In the news for being inundated following heavy rain and lake breaches even before completion, the ambitious Bengaluru-Mysuru project is set to miss its original deadline. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which was aiming for a Dasara deadline, is now hoping to complete the project by December.
Sources said that the formal inauguration of the project is likely to happen before State Assembly elections next year. In March, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had announced that the entire expressway would be opened for motorists by October. In the first phase, there was a plan to open the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta stretch in July, and then it was revised to September.
At present, the NHAI has partially opened the bypass in Bidadi and Ramangaram to Channapatna. An official said by September 25, the stretch up to Nidaghatta will be opened, including the flyovers, and prior to Dasara, efforts will be made to open at least three bypasses beyond Nidaghatta.
