Karnataka Highways & Roads [Archive] - Page 5

s.yogendra

May 23rd, 2012, 07:15 PM

Karnataka govt finally approves a bypass for killer road in tiger reserve

Scores of endangered animals have been killed by speeding vehicles on the Mysore-Mananthavadi road, which passes through one of India's best protected tiger reserves -- Nagarahole -- in the last three decades.

But now, the situation is likely to improve. In an effort to protect the remaining tigers and elephants, the Karnataka government has decided to develop a new road as a bypass for the Nagarahole tiger reserve.

The Mysore-Mananthavadi road was known as the 'killer highway' among conservationists as a large number of animals, including elephants and tigers, had been mowed down by reckless drivers on the stretch. Elephants and tigers crossing the road, even during daytime in peak hour traffic, was a common sight in the area.

The road is the major link for transportation of goods between Mysore and Mananthavadi. Efforts were made to regulate traffic on the road, but it brought little relief for the animals.

However, after persistent efforts by conservationists, the government finally released Rs.18 crore to commence work on the new project, which includes developing 14 kilometres of an underdeveloped road outside the tiger reserve.

Nagarahole tiger reserve, which is part of the national park, comprises an area of 643 sq km and holds approximately 65-70 tigers. It forms part of a large tiger habitat comprising Bandipura, Mudumalai and Waynad -- all protected areas with several other reserved forests.

The original Mysore-Mananthavadi highway, passing through the southern part of Nagarahole tiger reserve, one of the best habitats for tiger and Asiatic elephant, has fragmented and dissected the wildlife corridor between Nagarahole and Bandipura tiger reserves.

"Fortunately, an alternative underdeveloped road that would pass outside the tiger reserve was available for a section of the highway between Dammanakatte and Udbur junction (of the Mysore-Mananthavadi Road). This alternative road reduces the highway length within the tiger reserve by about 10 km, thereby consolidating about 50 sq km of prime tiger habitat. The government has taken a pro-active step," said conservation biologist Sanjay Gubbi, who fought extensively for the alternate road.

Interestingly, the alternate road is longer by a mere 4 km, but will provide connectivity to 11 villages, thereby helping nearly 25,000 people. The villages were not even connected by the state transport units. Now the villagers will get improved transportation facilities in the name of tiger conservation.

"They can now take their agricultural produce directly to the markets while previously they relied largely on middlemen due to lack of transportation facilities. Frequent buses now help school and college going students," pointed out Gubbi.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/karnataka-govt-approves-bypass-killer-road-tiger-reserve/1/197239.html

s.yogendra

May 24th, 2012, 05:21 PM

Government to introduce 2nd phase of rural roads project soon

Government is planning to start the phase 2 of its rural roads programme that will concentrate on road upgradation rather than new road connectivity.

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) launched in 2002 by the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) government, has led to creation of 3, 50,000 km of roads that have connected 84,000 lakh rural habitations.

While in many states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh the targets under the phase 1 of the scheme are yet to be achieved, increasing number of other states have either achieved the targets or are going to within the next year.

PMGSY, a flagship scheme of the government, with an annual budgetary allocation of Rs 24,000 crore for 2012-13, is the second most expensive social welfare programme after the government's rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA.

The scheme currently has state specific targets for new connectivity with lesser focus on upgradation projects; the next phase of the scheme is going to reverse the focus areas.

There are six states currently that have completed the targets set for new connectivity and upgradation projects under the phase 1 of the programme. They are Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Nagaland and Haryana.

"There are many states that have completed their targets under PMGSY. We will go to the cabinet with a second phase of PMGSY next month," said minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh.

"The second phase, that will focus of upgradation projects will be implemented first in these 6 states and then will be extended to the rest of the country," added Ramesh.

The central government under the new scheme is likely to fund 75% of the cost of the road project, while the state government will provide for the rest of the 25%.

The government will also consider relaxing population requirements to be eligible under the scheme for hilly and naxal affected regions. Currently rural roads in villages having less than 500 habitations do not qualify for funding under the scheme.

Also, special focus for new connectivity is likely to be given to border areas where construction of roads has stagnated since the last two years. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/government-to-introduce-2nd-phase-of-rural-roads-project-soon/articleshow/13415297.cms

bcsagar

May 29th, 2012, 01:50 PM

IRB Infra emerge as preferred bidder

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd has informed BSE that the Company has emerged as a preferred bidder for the project of Four Laning of Goa/Karnataka Border to Kundapur section of NH-17 from Km 93.700 to Km 283.300 in the State of Karnataka under NHDP phase IV on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (Toll) Basis (the "Project").Key highlights of the project are as under :- Project is on DBFOT pattern.- The estimated Project Cost of the Company is approximately Rs. 2400 crores.- Concession period is 28 years.- Construction period is 910 Days.- IRB has sought Rs. 536.22 Crore as Viability Gap Funding from NHAI.Source : BSE

:)

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/irb-infra-emerge-as-preferred-bidder-_710597.html

rsrikanth05

May 29th, 2012, 03:17 PM

doc.aneesh

May 29th, 2012, 06:00 PM

Karnataka's state highways... now mapped on openstreetmap.org

rsrikanth05

May 29th, 2012, 06:12 PM

Karnataka's state highways... now mapped on openstreetmap.org
You rock dude!
:banana::cheers:
:righton::master:

doc.aneesh

May 29th, 2012, 06:20 PM

Thanks man....

bcsagar

May 29th, 2012, 09:16 PM

Huh?
I've read this on IRB's website like a month ago.

hey dude !!

I have been regularly tracking NHAI projects in public domain.

whatever u read is project in Goa part which also IRB is executing.

This is new project NH66 (17) in karnataka from Kundapur to Karwar.

Actually bid were called on April 30th after postponing for poor response earlier.
after which NHAI takes few weeks to scrutinizes & declare winner.

Since the company makes first disclosure to share holders (BSE), there is no way u would know unless you are insider.

BTW their webpage has not been updated with this info.

Hope u got it right:bash:

DrYaqoob

May 30th, 2012, 09:22 AM

Land Acquisition Notice - 4 lane Road of NH 63 (Hospet - Bellary - Gooty) 95 kms

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2982/nh63ampr.jpg
Source : SK

rsrikanth05

May 30th, 2012, 09:58 AM

hey dude !!

I have been regularly tracking NHAI projects in public domain.

whatever u read is project in Goa part which also IRB is executing.

This is new project NH66 (17) in karnataka from Kundapur to Karwar.

Actually bid were called on April 30th after postponing for poor response earlier.
after which NHAI takes few weeks to scrutinizes & declare winner.

Since the company makes first disclosure to share holders (BSE), there is no way u would know unless you are insider.

BTW their webpage has not been updated with this info.

Hope u got it right:bash:
Must have got confused with http://www.irb.co.in/toll_Goa.asp
There was no need for the :bash: however.

rsrikanth05

May 30th, 2012, 12:24 PM

L&T has got a few amazing pics of the Devihalli Hassan Toll Road under construction:

http://www.lntidpl.com/devihalli-hassan.aspx

mangalore mania

May 30th, 2012, 01:37 PM

L&T has got a few amazing pics of the Devihalli Hassan Toll Road under construction:

http://www.lntidpl.com/devihalli-hassan.aspx

^^
http://www.lntidpl.com/images/gallery/Devihalli-Hassan%204%20laning%20-%20Construction%20work%20in%20progress%20(1).jpg
http://www.lntidpl.com/images/gallery/Devihalli-Hassan%204%20laning%20-%20Construction%20work%20in%20progress%20(3).jpg
http://www.lntidpl.com/images/gallery/Devihalli-Hassan%204%20laning%20-%20Construction%20work%20in%20progress%20(2).jpg

mangalore mania

May 30th, 2012, 01:38 PM

This NHAI project for four laning of the 77 km stretch between Devihalli and Hassan in Karnataka on the NH 48, on BOT (Toll) basis, is being executed by L&T Devihalli Hassan Tollway Ltd. (L&T DHTL), which is a 100% owned subsidiary of L&T IDPL. Connecting the coastal city of Mangalore with the state capital Bangalore – two major cities of Karnataka state, this highway is an important link for the transport of goods from Mangalore Port to the city of Bangalore. The scope of this INR 4.94 billion project is inclusive of the construction of a 19 km by-pass and 2 state-of-the-art Toll Plazas for the benefit of the commuters. The construction activity for this project has been started in December 2010 and is expected to be commercially operational well before the scheduled completion in June 2013. The concession period for the project is 30 years.

www.lntidpl.com/devihalli-hassan (http://www.lntidpl.com/devihalli-hassan.aspx)

rsrikanth05

May 30th, 2012, 01:43 PM

^^Heya, so From Nelamangala to Devihalli, Lanco is widening.
Devihalli to Hassan is L&T.
At Shiradi, GoK wants to Tunnel.

What about the Mangalore side?

mangalore mania

May 30th, 2012, 01:58 PM

^^Heya, so From Nelamangala to Devihalli, Lanco is widening.
Devihalli to Hassan is L&T.
At Shiradi, GoK wants to Tunnel.

What about the Mangalore side?

