Mysore/Mysuru: As the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has implemented full-fledged toll collection on the Access Controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, certain drivers have discovered convenient and alternative routes to evade paying the toll. It has been three months since toll collection commenced on the Expressway and three toll plazas have been established at Gananguru in…
Road Safety Body setup for Expressway
July 17, 2023Three-member Panel to inspect Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway from today; to suggest safety measures Mysore/Mysuru: Days after the State Government announced the formation of a Technical Committee to conduct a comprehensive study and provide recommendations for necessary improvements to prevent accidents on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued an order constituting…
44 commuters booked for overspeeding on Expressway
July 6, 2023Three radar speed guns deployed on Ramanagara stretch; more will arrive in the coming days Ramanagara: In a concerted effort to curb the escalating number of accidents on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway caused by over-speeding motorists, the Ramanagara Police took action on Tuesday, July 4. Deploying three mobile speed radar guns, they apprehended 44 vehicles (as…
Pay 22 percent more to travel on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
June 13, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The toll charges for a section of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway have been quietly increased by the National Highways Authority of India (NHA), with rates going up by as much as 22 percent. The toll has been increased for all types of vehicles and comes at a time when a new Government is in place….
Expressway safety: Install CCTV cameras, signage boards
June 13, 2023Mandya DC asks NHAI to complete pending works on service roads, conduct speed, safety tests Mandya: Mandya Deputy Commissioner Dr. H.N. Gopalakrishna has asked the officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take immediate steps to complete the pending construction works in the jurisdictional Mandya District to ensure smooth transportation system on…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane Highway: MP sets deadline for land acquisition process
June 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The land acquisition process for the Access-Controlled Four-Lane Expressway between Mysuru and Kushalnagar will be completed within one-and-a-half months. Once the land is acquired, it will be handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already launched the Rs. 4,130 crore project to lay a 93-km-long Highway…
Overspeed, NHAI authorities’ laxity blamed
May 30, 2023T. Narasipur: Following the ghastly road accident involving a cab and a private bus at T. Narasipur yesterday, claiming 10 lives, the complaints of speed driving and negligence of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have surfaced. If there are any curves on the Highways, the either side should have a clear view, free from…
Status report on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: Vehicles go around Toll Plaza to avoid paying toll
March 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has a new headache just a day after introducing a toll fee on the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta stretch of the Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway. Motorists coming from Bengaluru side are taking an abrupt left turn near Kaniminike Toll Plaza to the service road to avoid paying the user fee. Only…
Not substandard works, NHAI clarifies on photo
March 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: On the image that is being circulated widely on social media that a portion of the Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway has been damaged due to substandard works, the Expressway Project Director B.T. Sridhar told Star of Mysore this morning that works are on to rectify the protruding iron rod. “This is routine maintenance work and…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway toll fee collection deferred
February 28, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The toll fee collection on the 118-km 10-lane Access-Controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway (NH-275), on the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta stretch, which was to commence from 8 am today, has been deferred to Mar. 14, according to a notification from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) dated Feb. 27, 2023. The notification signed by NHAI Project Director B.T….
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