Bengaluru India’s information technology capital will soon have new roads that would make the inter-city connectivity faster and easier, if all goes as planned. One of the many complaints that the denizens of Karnataka have is that roads in the city are really small when compared to major cities such as National Capital Delhi.
Recently, Minister of Road and Transport Nitin Gadkari publicized investment of Rs 1.44 lakh crore in road infrastructure of Karnataka that will take place in two years; the Central government had also permitted highway projects in the state worth Rs 2,920 crore.
Widening of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will soon start with the road widening work on NH-275 on the Bengaluru-Mysuru section of the Bengaluru-Mallapuram economic corridor at a cost of Rs 2,919 crore.
Presently, the road is four-lane and witnesses huge blocking at Maddur, Mandya and Srirangapatna. The road widening will reduce the commuting cost and time, mainly of heavy traffic plying in the region. The project holds an employment prospective of 248,000 man-days during the building period of the corridor.
The Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway
The 268-km expressway would pass through three states, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It will start at Hoskote in Bengaluru and would end at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. It will run parallel to the NH-4 and would carry 45,000-60,000 passenger cars in a day.
The construction on this project is expected to start by next month as the land acquisition is completed in Karnataka. The road will be built in five segments, Bengaluru-Kolar, Kolar-Palamaner, Palamaner-Chittoor, Chittoor-Kanchipuram and Kanchipuram-Chennai.
The Bengaluru Ring Road to Tamil Nadu
The Satellite Town Ring Road is projected to connect Tamil Nadu with the Bengaluru city. The NHAI will complete the project work and the project would connect Bengaluru’s Hosur to Tamil Nadu by joining the NH-4 and the NH-7 under the Bharatmala project.
This Ring Road will go through Hosur, Anekal, Kanakapura, Ramanagara, Magadi, and Dabaspet. The total length of this Ring Road is approximately 140 km in Karnataka and 45 km in Tamil Nadu. The tentative cost of the project is Rs 10,000 crore.