From Mangalore upto BC Road(22km) is widened to 4 lane by a useless company by name IRCON.. Under Port connectivity project

rsrikanth05

May 30th, 2012, 02:31 PM

From Mangalore upto BC Road(22km) is widened to 4 lane by a useless company by name IRCON.. Under Port connectivity project
IRCON!
IT's one of India's best Public Sector companies.
Indian railways Construction.
How far is BC Road from Shiradi?

mangalore mania

May 30th, 2012, 02:40 PM

IRCON!
IT's one of India's best Public Sector companies.
Indian railways Construction.
How far is BC Road from Shiradi?

somewhere around 80 to 100km..
IRCON and best!!! M FOOT!! ask any Mangalorean he ll just run away by its name.. The flyovers what they have constructed looks like atleast a quarter century old even if they have built it a year or two ago.
They haven't completed 4 laning of 37km in 8yrs.. Just check NHDP phase I, you ll find details in port connectivity projects

rsrikanth05

May 30th, 2012, 02:42 PM

somewhere around 80 to 100km..
IRCON and best!!! M FOOT!! ask any Mangalorean he ll just run away by its name.. The flyovers what they have constructed looks like atleast a quarter century old even if they have built it a year or two ago.
They haven't completed 4 laning of 37km in 8yrs.. Just check NHDP phase I, you ll find details in port connectivity projects
Sounds bad.

Will have a look.
Are there any photos?

mangalore mania

May 30th, 2012, 02:51 PM

Sounds bad.

Will have a look.
Are there any photos?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=89629208&postcount=791
http://i42.tinypic.com/j9wnkp.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=88848603&postcount=730

There are many i just found so much

rsrikanth05

May 30th, 2012, 03:13 PM

^^Aaah. That looks like the Flyover they built in Bombay 12 years ago!

doc.aneesh

May 30th, 2012, 03:28 PM

^^
Yeah... I was there recently.. the BC road flyover is probably the worst looking flyover ever...

BC road to MAngalore 4 laning is complete (but for one bridge)

mangalore mania

May 30th, 2012, 03:35 PM

^^
Yeah... I was there recently.. the BC road flyover is probably the worst looking flyover ever...

BC road to MAngalore 4 laning is complete (but for one bridge)

Yes there is a dispute pertaining to Brahma gudi there.. Its local politics not letting relocate the temple

mangalore mania

May 30th, 2012, 03:50 PM

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4597/highwayb.png

:bash:

s.yogendra

May 31st, 2012, 06:19 AM

Incomplete work on Balebare ghat irks public

The first deep curve in Balebare Ghat in the border area of Kundapur and Hosanagar taluk has not been concretised yet and is posing threat to the vehicle drivers and the passengers alike.

http://www.deccanherald.com/images/editor_images1/2012/05/30/WORK.gif

The private bus owners have expressed anguish over not concretising the curve road yet.

The government had released Rs 9.90 crore for concretising a total of 7.5 km road in Balebare Ghat which comes under Udupi and Shimoga districts limit. The concretisation work was completed recently and the deputy commissioners of both the districts recently gave permission to open the road for vehicle movement.

But with the road being opened for vehicle movement, the general public realised that the first curve in the Ghat was not concretised. As the issue was brought to the notice of the transport traders of both the districts, they visited the spot and urged the government for concretising the road immediately.

When Deccan Herald asked Hosanagar region PWD Engineer Chandrappa about not concretising the first curve, he said that the government had released the amount for concretising 3.5 km road and the PWD has completed the work. The Department has not been given permission to take its own decision and complete the work in the curve, he said.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/253314/incomplete-work-balebare-ghat-irks.html

rsrikanth05

May 31st, 2012, 07:48 AM

^^is it a state highway?

engineer.akash

May 31st, 2012, 07:50 AM

^^is it a state highway?

Major district highway i think

s.yogendra

May 31st, 2012, 11:05 AM

^^is it a state highway?

SH 26

DrYaqoob

June 1st, 2012, 11:50 AM

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4029/gulb.JPG

rsrikanth05

June 1st, 2012, 12:03 PM

^^Good news.

doc.aneesh

June 1st, 2012, 05:59 PM

SH 26

SH 52 ansutthe saar...

Border of Hosanagara Taluk (not the town itseld) It's SH 52

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=13.691&lon=74.9666&zoom=14&layers=M

also...
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=13.7169614&lon=74.9831862&z=16&l=0&m=b

rsrikanth05

June 1st, 2012, 06:22 PM

^^Thanks for the info dude.

s.yogendra

June 1st, 2012, 07:18 PM

SH 52 ansutthe saar...

Border of Hosanagara Taluk (not the town itseld) It's SH 52

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=13.691&lon=74.9666&zoom=14&layers=M

also...
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=13.7169614&lon=74.9831862&z=16&l=0&m=b

yes sir :)

engineer.akash

June 1st, 2012, 07:48 PM

doc or rskrikanth can anyone of you mark all 4 laned and upcoming 4 lane roads in Karnataka? I guess NHDP provides those maps.But would be nice if it is done in house. :)

doc.aneesh

June 1st, 2012, 07:53 PM

I would love to... However I have less time to dedicate for mapping now.. will try my best though.. thanks

rsrikanth05

June 1st, 2012, 08:39 PM

Will take time.
I'm busy with MH right now.

engineer.akash

June 1st, 2012, 08:45 PM

Will take time.
I'm busy with MH right now.

Who is she? :naughty:

rsrikanth05

June 2nd, 2012, 08:42 AM

Who is she? :naughty:
Maharashtra highways.

Mc83

June 3rd, 2012, 06:15 AM

Only 30 Kms of NH13 is going to be 4 laned as of now and it is Balance for award as per NHAI .

Need to Correct myself, the whole stretch is awarded to Sadbhav Engg. Good because they have good track record of finishing projects earlier than expected ..Ex Bijapur to Hungund Section.

rsrikanth05

June 3rd, 2012, 11:32 AM

^^
Showcase seems good:
http://www.sadbhaveng.com/core-business-areas/

Mc83

June 4th, 2012, 04:28 AM

The Website is not working for me.

BTW they can toll the stretch from Solapur to Hungund .. one less stop for toll .

NHAI has to come out with a plan for e-toll on all the national highways. I am sure people would buy those because we are wasting lot of time on the toll gates. Also should have lesser toll rates for the e-toll for making it attractable .

Krishnamoorthy K

June 4th, 2012, 07:39 AM

ಕುಂದಾಪುರ-ಕಾರವಾರ ರಾ.ಹೆ. ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ : ಐಆರ್*ಬಿಗೆ ಟೆಂಡರ್*

Udayavani | Jun 03, 2012

ಉಡುಪಿ : ಕುಂದಾಪುರದಿಂದ ಕಾರವಾರದವರೆಗಿನ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸಲು ಮುಂಬೈ ಮೂಲದ ಐಆರ್*ಬಿ (ಐಡಿಯಲ್* ರೋಡ್* ಬಿಲ್ಡರ್) ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಟೆಂಡರ್* ಆಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿದುಬಂದಿದೆ.

ಮೇ 3ರಂದು ಟೆಂಡರ್* ಕರೆಯಲಾಗಿದ್ದು ಮೇ 29ರಂದು ಟೆಂಡರ್* ತೆರೆಯಲಾಯಿತು. ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸಲು 36 ಕಂಪೆನಿಗಳು ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಹತೆ ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದರೂ ಕೇವಲ ಮೂರು ಕಂಪೆನಿಗಳು ಟೆಂಡರ್* ಹಾಕಿದ್ದವು. ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅತಿ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮೊತ್ತಕ್ಕೆ ಬಿಡ್* ಮಾಡಿದವರು ಐಆರ್*ಬಿಯವರು. ಇವರಲ್ಲದೆ ರಶ್ಯದ ಒಂದು ಕಂಪೆನಿ, ಆಂಧ್ರಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಸೋಮ ಬಿಲ್ಡರ್ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದರು.

ಐಆರ್*ಬಿಯವರು ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗದ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದು ಬೆಳಗಾವಿಯಿಂದ ಕೊಲ್ಲಾಪುರ ರಾ.ಹೆ. ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿ ಸಚಿವರೊಬ್ಬರ ಬಂಧುಗಳ ಕಂಪೆನಿ ಇದಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿದುಬಂದಿದೆ.

1,790 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಗಾತ್ರ

ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯ ಒಟ್ಟು ಮೊತ್ತ 1,790 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರದ ಪಾಲು 518 ಕೋ.ರೂ., ಕಂಪೆನಿಯ ಪಾಲು 1,272 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯ ಉದ್ದ 189 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಕುಂದಾಪುರದ ಕೆಎಸ್ಸಾರ್ಟಿಸಿ ಬಸ್* ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಗೋವ ಗಡಿಯಾದ ಕಾರವಾರದ ಸದಾಶಿವಗಡದವರೆಗೆ ಈ ಯೋಜನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯ ಅವಧಿ ಇನ್ನೂ ನಿಗದಿಯಾಗದಿದ್ದರೂ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ 3 ವರ್ಷದ್ದಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ರಸ್ತೆಯೂ ಕೂಡ ಬಿಒಟಿ (ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ-ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ-ಹಸ್ತಾಂತರ) ಒಪ್ಪಂದದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಲಿದೆ.

ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಶರಾವತಿ, ಅಘನಾಶಿನಿ, ಕಾಳಿ, ಗಂಗಾವಳಿ, ವೆಂಕಟಾಪುರ, ಕೊಲ್ಲೂರು ಮೊದಲಾದ 13 ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಸೇತುವೆಗಳು, 400ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕಿರುಸೇತುವೆಗಳು ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಲಿದೆ. ಕಾರವಾರದ ಬಳಿ ಮೂರು ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳು ಬರಲಿವೆ.

ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟೇ ಯೋಜನಾ ಆಯೋಗ, ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸಚಿವ ಸಂಪುಟಗಳು ಬಿಡ್*ಗೆ ಅನುಮೋದನೆ ನೀಡಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ. ಸುಮಾರು ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆರಂಭಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಇದೆ.

ಕಾರವಾರ-ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್* ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ

ಬಂಟ್ವಾಳ ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್*ನಿಂದ ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್*ವರೆಗೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್*ನಿಂದ ಕುಂದಾಪುರದವರೆಗೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಪ್ರಗತಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನು ಕುಂದಾಪುರದಿಂದ ಕಾರವಾರದವರೆಗೆ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥವಾದರೆ ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್*ನಿಂದ ನೇರ ಕಾರವಾರದವರೆಗೆ ಡಬ್ಬಲ್* ರೋಡ್* ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾದಂತಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಮತ್ತೂಂದೆಡೆ ತಲಪಾಡಿಯಿಂದಲೂ ಕಾರವಾರಕ್ಕೆ ನೇರ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ರಸ್ತೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾದಂತಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ ನಂತೂರಿನಿಂದ ತಲಪಾಡಿವರೆಗೆ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಪ್ರಗತಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು, ಈ ರಸ್ತೆಯೂ ಕಾರವಾರ ರಸ್ತೆಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಲಿದೆ.

ಉದಯವಾಣಿ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/151284L15-%E0%B2%B0--%E0%B2%B9---%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%B7-%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%A5---%E0%B2%90%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B0--%E0%B2%AC-%E0%B2%97--%E0%B2%9F--%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%B0--.html)

Who is this minister?

Dowsarpandi

June 4th, 2012, 09:41 AM

Dear Friends,
I will be driving in KA during the monsoon (july last week/Aug first week). It will be of great help to me if u all can help me with suggestions on (1) best route (2) road conditions. the best route in terms of lesser travel time considering rains and road conditions in general during rains in that particular area.

Mysore - Jog

Mysore - Channarayapatna - Arsikare - Bhadravathi - Shimoga - Sagara
Mysore - Hassan - Chikmagalur - Bhadravathi - Shimoga - Sagara

Jog - Hubli

Jog - Siddapur - Murdgod - Hubli
Jog - Sirsi - Yellapur - Hubli

Hampi - Aurangabad

which is the best route? (through Bijapur/Solapur or alternate SH)?
How much time would it take roughly? (10 -12 hours)??

Thanks in advance

engineer.akash

June 4th, 2012, 12:36 PM

vspdwd

June 4th, 2012, 01:20 PM

Hampi - Aurangabad

which is the best route? (through Bijapur/Solapur or alternate SH)?
How much time would it take roughly? (10 -12 hours)??

NH13 (Solapur-Bijapur) is my best bet.
I dont know how long it takes though..

Dowsarpandi

June 4th, 2012, 03:47 PM

Thanks a lot @engineer.akash and @vspdwd

maswath

June 5th, 2012, 12:42 PM

mangalore mania

June 5th, 2012, 03:04 PM

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/294998_398097983574976_2081004831_n.jpg
@facebook by Shamimuddin

mangalore mania

June 6th, 2012, 08:41 AM

Mangalore: Jagan Reddy's Arrest Brings Hardship to Commuters in Twin Districts!
Daojoworld
June 06, 2012 (http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139595)

Mangalore, Jun 6: Following the arrest of Andhra Pradesh YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy on May 27, a weird problem has begun to haunt the twin coastal districts of Karnataka.

Ever since his arrest, the work on national highway 66 has come to a halt. What is the connection, one may ask. Well, the highway is being built by his company.

http://www.daijiworld.com/images1/highway_060612-1.jpg

The contract to widen the NH 66 was given to Navayug construction company owned by Jagan. But the work had to be suspended after the court passed an order to stay all financial transactions of the company.

The widening work from Talapady to Kundapur is taking place in two divisions. The work on the stretch between Talapady to Nantoor (15 km) and Suratkal to Kundapur (75 km) was under way and had picked up speed. The stretch between Suratkal-Nantoor was given on contract to another company earlier. The total cost of the project is Rs 804 crore.

Except for some technical snags, the work was being carried out day and night over the past year. However, now with the court order, the work has stopped all of a sudden. A few labourers are working on the construction of bridges. A lone road roller is seen on the highway.

Given the speed of work over the last one year, the public had hoped that work would complete before the rain pummeled the coast. But now the people have to bear the brunt of a half-constructed highway, put up with a worse situation in the rainy days ahead, and perhaps wait for Jagan's release, or at least his company's.

hakindian1984

June 6th, 2012, 10:49 AM

Mangalore, June 5: In order to provide a high-quality road to enable exporters and importers use the Mangalore Port optimally than depend on ports in other states, Karnataka State government is planning to build a tunnel through the 38 km Shiradi ghat section.

This move will reduce the travel time and distance between the coastal city and Bangalore. Currently it takes eight to 10 hours to traverse 325 km road.

Revealing this plan at a press meet in Bangalore state Industry Minister Murgesh Nirani said that the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) has offered to provide technical assistance in building the tunnel with private builders on the PPP model.

Mr Nirani also said that the government also has plans to operate 'bullet trains' across the state to provide high-speed connectivity between its tech hub Bangalore and Mysore, Belgaum and Gulbarga in the northern region of the state.

"We are in discussion with Japanese experts who have built and operate bullet trains in their country, especially between Tokyo and Osaka, to provide high-speed rail connectivity between Bangalore and Mysore (150 km), Bangalore and Belgaum (610 km) and Bangalore and Gulbarga (585 km)," he said.

As part of its basic infrastructure development across the state, including road, rail and airport connectivity, the state government has formulated a pro-active policy to attract investments from the private sector in the infrastructure sector on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

"We are commissioning the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the ambitious project, which will require dedicated tracks, exclusive coaches and high-power connectivity to operate high-speed trains for reducing travel time between inter-cities by more than 50-60 percent," Mr Nirani said.

"JICA has come forward to assist us in the project. An expression of interest will be signed with it for the bullet trains project at the Global Investors' Meet (GIM 2012) June 7," the minister pointed out.

CD NETWORK
http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40784:govt-plans-tunnel-through-shiradi-ghat-to-reduce-mlore-blore-distance-&catid=57:news-stories&Itemid=68

mangalore mania

June 6th, 2012, 03:17 PM

^^
Has the Jagan Reddy's arrest has any impact on Hebbal-Devanahlli road work..?
Even that work is carried out by Navayug

rocky23

June 6th, 2012, 05:09 PM

engineer.akash

June 6th, 2012, 06:14 PM

s.yogendra

June 6th, 2012, 06:25 PM

^^ both roads are good

but hassan route has advantage enroute you can cover belur, chikmagaluru

rocky23

June 6th, 2012, 06:37 PM

But its already raining in Malnad and its very hard to drive during Monsoon .And to cover the places and to enjoy scenic beauty try Chikkamagaluru -Aldur-balehonnur-Koppa-Tirthalli-Sagar-Jog.It will be fantastic while raining.

