A slew of infrastructure works pertaining to road, air and rail in Mysuru have been impacted by alignment issues as a result of which the projects have been delayed, besides adding to cost escalation.
The airport expansion is bogged due to the alignment of the existing Mysuru-Nanjangud highway, and track alignment between the two skirts the airport runway at the other end. As a result the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Airport Authority of India have refused permission to draw the overhead power cables at a 100 metre stretch on the Mysuru-Nanjangud-Chamarajanagar section.
The fallout is that though the railways have completed the track electrification work on the entire Mysuru-Chamarajanagar section entailing a distance of nearly 60 km, the authorities are unable to operate electric locomotive hauled trains on the section due to the 100 metre gap near the airport.
