Mysore/Mysuru: A week after the Union Budget released a measly Rs. 5 crore for the Satellite Railway Terminal at Naganahalli, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha took the issue to the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and highlighted the importance of the project for the growth of Mysuru region. The MP requested the Minister to bestow his personal…
Mysore/Mysuru: At present, the Mysore Airport has a single runway of 1,740 metres in length which is only suitable for ATR planes providing short-haul flight operations. The existing Airport is spread over 507 acres and under the expansion project, the length of the runway will be increased to 2,750 metres and 45 metres width that…
Pratap Simha meets CM Bommai in New Delhi; urges for administrative approval Mysore/Mysuru: With just days away for the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to make final changes to the Karnataka Budget 2022-2023, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has given his wish-list to the CM in New Delhi. Meeting Bommai yesterday, the MP sought a special…
Mysore/Mysuru: During his meeting with CM Bommai in New Delhi yesterday, MP Pratap Simha has urged for approval to develop certain roads in his constituency (Mysuru-Kodagu) under Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model with Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL). The roads identified to be developed in the PPP model are: Mysuru-Madikeri Road from Yasodharapura near Hunsur on…
Compensation based on four-year market price; land losers to get threefold amount Madikeri: The four-lane 93-km Srirangapatna-Guddehosur (near Kushalnagar in Kodagu) National Highway parallel to the existing NH-275 will be constructed in two packages and works will begin in May or June this year, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. Addressing a press conference in Madikeri…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that there is no Railway link between Mysuru and coastal Uttara Kannada district, members of Mysuru Railway Action Forum (Mysuru Railway Horata Vedike) have urged MP Pratap Simha to re-introduce train service between Mysuru and Karwar. The members met the MP at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Friday and submitted a memorandum in…
Pipe Dreams The war of words about two basic domestic needs of Mysureans seems to lead nowhere. Paradoxically, it is between the local BJP honchos and not the JD(S) or the Congress. It seems like an internecine war of Mughals — between MLAs of BJP and BJP MP. Strange in a democracy. A house thus…
‘1,200 acres to be acquired; Pay Rs. 3 crore per acre as compensation’ Mysore/Mysuru: Stiffly opposing the implementation of the Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane, 93-km National Highway (NH) parallel to the existing NH-275 that connects Mysuru and Kushalnagar, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has questioned the ‘self-interest’ of Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha in the project. The…
Mysore/Mysuru: If everything goes as per plans, Mysuru is likely to get a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) as the city is ideally suited for it. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has pitched for its establishment and has approached Bhagawanth Khuba, Minister of State, Chemicals and Fertilisers, New and Renewable Energy, with a…
‘We seek votes to serve people, not rule’ MysoreMysuru: Joining the Piped Natural Gas project debate, BJP MLC A. H. Vishwanath today chided his party MLAs and the MP and said, “MLAs and MP are not the owners of their respective Constituencies and they are not rulers. Rather they are public servants and have been…
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