Mysore/Mysuru: Despite repeated awareness campaigns, cleaning initiatives, and the threat of penalties, waste and construction debris continue to plague the Ring Road in Mysuru. The problem is exacerbated by a lack of awareness and understanding regarding the detrimental effects of such dumping. Many individuals remain oblivious to the environmental and public health consequences of their…
Hit-and-run accident: Priest killed
July 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A priest was killed when an unidentified vehicle hit him on the Ring Road, in front of Yasin Masjid in Rajivnagar on July 17 morning. The deceased has been identified as S. Abhishek (23), a priest at Sinduvalli village in the taluk. On July 17 at about 6.45 am, Abhishek was proceeding on the…
Wheelie on Ring Road: Four including minor arrested
July 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Traffic Police personnel from various Traffic Police Stations have apprehended four youngsters for engaging in a dangerous wheelie on the Outer Ring Road (ORR). Among the cases filed, Siddartha Traffic Police have registered one case, Narasimharaja (NR) Traffic Police have registered two cases and Krishnaraja (KR) Traffic Police Station has registered one case. The…
Youth injured as bike rams against a roadside tree
March 5, 2023Public blame Police drunk driving check; but CCTV shows he was overspeeding Mysore/Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider sustained serious head injuries after he lost control of the bike at a curve and rammed into a roadside tree in the city late last night. The accident took place opposite Sai Garments at Jayadevanagar (on the Ring Road…
Four hi-tech Highway patrol vehicles to watch Ring Road
March 4, 2023One surveillance vehicle will be stationed every 10-km, says City Police Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: Close on the heels of the Mysuru District Police receiving a set of five Highway patrol vehicles to monitor the National and State Highways that link Mysuru district, the City Police Commissionerate will also get four hi-tech vehicles to exclusively keep an…
Four-day Ring Road mass cleaning from Feb. 27
February 25, 2023Town Panchayats, City Municipal Council to join the campaign Mysore/Mysuru: After the proposal to install over 75 CCTV cameras all along the 43.5-km Ring Road failed to materialise, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will take up a four-day mass cleaning campaign of the Ring Road from Monday, Feb. 27. To give some muscle to the MCC…
Time saved on Expressway lost in traffic congestion
February 22, 2023Clover Leaf Interchange sought near Manipal Hospital or exits towards Ring Road before the Junction Mysore/Mysuru: The Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway-275, now developed as a 10-lane Access-Controlled Expressway that meets the Outer Ring Road Junction near Manipal Hospital, has become one of the major traffic bottlenecks. During peak hours, weekends and holidays, this Junction becomes a…
Real estate on Ring Road to offer profitable returns
January 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: For a long time, almost a decade, real estate was a dud investment for many investors, especially along the Ring Road. However, the property market is back on the radar with the Karnataka State Cricket Association’s (KSCA) plan to construct an International Cricket Stadium at Hanchya-Sathagalli becoming a reality soon. Land prices are already…
Thieves steal Ring Road lights switch boards
December 4, 2022• Police take crime seriously; teams begin night patrolling, vehicles checked• Unfortunate development, says MP; high-resolution CCTV cameras to be installed soon• Night surveillance by Police to be regular affair henceforth Mysore/Mysuru: After years of perpetual darkness, streetlights on one portion of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) from Manipal Hospital Junction, Hanchya, Sathagalli, Devegowda Circle,…
Ring Road LED light trials tonight
November 30, 2022Mysuru: The trial lighting of LED streetlights on Outer Ring Road will be held tonight and the formal inauguration of the project will be done tomorrow night. Works to light up the 42.5-km long six-lane Ring Road have been completed and from tomorrow, commuters on this perpetually dark stretch can breathe easy and travel safely….
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