And one can try Tarikere from Chickmaglur to join NH206(BH Road)agian in tarikeri which leads to Shimoga-Sagara and then Jog.
But it would be a very long journey in both the routes
SO better option is through Arsikeri-Kadur-Shimoga from Mysore

engineer.akash

June 6th, 2012, 06:42 PM

s.yogendra

June 6th, 2012, 06:43 PM

^^
in hassan route you can easily touch 100klm

Arsikeri max 70/80klm

engineer.akash

June 6th, 2012, 06:44 PM

^^
in hassan route you can easily touch 100klm

Arsikeri max 70/80klm

That is because of fantastic flat road,also that hassan route has better stops.

rocky23

June 6th, 2012, 06:48 PM

Hassan -Chickmagalur route is somewhat free compared to busy BH Road. And roads in Malnad is pretty better nowadays...He can enjoy the ride in Malnad and can choose Chickmaglur-Koppa-Tirthalli-Sagar to cover lot more places

s.yogendra

June 6th, 2012, 06:56 PM

s.yogendra

June 6th, 2012, 07:54 PM

NH 17

http://www.sahilonline.org/news/2012/jun12/5_udupi_rain_1.jpg
copyright:- www.sahilonline.org

s.yogendra

June 6th, 2012, 07:55 PM

NH 17

http://www.sahilonline.org/news/2012/jun12/5_udupi_rain_2.jpg
copyright:- www.sahilonline.org

engineer.akash

June 6th, 2012, 07:55 PM

^^oh 4 laning works underway is it Bhatakal?

s.yogendra

June 6th, 2012, 07:59 PM

^^
yes

mangalore mania

June 6th, 2012, 08:23 PM

How come Bhatkal is getting 4 laned.. The tender for Kundapur-Goa border was awarded a month back

engineer.akash

June 6th, 2012, 08:28 PM

How come Bhatkal is getting 4 laned.. The tender for Kundapur-Goa border was awarded a month back

When I was in udupi last time I saw works were underway.I am not sure how 4 lane works are happening in Bhatkal without that tender you mentioned.

mangalore mania

June 6th, 2012, 08:41 PM

4 laning from Suratkal-Udupi-Kundapur is under Navayuga..
But beyond Kundapur was recently awrded to IRB named company..
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=92041931&postcount=1087

engineer.akash

June 6th, 2012, 08:45 PM

4 laning from Suratkal-Udupi-Kundapur is under Navayuga..
But beyond Kundapur was recently awrded to IRB named company..
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=92041931&postcount=1087

Wait or I am confusing bhatakala with some other town? :nuts: My geographical knowledge of coastal ka is not that good. Each town along NH in UK,DK look similar.

BTW, Uttar kannada district has the most number of happening towns and all of them are fantastic. :cheers:

bcsagar

June 6th, 2012, 08:46 PM

The road inside town may be developed/widened by local municipality.

Actually NH17 will have a bypass road to Bhatkal town..

Mc83

June 7th, 2012, 03:33 AM

Wait or I am confusing bhatakala with some other town? :nuts: My geographical knowledge of coastal ka is not that good. Each town along NH in UK,DK look similar.

BTW, Uttar kannada district has the most number of happening towns and all of them are fantastic. :cheers:
I have been to bhatkal last week . I did not see any 4 laning work in Bhatkal or this may not be NH17 . Looks like town/village in Udupi-Kundapur .

Also i dont see any bypasses being created on the Suratkal to Kundapur stretch except 1 or 2 .

akhilesh kinnigoli

June 7th, 2012, 07:18 AM

It is no more NH 17 It is NH 66.
Beat car in that pic is KA 20 and that place looks like brahmavara.

Krishnamoorthy K

June 10th, 2012, 11:35 AM

BANGALORE: Buoyed by the positive response of industrialists at GIM, the Karnataka government proposes to introduce a user fee on 11 major state highways (SHs). The objective is to provide better infrastructure to industrialists, who raised the issue of bad roads at GIM.

As more than 60% of the investments have been committed for north Karnataka, the user fee will be charged on highways there.

"This subject was discussed at a recent cabinet meeting but no decision was taken. At GIM, our department decided to speed up the process following investors' remarks about the condition of roads. Only by charging a user fee can roads be maintained well," sources in the public works department told STOI.

The National Highways Authority of India has all weather-roads, and toll is charged on most of these.

Though Section 194 of the Karnataka State Highways Act, 1964, empowers the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Ltd (KRDCL) to collect a user fee, no state government has dared to toll roads over the past 48 years fearing a political backlash.

KRDCL has sent a proposal for collecting toll under public private partnership.

"In the past six years, 1,577 km of state highways have been completed by KRDCL at an expenditure of Rs 2,005 crore, primarily with loans from the World Bank and Hudco. The government has to repay the loans with interest. Therefore, it found necessary to levy a user fee," sources in the public works department said.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/You-may-have-to-pay-toll-on-11-state-highways/articleshow/13984338.cms)

engineer.akash

June 10th, 2012, 11:37 AM

^^No govt has the guts to do that.

DrYaqoob

June 10th, 2012, 01:57 PM

Major Bridge Construction - Malaprabha River on NH 218 (Hubli-Humnabad)

Cost - 27.14 crores
Time - 18 months

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/4177/konnurbridge.jpg

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5425/konnur1.jpg

avi mangalore

June 11th, 2012, 10:22 AM

It is no more NH 17 It is NH 66.
Beat car in that pic is KA 20 and that place looks like brahmavara.

Yes that snap is somewhere btwn Kundapur-Udupi

Krishnamoorthy K

June 11th, 2012, 10:24 AM

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Shirady Ghat will be shipshare during monsoon: CM

PUTTUR: State government will not allow National Highway 75 snaking through Shirady Ghat — the lifeline that connects Mangalore, headquarters of Dakshina Kannada district to state capital Bangalore, to deteriorate beyond its present condition. The state division of National Highways will take up the task of filing up potholes on the Ghat stretch in the next 10-days, and ensure that rain water does not flow on the road and is diverted to the gutters.

In addition, the NH division will also complete the process pertaining to utilisation of Rs 21 crore maintenance and repair grants released by the Union Government by end of October and take up this task from November, said CM DV Sadananda Gowda. Interacting with reporters after inspecting NH 75 along Shirady Ghat, some 110-kms from the district HQ on Sunday, CM said maintenance and repair works will be completed by April next.

CM directed K Jaiprakash, chief engineer, National Highway zone, Bangalore to ensure that Shirady Ghat is motorable during this monsoon. "There are no mines lorries this year to add to the general wear and tear of the roads," he said adding that the state government will give adequate funds for maintenance if the Centre is not willing to do so. "A road that connects the CMs home district cannot be in a bad shape and sends out wrong signals," he said.

CM also instructed Surendra Kumar, project director, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and Jwalendra Kumar, manager (technical), NHAI, Hassan and Jaiprakash to submit him with monthly reports on the works undertaken to keep Shirady Ghat motorable. Reacting to request from Surendra Kumar for a meeting on Shirady Ghat, CM directed Jaiprakash to get in touch with ISN Prasad, his principal secretary and arrange for the same.

CM later told reporters that the four-laning proposal of Bangalore-Mangalore NH 75 through Shirady Ghat is unlikely to get timely clearances from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Surendra Kumar pointed that NHAI would require 144 hectares of forest land passing through Shirady Ghat for four laning work. Shirady Ghat incidentally is part of the Western Ghats, that is considered one of the eight biological hotspots in the World.

source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Shirady-Ghat-will-be-shipshare-during-monsoon-CM/articleshow/14001155.cms

Krishnamoorthy K

June 11th, 2012, 10:56 AM

^^No govt has the guts to do that.

If government wants to construct tall gates then they should construct it exactly in between cities. This will allow villagers to visit cities without paying toll. (The reason is many villagers may be forced to use personal vehicles as they may not have bus connection.) And also they should not put toll on buses and trucks carrying daily use items like vegetables or grains so that common man is not affected by toll. I don't have objection if they collect toll from personal vehicles moving between cities.

Read also Why govt should cut diesel subsidy in big cities, now (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=91669856&postcount=537) - DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_why-govt-should-cut-diesel-subsidy-in-big-cities-now_1691569)

Dowsarpandi

June 11th, 2012, 12:48 PM

Mysore to Jog
Best route is Mysore-K R Pete-Channarayapatna-Arsikere-Kadur-Bhadrawathi-Shimoga-Sagar-Joga

Rocky the road condition on this route

Mysore - Hassan - Chikmagalur - Bhadravathi - Shimoga - Sagara

is amazing,he might miss the best of scenic beauty on SH 57.

I guess that arsikere route is dry and boring + road is not in good condition??I din't like that arsikere route at all.Best is hassan and chikmagalur,he can enjoy chikmagalur scenic beauty on the way.

^^ both roads are good
but hassan route has advantage enroute you can cover belur, chikmagaluru

But its already raining in Malnad and its very hard to drive during Monsoon .And to cover the places and to enjoy scenic beauty try Chikkamagaluru -Aldur-balehonnur-Koppa-Tirthalli-Sagar-Jog.It will be fantastic while raining.

And one can try Tarikere from Chickmaglur to join NH206(BH Road)agian in tarikeri which leads to Shimoga-Sagara and then Jog.
But it would be a very long journey in both the routes
SO better option is through Arsikeri-Kadur-Shimoga from Mysore

Thanks a lot friends... Having lived in the western ghats for 20 years (ooty) I would love driving in rains as well as ghats.. We here in north india hardly see rains.. I ll be driving in first week of august and will keep ur suggestions in mind...

bcsagar

June 11th, 2012, 01:04 PM

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Sadananda asks NHAI officials to start work in September
The State Government will release additional funds to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to ensure National Highway 75 (Bangalore to Mangalore) remains motorable at Shiradi Ghat stretch during the monsoon, said Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Sunday.

On his way to Bangalore after casting his vote in the South-West Graduates' Constituency in Puttur, the Chief Minister inspected Shiradi ghat, the notorious section between Shiradi and Sakleshpura.

“Except for a couple of places where potholes are emerging, the road is in a good condition. But, we must remember that heavy rains have not yet started, and since mining activity has stopped in Bellary (from where iron ore was transported to New Mangalore Port), fewer heavy vehicles travel on this road,” he said.

