Mysore/Mysuru: Dumping of garbage and construction debris on both sides of the 42-km Outer Ring Road (ORR) by citizens has become a regular affair. Not anymore, as six teams comprising officers from various Departments have been constituted to clean up the mess and to watch out for dumpsters. Bulk of solid waste bags, plastic, fruit…
NHAI takes up ORR asphalting works
January 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken up the asphalting of the Outer Ring Road (ORR). In the first phase, the 10-km stretch between Columbia Asia Hospital signal and Hinkal Junction flyover would be asphalted, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha who recently went for an inspection of the ORR. The first phase…
Flyover proposed at Ring Road-KRS Road junction
January 2, 2021Alignment from Brigade Apartments on KRS Road till District Hospital: MP Mysore/Mysuru: After the first flyover in city on the Mysuru-Hunsur Highway near Hinkal, the city is all set to get one more flyover near the Hotel Royal Inn Junction, a meeting point of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) and KRS Road. The junction sees…
Electric poles stolen from Outer Ring Road
December 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Apart from footing the electricity bill and maintaining streetlights along the six-lane 42-km Outer Ring Road (ORR), Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has a new headache — stolen electricity poles. Yes. Miscreants are stealing the metal poles and are carrying them away in vehicles, hoodwinking both MUDA officials and Police, who often come on…
City to get another flyover-cum-underpass
September 12, 2020Signal-free ‘Interchange with Flyover, Rotary and Underpass’ to be built at busy Columbia Asia Junction on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru-Bengaluru Road and Outer Ring Road Junction near Columbia Asia Hospital will undergo a sea change with a new ‘Interchange with Flyover, Rotary and Underpass’ project that will be taken up as part of the…
Plant fruit and flower saplings in Parks, Highways: MP
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that nurturing is more important than the number in the planting of saplings, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said that the Forest Department officials should concentrate more on saving our ecology and environment by planting of fruit-bearing and flowering plants in Parks and also along the Highways and other roads. He was presiding over…
Ring of Light: 42-km Outer Ring Road glows, again
May 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of night commuters along the Outer Ring Road – a 42-kilometre long carriageway — can now heave a sigh of relief as streetlights along the road have been switched on after a long gap. The road had plunged into darkness, endangering the safety of people using the motorway and residents of layouts beyond…
Traffic Police notify speed limit on Outer Ring Road
March 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the city witnessing a rise in fatal road accidents, the City Police in a bid to ensure the safety of motorists and pedestrians and to regulate traffic movement, have notified vehicle speed limit on Outer Ring Road (ORR). The details are as below: The speed limit of vehicles on ORR and on roads…
Ring of Darkness: Outer Ring Road lights turned off again
November 16, 2019Mysuru: Just a month after Dasara, streetlights along the six-lane Outer Ring Road (ORR) has been switched off. The 42-km-long carriageway has plunged into darkness again, endangering the safety of people using the motorway and residents of layouts beyond the road. Lights were switched on for Dasara following the intervention of Mysuru District Minister V….
Rider killed as goods vehicle runs over him
July 2, 2019Mysuru: A scooter rider was killed on-the-spot when a goods vehicle ran over him near VTU College on the Outer Ring Road yesterday afternoon. The deceased is P. Harry Vinod (37), a real estate agent and a resident of Bamboo Bazaar. He leaves behind his wife and a five-year-old daughter. Harry was proceeding on the…
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