Two miscreants waylay floral decorator; flee with scooter at 1.30 am on Nov. 27 Mysuru: Incidents of miscreants waylaying motorists and robbing them of their valuables, money extortion and other illegal activities are increasing by the day on the Outer Ring Road and victims have said that such incidents were taking place due to the…
Ring Road lights to glow from Dec. 1
November 19, 2022Project nearing completion with 7-km cabling pending; MP visits work site Mysore/Mysuru: Over three months after launching the project to lay underground insulated wires for the street-lights on the Ring Road, over 78-km of the project has been completed and only seven kilometres of cabling is to be done. All the works will be completed…
Post-Dasara, 3-km Ring Road glows bright with LED lights
October 12, 2022Project being completed in phases; full 42-km to light up by month end Mysore/Mysuru: Post-Dasara, the first three-kilometre stretch from Manipal Hospital Junction to Mahadevapura Road Junction on the 42.5-km Ring Road glowed bright last night with LED lights. The lights on the entire stretch that is at present dark and dangerous will glow by…
Even as city roads glitter, Ring Road still in dark
October 8, 2022By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: Even as city roads glitter with Dasara illumination, the Ring Road still remains partially dark due to poor lighting, which is nothing but a travesty. Though the Government and the District Administration have been successful in attracting huge number of tourists for Dasara illumination of city roads, circles and junctions, poor…
MP Pratap Simha assures completion of Ring Road street-light project by November end
October 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha, reacting to the report on Ring Road published in Mysuru Mithra (sister concern of Star of Mysore) this morning, promised that street-lights on the Ring Road will function wholly by the end of November, following the completion of underground cable laying works on the entire stretch and fixing of related issues….
Students riding haphazardly assault doctor for questioning them
September 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Two students, riding a two-wheeler in a rash and negligent manner, rammed into a car and assaulted a doctor for questioning them. The incident took place on the Ring Road junction near Bogadi yesterday afternoon. The doctor, who was assaulted, is Dr. Guruprasad, a resident of Telephone Layout near Bogadi. The doctor was proceeding…
Dasara is here so are works on dark Ring Road stretch
September 21, 2022Work begins for underground cabling; tender for lights, switches yet to be called Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara festival is here and as in the past, the buzz around a dark and dangerous Ring Road can be heard again loud and clear. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) wants to illuminate the 42.5-km stretch for ‘tourist and passenger convenience.’…
Over 25 sheep killed as tipper vehicle runs over
August 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Over 25 sheep were killed on the spot when a tipper vehicle ran over them on the Outer Ring Road yesterday afternoon. The sheep belonged to Kemparaju of Bettahalli in Mandya district. The sheep were crossing the Ring Road at about 2.30 pm yesterday when a speeding tipper vehicle, which came from Mahadevapura side,…
Defunct streetlights on Ring Road: Project to lay underground rodent bite-proof wires begins
August 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: At last, the works on laying underground insulated wires for the streetlights on the Ring Road have begun. Insulated wires will be laid as the existing wires have been eaten by rodents in the 42.5-km long six-lane Ring Road. These wires were laid by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in 2014. Once the rodent…
‘Widen Railway Underpasses on Ring Road’
August 5, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the Railway Underpasses on the Ring Road are accident-prone due to their unscientific nature, JD(S) activists led by Corporator K.V. Sridhar staged a demonstration near the Underpass of Mysuru-Arasikere Railway track on Ring Road, close to Hotel Royal Inn Junction on KRS Road, this morning. They sought widening of the Underpass stretches…
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