Zip on Bangalore-Mysore road from tomorrow

Zip on Bangalore-Mysore road from tomorrow
Deccan Herald

Finally the 112 km four-lane Bangalore-Mysore road will be thrown open to the public on August 31, one month before Dasara, by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in Mysore.


Finally the 112 km four-lane Bangalore-Mysore road will be thrown open to the public on August 31, one month before Dasara, by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in Mysore.

Incidentally, the inauguration comes about a year late – the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government had promised to open the four-lane road before Dasara last year. While that did not happen, this year’s Dasara too comes with new promises: The Karnataka Road Development Corporation is planning to complete town works in Ramanagaram and Channapatnam before the tourist season sets in, in September-October. KRDC is also all set to venture into new projects - upgrade the existing four-lane to six-lane between Jnanabharathi Circle near Kengeri to Bidadi and Srirangapatnam to Mysore Ring Road; and create bypasses across four towns, namely Channapatnam, Ramanagaram, Maddur and Mandya. Bidadi and Kengeri will be taken up for bypass work in the second phase.

“The six-lane road will be made by creating service lanes on both sides of the road. Survey work is on between Mysore and Bangalore, and land acquisition process has commenced at the Mysore-Srirangapatnam stretch. The six-laning work is expected to cost Rs 18 crore. We will shortly call for tenders,” said Ramesh Jalaki, Managing Director, KRDCL. As for bypass work, only the Detailed Project Report has been prepared till now and the schedule and funding details are yet to be finalised, Mr Jalaki added. All these works will be taken up in a Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis.

“We did not have a Dasara deadline last year”: “99 per cent of the work is over, except for some asphalting work near Channapatnam which will be completed by August 31,” he revealed.

When questioned on the delay in completion of the four-lane road, which was promised to be over by last Dasara, Mr Jalaki said there were no deadlines fixed for 2005. “We commenced work in April 2004, and our scheduled date for completion was June 30, 2006. We completed almost as per schedule,” he said.

MAIN FEATURES OF 4-LANE

*Total effective length: 112 km

*Project estimated cost: Rs 330 crore

*Improved curves: 76

*Bus bays: 59

*Truck bays: 5

*Land acquisition: 100 acres

*Major junctions: 7

*Major bridges: 6

*Road Over-Bridge: 2

*Minor bridges: 40

*Culverts: 291

*Median plantation: 1.2 lakh

*Cost of land acquisition: Rs 15.47 crore

*Cost of utilities like power and water: Rs 35.22 crore