Mysore/Mysuru: A huge spike in oxygen requirement for COVID-19 patients both in Mysuru and Bengaluru has resulted in the State Government diverting all industrial gas cylinders — used for welding purposes — to be filled with Liquid Medical Oxygen for human use. This has resulted in slowing down of the ambitious Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Economic Corridor…
Lights ON, Lights OFF
March 25, 2021Authorities play hide-and-seek; Ring Road in darkness again Mysore/Mysuru: Motorists dread to travel on the 42-km-long Outer Ring Road (National Highway 275-K) during nights as the stretch is pitch dark in the absence of street-lights. Despite several announcements made by elected representatives, Ministers and officials, the road plunges into darkness after 7 pm, endangering the…
Four Road Under Bridges to come up on Outer Ring Road
February 9, 2021Estimated cost Rs. 70.58 crore; MP Pratap Simha holds meeting with highway engineers Mysore/Mysuru: A proposal has been submitted to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to construct four Road Under Bridges (RUB) along the 41.5 kilometre Outer Ring Road that has been declared as National Highway-275K by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. …
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…
Come September 2022, drive to Bengaluru in just 90 minutes!
September 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Come September 2022, drive from Mysuru to Bengaluru in just 90 minutes from the present three hours as the works on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway that is being upgraded to a 10-lane Highway and as an Economic Corridor is scheduled to be completed on Sept. 7, 2022. Works on the Highway that was literally stopped due…
Mysuru-Chennai Bullet Train among 7 finalised routes
July 31, 2020Mysuru-Bengaluru-Chennai 435-km high-speed rail corridor (bullet train) to come up National Highways Authority of India to begin land acquisition; no delay despite COVID New Delhi: The 435-km high-speed rail (bullet train) corridor between Mysuru-Bengaluru-Chennai will finally be a reality and the route is among the network of high-speed bullet trains on seven new routes. The…
Speed up works on Bantwal-Bengaluru National Highway 275: MP urges Centre
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has urged the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to expedite the two road works on Bantwal-Bengaluru National Highway 275 that passes through Mysuru and Kodagu. The MP has apprised I.K. Pandey, Director General (Road Development) and Special Secretary to Government of India (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways) that…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway to be completed by mid-2022
December 30, 2019Works taken up under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase I Envisaged as Economic Corridor between two cities Mysuru: Vehicle users will have to wait till mid-2022 for a smooth ride on the 140-odd-km Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway that is being upgraded to a 10-lane highway and as an Economic Corridor. The 10 lanes include four service roads on either…
Non-functioning street-lights plunge Outer Ring Road into darkness
May 22, 2019Driving on this orphaned stretch is a nightmare for motorists Mysuru: In spite of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) handing over the complete maintenance of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the problems on the road seem to persist. The 42.1 km ORR was constructed to prevent…
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