Bangalore-Mysore road to be changed into NH-275
The Centre has approved the Karnataka Government’s Rs 3,000-crore proposal to convert the Bangalore-Mysore road into a six-lane national highway. The Centre has also accorded National Highway (NH) status and has numbered it ‘NH 275’.
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has agreed to fund the entire project and collect toll. The State’s role is only to co-ordinate and facilitates land acquisition, HC Mahadevappa, Karnataka Minister for Public Works, said.
Of the Rs 3,000 crore, Rs 1100 crore is reserved for land acquisition, Rs 1,600 for construction and Rs 300 crore for shifting utilities, he added. The 123-km six-lane highway includes service roads. The project is being taken up under the design, build, finance, operate, transfer (DBFOT) model and will take two years to complete.
This is being done because this road is one of the major lines of connectivity and so the road is being converted into a national highway. The main connecting roads are the ones that get acclaimed as the national highway. However this work might take some time for the change of the road into a national highway.
Source: The Hindu Business Line
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