holding of a public meeting in cases where over 50 trees are to…
Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway development works to be launched on Mar. 24
March 22, 2018Bengaluru: The development works on the existing Mysuru-Bengaluru National highway into six-lane tracks and the service roads on either side would be launched on Mar. 24, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. The works will be launched at 1 pm near Yesvantpur during which Central and State Ministers would be present. The works on the highway,…
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