'Speed up grade separator work at Manipal junction'

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: State Urban development minister Byrathi Suresh on Monday said he has asked officials to fasttrack the project to build a grade separator at Manipal junction on the BengaluruMysuru national highway.

This is important to ease traffic flow on the NH as the junction has become a bottleneck.

The minister held a meeting with the Mysuru district in-charge minister HC Mahadevappa and senior officials and asked them to submit the DPR immediately.

The National Highway Authority of India(NHAI) has taken up the construction of a grade separator near Manipal Hospital junction which will be constructed in a scientific way.

He also said the urban development department has also planned to build flyovers at Outer Ring Road junctions to ease traffic congestion. As Mysuru is developing rapidly and also industrially, his department has prepared a project report for construction of the peripheral ring road.

This will be constructed around the 42.5 km outer ring road up to 100 to 110 kilometers The Peripheral Ring Road will be a 45-metrewide road requiring the acquisition of a total area of 824 acres.

Additionally, 750 metres on each side of the Peripheral Ring Road will be acquired for the Town Planning Scheme, which covers a total area of 27,500 acres.

The road will consist of six main lanes and four lanes for the service road. The estimated cost is Rs. 1,971 crore, including Rs. 1,236 crore for land acquisition and Rs. 735 crore for road works.

The primary objective is to alleviate traffic congestion on the existing 42.5 km long six-lane Outer Ring Road, which connects Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, KRS Road, Hunsur Highway, Bogadi Road, H.D. Kote Road, Nanjangud Road, T. Narasipur Road, Bannur Road and Mahadevapura Road.

Compensation will be paid to land owners according to present market value. Otherwise, alternative land will be given for land owners who provide land for construction of the peripheral ring road, he said.

District minister Dr H C Mahadevappa who also spoke on the occasion asked the officials to collect the details of numbers of vehicles entering from Bengaluru and heading towards T Narasipura, Hunsur, Nanjangud through outer ring road by conducting a proper survey.

As Mysuru is witnessing rapid development, officials must develop the highways, flyovers, outer ring road and peripheral ring road, he said.

MCC polls will not be delayed, says Byrathi

State urban development minister Byrathi Suresh said that the government will hold the polls to the Mysuru City Corporation( MCC) without any delay.

As the tenure of the present houses ends on November 14, the elections will be conducted as per schedule. There is no question of postponing the elections citing Lok Sabha polls, he said.

He also said that the proposed peripheral ring road will be constructed at a total cost of Rs 2000 crore.