NHAI officials who updated the Chief Minister about the work being done on the road were present. “We have received Rs. 22 crore to maintain 47 km of the Ghat section. Remaining work will be taken up between October and February,” said K. Jaiprakash, Chief Engineer for the Highway Construction.

Mr. Gowda directed the officials to finish tender processes, mobilisation of resources and back office work during the monsoons, and to start construction by September when the rains subside.

“If the NHAI needs additional funds to close potholes and maintain the road, the State Government is ready to release the money required,” he said.

The Chief Minister told NHAI officials that the drains should be built on the side of the road or even if completed should be cleared to prevent flooding of the road.

When Surendra Kumar, Project Director for the Bangalore-Mangalore Highway, told Mr. Gowda of the difficulties in acquiring approval from the Forest and Environment Ministry for the four-laning of the Ghat stretch, the Chief Minister said: “These approvals will take at least 10 years. As a Member of Parliament, I have raised this issue many times before and still couldn't get approval.”

Instead, Mr. Gowda said an alternative route that would involve a tunnel through the Ghats was being considered. “Two meetings have been held with JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency) to build a 22-km tunnel. This may cost us more than Rs. 3,000 crore,” he said.

The Chief Minister said clearances would “not be a problem” as the tunnel would be “bored underneath the forests”. “Only clearances are needed for the entry and exit of the tunnel. The Mumbai-Pune Highway was cleared within three months, and we expect the same here,” he said.

While saying that tourism would be in focus in the Dakshina Kannada district, Mr. Gowda said 600 acres of government land in Padubidri would be allotted for “some employment training centre”.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3513869.ece

Hope there is light at the end of tunnel.
TOI article heading should be shipshape.

rsrikanth05

June 11th, 2012, 06:05 PM

Found this link on the KPWD website:
http://www.kpwd.gov.in/pdf%5Croad_show%5C9_Project_Finance_in_PPP_By_Sri_Chaitanya_Talwalkar_AXIS_Bank.pdf
If government wants to construct tall gates then they should construct it exactly in between cities. This will allow villagers to visit cities without paying toll. (The reason is many villagers may be forced to use personal vehicles as they may not have bus connection.) And also they should not put toll on buses and trucks carrying daily use items like vegetables or grains so that common man is not affected by toll. I don't have objection if they collect toll from personal vehicles moving between cities.

Read also Why govt should cut diesel subsidy in big cities, now - DNA

A lot of Toll Operators provide concession for people with vehicles in the local district.
Example is MVR infra which provides Rates of 15 for local users and 58 for others.
4 laning from Suratkal-Udupi-Kundapur is under Navayuga..
But beyond Kundapur was recently awrded to IRB named company..
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=92041931&postcount=1087
Yes, IRB.
The King of Toll Roads in India.

Manjunath kasigavi

June 12th, 2012, 07:23 PM

NICE rouses B'lore-Mysore infra project on tough SC order (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/nice-rouses-blore-mysore-infra-projecttough-sc-order_716942.html)

After nearly two years in limbo, work on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor may beginsoon. CNBC-TV18's Vineetha Athrey reports that Bharat Forge-backed NICE (Nandi InfrastructureCorridor Enterprises), which was forced to halt work literally months away from completion due to land acquisition problems, has begun hunting for funds again.
A fresh round of talks has been initiated with a host of private equity firms, including Goldman Sachs, for the 164-km-long tolled expressway project.
Sources say that the target is to raise USD 500 million in two tranches - one of USD 200 million and another of USD 300 million. Of this, USD 200 million will be used to complete a 38-km expressway and two townships.
The additional USD 300 million will be used to develop a cricket stadium, exhibition centres, shopping complexes and power-and-water utilities. This renewed vigour is all thanks to the Supreme Court's recent directive to various stakeholders of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructire Corridor, to complete the project on a fast track.
NICE is now confident that the first phase can be completed in the next three-to-four months and plans to start the second phase immediately after. Sources say NICE is busy working out a suitable valuation for the second phase of the Rs 1.75-lakh crore project and expects to close the deal within the next two months.

© Money Control (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/nice-rouses-blore-mysore-infra-projecttough-sc-order_716942.html)

engineer.akash

June 12th, 2012, 07:29 PM

NICE rouses B'lore-Mysore infra project on tough SC order (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/nice-rouses-blore-mysore-infra-projecttough-sc-order_716942.html)

© Money Control (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/nice-rouses-blore-mysore-infra-projecttough-sc-order_716942.html)

Nice to know the project is still on

rsrikanth05

June 12th, 2012, 07:56 PM

They got the length wrong again?

doc.aneesh

June 13th, 2012, 02:01 PM

They got the length wrong again?

How much is the PRR? Is it 111+53?

rsrikanth05

June 14th, 2012, 04:37 PM

How much is the PRR? Is it 111+53?
111+42+9.
But the 42+9 of the Link Road isn't considered as it is already done and is a separate section.

hakindian1984

June 17th, 2012, 02:48 PM

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205395_10151843690545486_669407152_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/382429_10151843690760486_1329141324_n.jpg

hakindian1984

June 17th, 2012, 02:49 PM

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/598495_10151843691745486_1442337859_n.jpg

JhonJ

June 18th, 2012, 08:28 AM

‘B C Road - Hassan 4-lane highway to cost ` 674 crore’

DPR will be submitted to centre within a month, says Yogish Bhat

In the backdrop of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda visiting Shiradi Ghat, last week, to assess the condition of the road, the officials from various departments concerned have chalked out a proposal on four-laning of Hassan-B C road section of National Highway 48, at an estimated cost of Rs 674.53 crore.

Addressing a press meet, Assembly Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat said that the length of the road will be 133.960 km, which includes development of 42.3 km Shiradi Ghat.

The total land required along forest land will be 171 hectares and the available forest land is 31 hectares. About 140 hectare additional forest land would be required for the project. The detailed project will be prepared and submitted to the Centre within a month.

The existing traffic is exceeding 10,000 PCU (passenger car units) which warrants four-laning of the stretch, he said.

Bhat said if the proposal is okayed and four-laning of Hassan-B C Road is complete, then the entire stretch from Bangalore-Mangalore will be a four-lane road and the time consumed for transportation will come down drastically.

The proposal was prepared in a meeting which was attended by officials from the PWD, KRDCL, National Highway, Forest, PWD Minister C M Udasi, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat.

As per the proposal, there will be one major bridge, 22 minor bridges, 522 culverts and one road over bridge (ROB). The proposed length of the drain will be 36.9 km, retaining wall of 11.65 km, breast wall of 20.45 km will be included. The proposed total civil cost of the project will be Rs 539.63 crore.

The proposed safety features along Ghat section include improvement in all possible blind curves, breast walls/slope protection at all land slide zones, retaining walls at all valley side widening portions, RCC crash barriers at all sharp curves and deep valley portion, safety sign boards, chevron markings, and road studs has been proposed to have the safe drive during night time, he said.

source:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/257669/b-c-road-hassan-4.html

engineer.akash

June 19th, 2012, 10:23 PM

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engineer.akash

June 19th, 2012, 10:25 PM

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hakindian1984

June 21st, 2012, 05:58 PM

Kundapur, Jun 21: The south-west monsoon has already hit the city and the major problem confronting people during heavy showers is floods and water logging on roads.

Kundapur is a coastal town and the Udupi-Kundapur highway (NH66) generally faces artificial floods because of the ongoing road-widening work. It can be recalled that last year, the city had witnessed heavy artificial floods in almost all low lying areas despite the precautionary measures taken up in the wake of heavy rainfall.

When we enquired about the reason for the situation recurring every year, Navayuga engineer said that Navayuga has taken up the road line contract for 30 months and further it can be extended to one year. He added that only 20 months have passed so far and another 10 months are still left.

He said that the problem is not with the road work and that the artificial flood has been created by the local people themselves. “Most of the road line is ribboned and along that, the people who have been compensated for their land are not yet vacating their property, though they have received the money from the revenue department. All of them are using local support and refusing to leave the land giving some or the other excuse,” he added.

“From Uppoor to Kundapur, 80 percent of the work has been finished and the revenue department had paid Rs 90 crore. Still, the same amount or more is to be paid to the land owners to clear the land. The work of the revenue department is working on land clearance,” he said.

He assured that if the road line is cleared for their work, the NH will be ready before the deadline. "Issuing documentation like records of the land, ownership and RTC is taking a long time and will not be done in an hour and will take many months, especially government work. Totally, 40 km of the work is done, and 17 km is left,” he said.

Another problem is with the utility services such as electrical posts, wiring, laying pipelines, and sorting out the drainage link, which is not going as smoothly as it is supposed to. This year, the monsoon may trouble the common man, but will soon be sorted.

“Kundapur has a population of about 28,595. It is not easy to have a ribbon development, and without the co-ordination of the people, development is highly impossible,” he said.

As far as accidents are concerned, it is oil, grease, and fish water from trucks which is making the road slippery and that leads to accidents in the initial stage of the monsoon. NH-in-charge K M Hegde said that it is a wrong assumption that road work is not done on time. He said that there is no delay in the construction. “Soon, all the problems will be solved and we can get a new developed road from Udupi to Kundapur,” added Hegde.

