Rs 158.81 crore to be spent to improve Bangalore-Mysore Expressway: CM  

The expressway was opened in haste, says the CM.

July 31, 2023: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on July 28 said the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway had been opened for traffic hastily without completing all the work, including road safety measures. The CM made the remark after inspecting the stretch at Hale Budanur near Mandya.

To rectify the situation, additional work amounting to Rs 158.81 crore will be taken up on the expressway from November this year, the chief minister added. “A proposal for Rs 158.81 crore has already been submitted,” he said. The work is expected to be completed by March 2024.

“I will also meet Union minister for highways Nitin Gadkari and hold a discussion on pending works and collection of toll fee without completing the civil works,” the CM added.

Opened to traffic in March 2023, 118-km access-controlled highway encompasses a portion of the National Highway 275 (NH-275). Earlier this month, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had constituted a committee of road safety experts to carry out safety inspection of the highway to ensure safe travel.

While speed detectors are installed at two places across the expressway, the CM said those would be installed at every 10 kilometre to cut down on the possibility of road accidents.  Official data show, 121 people died in road accidents since the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway was opened in January this year.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka police conducted a trial run of artificial intelligence-based cameras on the expressway on July 28.  Six cameras have been deployed at two places along the expressway to capture a variety of traffic violations.

“This is a trial run. We are not booking cases yet. This will be shaped over the next few days, where we will figure out how to book the cases or fine those who are violating the rules,” Alok Kumar, Karnataka additional director-general of police-traffic and road safety, told media.

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