Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is constructing a total of 21 skywalks along the 119-km-long Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway to ensure safer pedestrian movement. So far, five skywalks have been completed, and efforts are underway to complete the remaining ones at the earliest. For villagers living along the Highway, the skywalks offer some relief,…
NH-275 Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway update: NHAI opens Thoobinakere exit point after four deaths
April 8, 2025Mandya: A poorly thought-out decision by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to narrow an exit route near Thoobinakere in Mandya district has cost four lives and triggered widespread public outrage. The move, aimed at curbing toll evasion on the Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway-275, allowed only cars and jeeps to pass through — a restriction…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar Highway: NHAI approves Package 3 Hunsur-Periyapatna stretch
March 28, 2025Mysuru: The Central Office of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approved Package 3 of the long-pending Mysuru-Kushalnagar Highway project, covering the critical Hunsur-Periyapatna stretch. Construction is slated to begin in the second week of April, marking a major leap in regional infrastructure development. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar welcomed the decision,…
Mysuru-Nanjangud NH to be accident-free soon
January 30, 2025NHAI prepares Rs. 127.01 crore master plan; works begin at some places Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has rolled out a Rs. 127.01 crore master plan to develop the Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway (NH 766, formerly NH 212) into an accident-free zone. Some of the works have already begun like under-bridges at APMC, Bandipalya,…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway NH-275: Highway Authority floats tenders for service roads
December 8, 2024Works to be completed by 2026 Mysuru: In a major step towards alleviating commuter challenges on the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway 275, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has unveiled plans to complete the construction of service roads. This initiative aims to enhance connectivity for towns along the 119-km Highway, ensuring seamless access for vehicles…
Toll collection on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: FASTag to be replaced by Global Navigation Satellite System soon
September 1, 2024Feasibility testing of GNSS technology completed Mysuru: New Delhi-based Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), a subsidiary of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), will soon be implementing the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology — a satellite-based Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system — on the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway 275. The GNSS system automatically…
NHAI hikes Highway toll rates by 3 to 5 percent : Shell out more to travel on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
June 3, 2024New Delhi: A day after polls are concluded for elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) revised the toll plaza rates across several States, which will come into effect from June 3 (today). The notification from India’s highway infrastructure creator was published in various newspapers on Sunday, where the…
60 AI-based cameras on Expressway by April end
March 30, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: As the toll rates for travel between Mysuru and Bengaluru on the Access-Controlled Expressway are set to increase from April 1, motorists should anticipate heightened scrutiny for speed violations that lead to accidents. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) intends to enhance surveillance measures by installing 60 Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Automatic Number Plate…
Six more AI-based cameras on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
February 6, 2024NHAI approves Video Incident Detection and Enforcement System worth Rs. 3.6 crore Mysore/Mysuru: With the goal of effectively curbing accidents resulting from traffic violations on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway and enforcing penalties on offenders, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has given approval for the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)…
‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ initiative rolled out
January 16, 2024Complete KYC by Jan. 31 to avoid deactivation by NHAI New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken the ‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ initiative that aims to discourage user behaviour of using single FASTag for multiple vehicles or linking multiple FASTags to a particular vehicle. The move is taken with an aim…
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