Also, because of the arrest of Navayug Constructions owner Jaganmohan Reddy in disproportionate assets case, the work has come to a halt as the court has put a stay on all the financial transactions of the company. Only work on the bridges is going on, that too at a slow pace.

The disrupted work on some stretch of the national highway and potholed roads are causing traffic bottlenecks and nightmares for motorists, especially due to the private express buses that ply at high speeds disregarding traffic rules and speed limits in order to maintain their schedule.

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June 22nd, 2012, 11:54 AM

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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ಬೃಹತ್ ಎನ್ನಬಹುದಾದ ಒಂದು ಕಮಾನು ಸೇತುವೆ, ಐದು ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಮೂರು ಆಧುನಿಕ ಬೃಹತ್ ರಸ್ತೆ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡ `ಬೈಪಾಸ್ ಎಕ್ಸ್*ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ಹೈವೇ` ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಮಾರ್ಗದ ಶಿರಾಡಿ ಘಾಟ್*ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಲಿದೆ.

ಜಪಾನ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ `ಜಪಾನ್ ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಕನ್ಸಲ್ಟೆನ್ಸಿ ಏಜೆನ್ಸಿಯ (ಜೈಕಾ) ತಜ್ಞರು ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಸಕಲೇಶಪುರದ ಶಿರಾಡಿ ಘಾಟ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಳ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಯೋಜನೆ ಜಾರಿ ಯೋಗ್ಯ ಎಂದು ವರದಿ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರವೂ ಉತ್ಸುಕವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಮಳೆಯಿಂದ ಶಿರಾಡಿ ಘಾಟ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಹಾಳಾಗಿ, ವಾಹನ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತೊಡಕಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ರಸ್ತೆ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಲು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ 48ರ ಸಕಲೇಶಪುರದ ಮಾರನಹಳ್ಳಿಯಿಂದ ಗುಂಡ್ಯವರೆಗೆ ಒಟ್ಟು 18.5 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಎಕ್ಸ್*ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸುಮಾರು 4,800 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಖರ್ಚಾಗುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆ.
ಈಗಿರುವ ಸಂಚಾರ ದಟ್ಟಣೆ ಸಾಕೆ?
ಕೇವಲ 18.5 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಎಕ್ಸ್*ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ರೂ 4800 ಕೋಟಿ ವೆಚ್ಚವಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಅಂದಾಜಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ರಸ್ತೆಗೆ ಇಷ್ಟೊಂದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮೊತ್ತದ ಹೂಡಿಕೆ ಸಾಧುವೇ? ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆಯೂ ಜೈಕಾ ವರದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಿದೆ.

ಇಂತಹ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳು ಆರ್ಥಿಕವಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಸಾಧುವಾಗಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ 10 ಸಾವಿರ ವಾಹನಗಳು ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ ಸಂಚರಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದೂ ದೂರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳಾಗಿರಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಅದು ಹೇಳಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಗುಂಡ್ಯ- ಸಕಲೇಶಪುರ ನಡುವೆ ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ ಅಂದಾಜು 8000 ವಾಹನಗಳು ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ ಒದಗಿಸಿದೆ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ದೂರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳೆಷ್ಟು, ಸ್ಥಳೀಯವಾಗಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳೆಷ್ಟು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ವಿಭಜಿಸಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಸಂಚಾರ ದಟ್ಟಣೆ ಜತೆಗೆ ಸರಕುಸಾಗಣೆ ವಾಹನಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಒತ್ತುಕೊಡಬೇಕು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿ ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನ ಬಂದರುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಬಂದರಿಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು. ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಬಂದರುಗಳನ್ನು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಪಡಿಸಿ, ಸರಕುಸಾಗಣೆ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದೂ ಅದು ಸಲಹೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ಇದು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದರೆ ಯೋಜನೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಸಾಧು ಆಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದೆ.

ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಬಂದರು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷ ಒತ್ತು ನೀಡುವುದರಿಂದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಇತರ ಭಾಗಗಳ ಸರಕುಸಾಗಣೆಗೆ ಈ ರಸ್ತೆ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಸೇತುವೆಯಾಗಲಿದೆ. ಆ ಮೂಲಕವೂ ಯೋಜನೆಯನ್ನು ಯಶಸ್ವಿಗೊಳಿಸಬಹುದು ಎಂದು ಜೈಕಾ ವರದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದೆ. ಜೈಕಾ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ನವ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಬಂದರಿಗೂ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ, ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದು, ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿ ಬಂದರು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೂ ಸಹಕಾರ ನೀಡುವುದಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ದ್ವಿಪಥದ ರಸ್ತೆಗಾದರೆ ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅರ್ಧದಷ್ಟು ಖರ್ಚಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದೂ ಜೈಕಾ ತನ್ನ ವರದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದೆ.
ಸಕಲೇಶಪುರ- ಗುಂಡ್ಯ ನಡುವೆ ಈಗಿರುವ 26 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಅಗಲ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಕಷ್ಟಸಾಧ್ಯ. ಅರಣ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶವಾದ ಕಾರಣ ಪರಿಸರಕ್ಕೂ ಹಾನಿ. ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗದಿಂದ ಪರಿಸರಕ್ಕೆ ಅತಿ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾನಿಯಾಗಲಿದೆ. ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಒಟ್ಟು ಅಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 9ರಿಂದ 10 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಕಡಿಮೆ ಆಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಹಭಾಗಿತ್ವ: `ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಹಭಾಗಿತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಯೋಜನೆ ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಸಂಬಂಧ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಭೂಸಾರಿಗೆ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯಕ್ಕೆ ಪತ್ರ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದು, ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಜಪಾನ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಮತ್ತು ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ನೆರವು ಕೊಡಿಸುವಂತೆಯೂ ಕೋರಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಒಂದೆರಡು ತಿಂಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಜಪಾನ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರದಿಂದ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಬರಬಹುದು` ಎಂದು ಲೋಕೋಪಯೋಗಿ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ ಸುಭಾಷ್*ಚಂದ್ರ ಕುಂಟಿಯಾ `ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ`ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

`ಗಿರಿ ಶಿಖರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಹೇಗೆ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಸಹಜವಾಗಿಯೇ ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನೂ ಕಾಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಶಿರಾಡಿ ಘಾಟ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಸಮುದ್ರ ಮಟ್ಟದಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 850 ಅಡಿ ಎತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಉದ್ದೇಶಿತ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಸುಮಾರು 700 ಮೀಟರ್ ಎತ್ತರದಿಂದ ಇಳಿಜಾರು ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದೊಂದು ಸವಾಲಿನ ಯೋಜನೆ. ಅಗತ್ಯ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಒದಗಿಸುವಂತೆ ಜೈಕಾವನ್ನು ಕೋರಲಾಗಿದೆ` ಎಂದೂ ಅವರು ವಿವರಿಸಿದರು.

ಜೈಕಾ ಪರಿಣತಿ: ಪರ್ವತ ಶ್ರೇಣಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗ ಹಾಗೂ ಎತ್ತರಿಸಿದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ಜಪಾನ್ ಎತ್ತಿದ ಕೈ. ಇದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಯೋಜನೆಯೊಂದನ್ನು ಅದು ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ನೆಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯರೂಪಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದಿದೆ. 11 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ `ಕನೇತ್ಸು` ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಜೈಕಾ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದೆ. ಇದು ಸುಮಾರು 1100 ಮೀಟರ್ ಆಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾದು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದು, ವಿಶ್ವದ 11ನೇ ಅತಿ ಉದ್ದದ ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗ ಎಂದೂ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿ ಪಡೆದಿದೆ.

ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾದು ಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ?
ಈಗಿರುವ ರೈಲ್ವೆ ಮಾರ್ಗ ಮತ್ತು ರಸ್ತೆ ಮಾರ್ಗದ ಮಧ್ಯ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ದೇಶಿತ ಎಕ್ಸ್*ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಹಾದು ಹೋಗಲಿದೆ. ಇದರ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಆರು ವರ್ಷ ಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದೂ ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಮಾರನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಸಮುದ್ರ ಮಟ್ಟದಿಂದ 700 ಮೀಟರ್ ಎತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೆ ಗುಂಡ್ಯ 155 ಮೀಟರ್ ಎತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಇವೆರಡೂ ತುದಿಗಳಿಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರತಿ ನೂರು ಮೀಟರ್*ಗೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಶೇ 3.5ರಷ್ಟು ಇಳಿಜಾರು ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದರಿಂದ ವಾಹನ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಯಾವ ಅಡಚಣೆಯೂ ಆಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಜೈಕಾ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞರು ತಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ವರದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಇದೇ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿರಾಡಿ ಘಾಟ್*ನಲ್ಲೂ ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಬಹುದು. 18.5 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದಲ್ಲಿ 7.7 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಐದು ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ 3.9 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಎತ್ತರಿಸಿದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲು ಯೋಜನೆ ರೂಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಬೃಹತ್ ಎನ್ನಲಾದ ಎರಡು ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಕಮಾನು ಸೇತುವೆ ಕೂಡ ಸೇರಿದ್ದು, ಇದನ್ನು ಕಣಿವೆ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಇದೊಂದು ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣವಾಗಿಯೂ ರೂಪುಗೊಳ್ಳುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಮಾನ ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂದೂ ಜೈಕಾ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ.
ಒಂದರಿಂದ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಪರ್ವತ ಶ್ರೇಣಿಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸುವ ಮಧ್ಯ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತರಿಸಿದ ಸೇತುವೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಇದಕ್ಕೂ ವಿಶೇಷ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಅಗತ್ಯ ಇದೆ. ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಹಂತದ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆಯಿಂದ ಶಿರಾಡಿ ಘಾಟ್*ನಲ್ಲಿ 30 ಮೀಟರ್*ಗೂ ಎತ್ತರದ ಪಿಲ್ಲರ್*ಗಳನ್ನು ಸೇತುವೆ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಪರಿಸರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಹಾನಿಯಾಗದಂತೆ ನಿಗಾ ವಹಿಸಿ ಇಂತಹ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಸವಾಲಿನ ಕೆಲಸ. ಇದನ್ನು ಕಾರ್ಯರೂಪಕ್ಕೆ ತರಲು ಬೇಕಾದ ಅಗತ್ಯ ನೆರವು ನೀಡುವುದಾಗಿಯೂ ಜೈಕಾ ಹೇಳಿದೆ.

ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗ ಮತ್ತು ರಸ್ತೆ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆ ಒಟ್ಟು 11.6 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದ ಬರಲಿದೆ. ಉಳಿದ 6.9 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದಲ್ಲಿ ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನು ಭೂಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲೇ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಕೆಲವು ಕಡೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ಭರ್ತಿ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಸಣ್ಣಪುಟ್ಟ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗಳಿಂದಲೇ ರಸ್ತೆ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಬಹುದು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರತಿ ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ರಸ್ತೆಗೆ 20 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂಪಾಯಿ ವೆಚ್ಚ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ವಿವರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

Krishnamoorthy K

June 22nd, 2012, 03:09 PM

^^

ಇಂತಹ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳು ಆರ್ಥಿಕವಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಸಾಧುವಾಗಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ 10 ಸಾವಿರ ವಾಹನಗಳು ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ ಸಂಚರಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದೂ ದೂರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳಾಗಿರಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಅದು ಹೇಳಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಗುಂಡ್ಯ- ಸಕಲೇಶಪುರ ನಡುವೆ ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ ಅಂದಾಜು 8000 ವಾಹನಗಳು ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ ಒದಗಿಸಿದೆ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ದೂರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳೆಷ್ಟು, ಸ್ಥಳೀಯವಾಗಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳೆಷ್ಟು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ವಿಭಜಿಸಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಸಂಚಾರ ದಟ್ಟಣೆ ಜತೆಗೆ ಸರಕುಸಾಗಣೆ ವಾಹನಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಒತ್ತುಕೊಡಬೇಕು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿ ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನ ಬಂದರುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಬಂದರಿಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು. ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಬಂದರುಗಳನ್ನು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಪಡಿಸಿ, ಸರಕುಸಾಗಣೆ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದೂ ಅದು ಸಲಹೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ಇದು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದರೆ ಯೋಜನೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಸಾಧು ಆಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದೆ.

I don't know in which way they calculated viability. There is not much population in ghat section. So traffic will be end to end on this ghat stretch. Irrespective of whether traffic is long or short distance considerable quantity of fuel will be saved as distance is reduced and moreover straight road will reduce drastically accelerator and break works and hence fuel. Fuel saving is good for environment and country's economy. And most importantly count on safety.

Krishnamoorthy K

June 22nd, 2012, 04:15 PM

^^^^
Why they are calling it `ಬೈಪಾಸ್ ಎಕ್ಸ್*ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ಹೈವೇ`? (Bypass Express Highway)

Aren't they planning to return the existing road to forest department? I don't think there are many houses on this stretch. People living in places like dams, yedukumeri station, etc may be using the existing road. For them even half the width of the existing road may be more than enough.

mangalore mania

June 22nd, 2012, 06:40 PM

I still dont believe this.. The space between the existing road and railway track is a valley and has a river flowing there.. Just check google earth..

Krishnamoorthy K

June 23rd, 2012, 07:16 AM

^^
As shown in the diagram in the begining of the news report there will be a bridge across Netravati river.

The articles mentions four bridges two being arch bridges. The first bridge (from Mangaluru side) seems to be across the river.

Elevated bridges will have pillars of height more than 30 meters. (More than a 10 storeyed building height.)

Two bridges in the middle are arch bridges (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_bridge). One being of about 2000 meters span. I think because of non-feasibility of pillars of that height they are going for arch bridges.

Check List of longest arch bridge spans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_arch_bridge_spans).

Lupu Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupu_Bridge) - 3900 meters
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/LupuBridgeandBoats.jpg/800px-LupuBridgeandBoats.jpg

Bloukrans Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloukrans_Bridge) - 451 meters
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Bloukrans_Bridge.jpg/800px-Bloukrans_Bridge.jpg

engineer.akash

June 23rd, 2012, 10:18 PM

Mercara

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/168895_10151001590403128_334392419_n.jpg

PTI

s.yogendra

June 24th, 2012, 08:36 AM

^^:cheers:

hakindian1984

June 24th, 2012, 10:55 AM

nice pic Akash

Krishnamoorthy K

June 25th, 2012, 06:11 AM

This is english translation of 'Prajavani' news posted in the previous page. Deccan Herald & Prajavani belong to a same group of news media.

http://www.deccanherald.com/page_images/thumb/2012/06/25/259400_thump.jpg

B N Sridhar, Bangalore, Jun 24, 2012, DHNS :

* The Rs 4,800-crore project expected to be completed in six years

The State government has conceived a ‘bypass express highway’ to tackle the poor road condition in Shiradi Ghat. If all goes well, the express highway with five tunnels, an arch bridge and three overbridges will be a reality in six years.

The road in Shiradi Ghat gets damaged due to heavy rain frequently leading to traffic chaos on the narrow and risky stretch. Repairs had become an annual affair with the maintenance turning out to be a challenge.

Under the ambitious project, it had been planned to construct a 18.5-km four-lane express highway from Maranahalli near Sakaleshpur up to Gundia on National Highway-48.

The experts of Japan International Consultancy Agency (JICA) who conducted a spot inspection near Sakaleshpur, have certified the feasibility of the Rs 4,800-crore project. Widening the present 26-km road between Sakaleshpur and Gundia is a Herculean task.

The project raises environmental concerns. But the proposed tunnel route will reduce the distance and ensures minimum damage to environment, JICA said in its report.

Subhashchandra Kuntia, Principal Secretary to Public Works Department, told Deccan Herald that it had been decided to take up the project in public-private partnership. “We have written to Union Ministry of Road Transport urging technical and financial assistance from Japan. A reply is expected in about two months,” he added.

Shiradi Ghat is about 850 feet above sea level. The expressway needs to be constructed in a slope from a height of 700 metre and hence the project poses a huge challenge. JICA had been requested to provide technical expertise, Kuntia disclosed.

Japan is experienced in the construction of tunnels and elevated roads. JICA has successfully constructed a 11-km Kanetsu tunnel in Japan, billed as the 11th longest tunnel route in the world.

It had been proposed to construct five tunnels covering a distance of 7.7 km, four overbridges for a distance of 3.9 km for the expressway. A two-km arch bridge near a valley also forms the part of the project.

Elevated bridges will have to be constructed to link hill ranges in the ghat. Pillars of a height of 30 metre will have to be erected to accomplish the task. Maranahalli is 700 metres above the sea level and Gundia, is located at a height of 155 metre from the sea.

In order to connect the two places at varying height downward gradient will have to be provided at every 100 metre, according to the preliminary report of JICA.

Traffic density

The financial viability of the project has been linked to the traffic density on the stretch. According to the JICA report, a project of this scale can be financially viable if the traffic density on the road is at least 10,000 vehicles per day.

The report furnished by the National Highways Authority of India puts the traffic density between Sakleshpur and Gundia at 8,000 vehicles a day. The data does not differentiate between the vehicles bound for long-distance journey and those plying locally.

JICA has suggested bolstering the consignment handling capacity of Mangalore port and connecting the port with those in Tamil Nadu. The Agency has also said that it would extend co-operation for developing the Mangalore port.

DHNS (Tunnels, expressway proposed on Shiradi Ghat)

engineer.akash

June 25th, 2012, 09:11 AM

^^Bigger pic

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2012/06/25/20120625a_006100007.jpg

s.yogendra

June 26th, 2012, 05:35 AM

State to get funds for 2,000 km of roads

The Centre has approved the release of funds to build 2,000 km of rural roads in the State under the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Jagadish Shettar has said.

