BMIC PERIPHERAL AND RING ROADS 2 MONTHS TO GO

BMIC PERIPHERAL AND RING ROADS 2 MONTHS TO GO
Finishing touches


In all probability, the peripheral and ring road of Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) undertaken by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) will be completed and thrown open to the public in the next couple of months.
The government, in its recent cabinet meeting, paved the way for the promoters to complete the project by handing over 102 acres of land, through which bottlenecks on the link and peripheral ring roads can be plugged.
“Work is going on full swing, including on the bridge near Mysore Road. The company hopes to complete the pending works soon,’’ a NICE representative maintained. However, the issue pertaining to road alignment on Gottigere lake near Bannerghatta Road is yet to be solved.
Prior to cabinet clearance, the empowered committee on BMIC headed by chief secretary Sudhakar Rao had given clearance to NICE to go ahead with pending works. Barring a few patches, where land was not made available by the government, NICE has completed a major portion of link and peripheral roads.
Due to non-cooperation from the Kumaraswamy government, the BMIC project was entangled in a legal battle for four long years. The company has even petitioned a contempt case against the government before the Supreme Court for disobeying its order pertaining to the case.
The bottlenecks that will be completed soon:
Link Road: 9.1 km taking linking expressway and Mysore Road near Byatarayanapura and Divitigeramanahally village 1.4-km diversion road at the Ring Road and integrating the bridge and ramps across the Outer Ring Road (ORR), which is pending for one-and-half years Between 2.6 km and 2.9 km near Hosakerehalli Between 7.80 km and 8.30 km near Hemmigepura village
PERIPHERAL ROAD — Total length 41 km from NH-7 (Bangalore-Hosur Road) to NH-4 (Bangalore-Tumkur Road): Between 8 km and 9 km on Bannerghatta Road junction, near Gottigere village Between 15.4 km and 16 km near Kanakapura Road junction of Talaghattapura village Between 23.4 km and 24.2 km near Mysore Road junction Between 33.6 km and 33.8 km near Magadi Road junction