Bengaluru Realty And The New Road To Progress
If all goes as planned, India’s information technology capital Bengaluru will soon have new roads that would make the inter-city connectivity easier and faster. One of the many complaints that the citizens of the Karnataka capital have is that roads in the city are really narrow when compared to other major cities such as national capital Delhi.
While Minister of Road and Transport Nitin Gadkari recently announced investment of Rs 1.44 lakh crore in road infrastructure of Karnataka that will take place in two years, the Central government had also approved 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 begin work on widening of the NH-275 on the Bengaluru-Mysuru section of the Bengaluru-Mallapuram economic corridor at a cost of Rs 2,919 crore. The road is currently four-lane and faces huge congestion at Maddur, Mandya and Srirangapatna. The road widening will reduce the time and cost of travel, particularly of heavy traffic plying in the region. The project holds an employment potential of 248,000 man-days during the construction period of the stretch.
The Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway
The 268-km expressway would pass through three states, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It will begin 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 begin by next month as the land acquisition is completed in Karnataka. The road will be built in five sections, Bengaluru-Kolar, Kolar-Palamaner, Palamaner-Chittoor, Chittoor-Kanchipuram and Kanchipuram-Chennai.
The Bengaluru Ring Road to Tamil Nadu
The Satellite Town Ring Road is proposed to connect Tamil Nadu with the Bengaluru city. The NHAI will finish the work for the project and 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 pass through Hosur, Anekal, Kanakapura, Ramanagara, Magadi and Dabaspet. The total length of this Ring Road is about 140 km in Karnataka and 45 km in Tamil Nadu. The tentative cost of the project is Rs 10,000 crore.