Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari these days stated the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway could be geared up through subsequent year. On the Bengaluru-Mysuru section, a 52-km of greenfield alignment is likewise a part of the mission. The fee of the mission is ₹ 9,000 crore, the minister informed reporters. He stated a brand new greenfield mission – Bengaluru to Chennai Expressway at a fee of ₹ 17,000 crore – could be geared up through March 2024.
“By February 2023, the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway Project can be completed. I noticed a few paintings pending at the stretch. We will invite both Prime Minister Narendra Modi or President Droupadi Murmu,” Mr Gadkari stated.
The minister turned into on a whirlwind excursion of Bengaluru and inspected a number of the National Highway tasks earlier than interacting with journalists.
According to him, the Bengaluru-Mysuru hall is a 10-lane mission in which 4 lanes – lanes on both sides – were proposd for the villages and cities connected to the dual carriageway even as six lanes could lead without delay to Mysuru from Bengaluru.
The Bengaluru-Mysuru mission is split into parts – one from Bengaluru to Nidaghatta and any other from Nidaghatta to Mysuru, stated the minister. Once the mission is over, tour time from Bengaluru to Mysuru could be handiest 70 minutes, he stated.
“Now it’s miles as much as the kingdom authorities to broaden towns and areas byskip thru this direction as commercial cluster to decongest Bengaluru,” Mr Gadkari stated. According to him, this dual carriageway could provide get entry to to Kodagu in Karnataka, Ooty in Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
Regarding the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway, Mr Gadkari stated the 285.3-km 4-lane mission could assist keep tour time. This could additionally assist keep away from postpone in passing thru most important cities and congested regions, he introduced. “This Bharatmala mission in Karnataka masking 71.7 km will fee ₹ 5,069 crore,” Mr Gadkari stated.
“By making this avenue we can lessen the logistic costs. Already, 231 km of production is underway. By March 2024, we need to finish this mission,” he introduced.
Mr Gadkari stated there’s a woodland land concerned on this mission and that he has spoken to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for clearance. He stated an Amrit Mahotsav Bird Sanctuary and an Amrit Sarovar could additionally arise in this stretch.
The Union Minister, who carried out an aerial survey of the highways, stated the Ministry is likewise operating at the Bengaluru Satellite Ring Road at an expected fee of ₹ 17,000 crore beneathneath the Bharatmala mission to decongest Bengaluru. Mr Gadkari stated the mission covers 288 km of which 243 km is in Karnataka and forty five km in Tamil Nadu.
“We are linking this satellite tv for pc ring avenue with Pune-Bengaluru and sooner or later we can join the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. Once completed, the adventure from Bengaluru to Mumbai can be simply six-and-a-1/2 of hours to 7 hours,” he introduced. A logistic park has additionally been deliberate in Bengaluru at a fee of ₹ 18,000 crore, stated the Minister.
“I observed for the duration of the aerial inspection that the field depots are withinside the city. I will talk with the Chief Minister if he can convey field and logistic parks together,” Mr Gadkari stated.
All the city regions of Bengaluru including Hoskote, Devanahalli, Doddaballapura, Ramanagar, Kanakapura and Anekal in Karnataka and Hosur in Tamil Nadu could be related with the hoop avenue.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) could additionally absorb the deepening of lakes as a part of water conservation, Mr Gadkari stated. Land acquisition is a chief project earlier than the NHAI because of excessive land value, he pointed out.
Mr Gadkari stated a brand new avenue connecting North with the South turned into being laid. The new mission at a fee of ₹ 48,000 crore could hyperlink Surat with Nasik, Ahmednagar, Sholapur and Kurnool. From Kurnool, there could be avenue connectivity to Chennai, Hyderabad, and Thiruvananthapuram.
“This is Surat-Chennai get entry to manipulate parkway and Sholapur-Kurnool Economic Corridor, in an effort to byskip thru six States – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. The general period is 1,270 km and the mission fee is ₹ 48,000 crore,” Mr Gadkari explained.
The Sholapur-Kurnool dual carriageway is an get entry to manipulate hall with a period of 340 km and could be constructed at a fee of ₹ 11,000 crore. Already, paintings on 294 km at a fee of ₹ 10,000 crore has been sanctioned, the Minister stated.
He introduced that it might assist growing districts like Kalaburagi, Yadgir and Raichur in north Karnataka. Also, it might minimise tour distance from four hundred km to 340 km.
Mr Gadkari stated a brand new greenfield get entry to manipulate hall connecting Bengaluru with Vijayawada thru Kadapa is likewise arising at a fee of ₹ 14,000 crore. It could be 342-km-lengthy stretch.
“Bids for 275 km were invited and the contracts can be offered through the cease of 2023 and the hall can be open to public through 2025-26,” Mr Gadkari stated.
To decongest site visitors and decrease pollutants in Bengaluru, Mr Gadkari advocated satellite tv for pc townships alongside those highways.