Elevated 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…
Zip from Mysuru to Bengaluru in 75 minutes from October
March 29, 2022Bengaluru: The ongoing construction work of the Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Highway NH275 will be completed by October 2022, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said. In a series of tweets yesterday, the Minister said that once completed, the travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru will be reduced to 75 minutes. The Minister…
Only one Toll Plaza in 60-km of National Highways
March 25, 2022New Delhi: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced in the Lok Sabha that there will be only one Toll Plaza for a distance of 60-km on National Highways and if there are more than one Toll Plaza, such facility will be closed down in the next three months. In a video posted on…
Talking on phone while driving to be legal soon
February 14, 2022New Delhi: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has said that talking on phone while driving will soon be legal in India. However, there will be some rules that must be followed, Gadkari said in the Lok Sabha. According to his statement, talking on the phone will only be permitted if the…
Upgrade Hassan-Makutta Road to National Highway
December 16, 2021MP Pratap Simha seeks four-lane road from Bilikere to Holenarasipura Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha met Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi yesterday and appealed to him to upgrade the State Highway connecting Channarayapatna in Hassan district and Makutta on the Karnataka-Kerala border to a National Highway (NH). The…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Economic Corridor: Proper entry, exit points needed for 5 bypasses
December 16, 2021Call to expedite grade separator near Columbia Asia Hospital Junction Mysore/Mysuru: Meeting Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi yesterday, MP Pratap Simha also requested the upgradation of the access controlled 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Economic Corridor with proper entry and exit points for all five bypasses to six towns. Also, to avoid median crossover accidents, Jersey…
New highway from Kerala to Kodagu endangers River Cauvery
December 5, 2021Proposed highway to pass through Greater Talacauvery National Park and Reserve Forest Kasaragod MP raises question in Lok Sabha; Minister Nitin Gadkari cold-shoulders move Kushalnagar: A new highway from Kerala to Talacauvery in Kodagu district, the birthplace of River Cauvery, has been proposed by the neighbouring State that will threaten the very existence of the…
Unfit, polluting vehicles to be phased out
August 14, 2021PM Modi launches Vehicle Scrappage Policy; move to benefit auto sector New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a Vehicle Scrappage Policy. The Policy was first presented in the Union Budget 2021 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Soon after, Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari revealed the details of the Policy at…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Economic Corridor: ’90-minute journey from Oct. 2022′
August 13, 2021Tweets Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Mysore/Mysuru: The construction of 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Economic Corridor is in full swing and photos of the project have been tweeted by Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. Taking to the micro-blogging site, the Minister gave a glimpse of the project to commuters and said…
‘Kollegal-Kerala Highway needs to be six-lane’
August 10, 2021MP Pratap Simha meets Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on pending projects; submits COVID report card to Amit Shah Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has urged Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to develop the Kollegal to Kerala Highway from the existing four-lane to a six-lane one. National Highway 766 (NH-766) (previously NH-212)…
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