Speaking after performing ‘bhoomi puja’ on a connecting road from Bidnal to Kundagol at Gabbur Cross, near Hubli, on Monday, Mr. Shettar, who is also district in-charge Minister, said the development of roads would be taken up on a cost-sharing basis between the State and the Centre.

Sanction

As the State government had developed 15,000 km of road, surpassing the 12,000-km limit, the Union government had not considered its request for additional funds for the last few years. Now, after the State had come forward to put in 25 per cent of the cost, it had agreed to sanction the remaining amount, he said.

Value addition

The Minister said development of main roads in Savadatti, Ramanagar, Kundagol and Laxmeshwar in the region was in full swing. Not only had connectivity improved, but the value of agricultural land had also increased, he said.

Pralhad Joshi, MP, said the government should hand over the Hubli-Dharwad Bypass Road to the National Highway Authority of India to facilitate further development.

Virabhadrappa Halaharavi, MLA, said the Gabbur-Bidnal-Kundagol road, built at a cost of Rs. 1.6 crore, the Mavanaur-Katnur road (Rs. 70 lakh) and Bhandivad-Mantur road (Rs. 2 crore) had met a long-pending demand of people in the area.

S.I. Chikkanagoudar, Kundagol MLA, chairman of Karnataka Bal Vikas Academy Mahesh Tenginakai, Mayor Pandurang Patil, Deputy Mayor Bharati Patil and Assistant Executive Engineer of Public Works N.M. Kulkarni were present.

Mr. Shettar also inaugurated a bridge constructed at a cost of Rs. 1.4 lakh on the Old Hubli-Budarshingi road and performed bhoomi puja for work on the Mavanaur-Katnur road.

State to bear 25 per cent of the cost, while the Centre will provide the rest

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3571491.ece

s.yogendra

June 26th, 2012, 05:43 AM

Kuthethoor-Soorinje road crying for attention

Surathkal : MRPL-ONGC and MSEZ which use the Kuthethoor-Soorinje road are not taking steps to improve its condition. The road is in a deplorable condition now.

Kuthethoor resident Parameshwar said “we have submitted several memorandums to the authorities. However, the condition of the road remains the same.”

Kuthethoor is figured on the world map, with the setting up of MRPL-ONGC and MSEZ. However, the companies have not taken up any measure to repair the road.

They spend lakhs of rupees in the name of community development. However, the road is filled with slush, said Suresh Shetty, another resident.

The road belongs to the PWD. As the MRPL had promised to repair the road in the past, the PWD did not take up work to develop the road.

By spending Rs 3 lakh, potholes on 50 metre road was filled. The remaining three kilometre road has developed huge potholes.

As a result, the buses have stopped plying in the area. No autorickshaws are ready to ply on the road.
Even the villagers are finding it difficult to walk on the slush filled road during monsoon. The residents had decided to stage prorest against MRPL on March 17.

However, with the mediation of MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, the company officials, the protest was withdrawn.

The road was repaired temporarily and the MRPL had promised to repair the after the monsoon.

Now the potholes have become mini swimming pools. It is a challenge for the two-wheeler riders to ride on the pothole filled road, said a resident. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/259655/kuthethoor-soorinje-road-crying-attention.html

shel_d

June 27th, 2012, 10:06 AM

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/74375434.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/74375423.jpg

shel_d

June 27th, 2012, 10:14 AM

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/74374911.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/74374893.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/74374886.jpg

engineer.akash

June 27th, 2012, 11:19 AM

That udupi pics are awesome,thanks sheld

vspdwd

June 27th, 2012, 12:08 PM

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/74375434.jpg

Is that entrance to Udupi accessible from the highway through an exit/entry ramp?

mangalore mania

June 27th, 2012, 12:33 PM

Is that entrance to Udupi accessible from the highway through an exit/entry ramp?

yes you are right

hakindian1984

June 27th, 2012, 06:19 PM

http://www.udayavani.com/udayavani_cms/gall_content/2012/6/2012_6$largeimg227_Jun_2012_212030087.jpg

ಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರ: ಕುಮಟಾ- ಪಾವಗಡ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯ ಬಡಾಳ, ದೊಡ್ಮನೆ ಘಾಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಸಿಮೆಂಟ್* ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಮುಗಿದಿದ್ದು ಈಗ ರಸ್ತೆ ಬದಿಯ ಗಟಾರ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡಿದೆ.

6 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಬಡಾಳ ಘಾಟಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿ ತಿರುವಿನಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ್ದು ತೀರಾ ಕಿರಿದಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೇ ಮಳೆಗಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಡ್ಡ ಕುಸಿತದಿಂದ ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಅಡ್ಡಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.

ಈಗ 2 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಗಲೀಕರಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಸಿಮೆಂಟ್* ರಸ್ತೆಯಾಗಿ ಪರಿವರ್ತಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದು 6 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಘಾಟಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನು ಏಕಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಗಲಿಕರಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಸಿಮೆಂಟ್* ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನಾಗಿ ಪರಿವರ್ತಿಸಿದ್ದರೆ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು ಎನ್ನುವ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಳಿಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ವರ್ಷದ ಬಹುತೇಕ ದಿನ ಮಳೆಯಾಗುವ ಮತ್ತು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಳೆ ಬೀಳುವ ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಪರ್ವತ ಶ್ರೇಣಿಯು ಕುಸಿಯುವ ಗುಣ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದು ಅದನ್ನು ತಡೆಯುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಪಕ್ಕದ ದಿಬ್ಬಗಳಿಗೆ ಪಿಚ್ಚಿಂಗ್* ಮಾಡುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಯೋಜನೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡಂತೆ ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಪಿಚ್ಚಿಂಗ್* ಮಾಡದಿದ್ದರೆ ಯಾವಾಗ ಬೇಕಾದರೂ ಗುಡ್ಡ ಕುಸಿದು ರಸ್ತೆ ಸಂಚಾರ ನಿಲುಗಡೆಯಾಗುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆ.

5 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ಅಂದಾಜು ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ 2 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 6 ಸಣ್ಣ ಸೇತುವೆ, 1 ಬಾಂದಾರವನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಬೆಡ್* ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ 30 ಸೆಂ.ಮೀ. ದಪ್ಪದ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್*ನ್ನು ರಸ್ತೆಗೆ ಹಾಕಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಸೇತುವೆಗೆ 8 ಎಂ.ಎಂ. ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಹಾಧಿಕಧಿಲಾಗಿದ್ದು ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಬಾಂದಾರಕ್ಕೆ 6 ಎಂ. ಎಂ. ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಹಾಕಿರುವುದು ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಕುರಿತು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಂಕೆ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ.

ಮೇ ತಿಂಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಕೆಲಸ ಮುಗಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ನಿಬಂಧನೆಯಿದ್ದರೂ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮುಗಿದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ಇನ್ನೂ ಒಂದು ತಿಂಗಳ ಕಾಲಾವಕಾಶ ಬೇಕಾಗಬಹುದು ಎನ್ನಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ಈ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಾರಣ ಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರ-ಕುಮಟಾ ರಸ್ತೆ ಸಂಚಾರವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಬಂಧಿಸಿದ್ದು ಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರದಿಂದ ಕುಮಟಾ, ಕಾರವಾರ, ಗೋಕರ್ಣ ಮುಂತಾದ ಭಾಗಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗುವವರು ಹೊನ್ನಾವರ ಮಾರ್ಗವಾಗಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯತೆ ಉಂಟಾಗಿದೆ. ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ನೇರವಾದ ಬಸ್* ಸಂಚಾರ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡ ಕಾರಣ ಈ ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಗಿಜಗುಣಿ, ಉಡಳ್ಳಿ, ಬೀರ*್ಲಮಕ್ಕಿ, ದೊಡ್ಮನೆ, ವಂದಾನೆ ಭಾಗದ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಗೆ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಸ್* ಸೌಲಭ್ಯದ ತೊಂದರೆಯುಂಟಾಗಿದೆ.

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June 27th, 2012, 08:24 PM

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mangalore mania

June 28th, 2012, 05:27 PM

Lanco commissions Bangalore-Mangalore toll road
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BANGALORE, JUNE 28:
Lanco Infratech has announced that Lanco Devihalli Highways Ltd (LDHL), a special purpose vehicle of the company, has commissioned its BOT Toll Road Project. The company, in a filing with the BSE, said the Toll Road is a part of National Highway 48 from Bangalore to Mangalore. LDHL has completed four-laning of the stretch from Neelmangala Junction in Bangalore to Devihalli. LDHL had already started toll collection. The company said it can collect toll for this stretch over the concession period up to January 4, 2033.

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July 1st, 2012, 08:12 AM

ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ: ಪರದಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕರು

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Udayavani | Jun 27, 2012

ಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರ: ಕುಮಟಾ- ಪಾವಗಡ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯ ಬಡಾಳ, ದೊಡ್ಮನೆ ಘಾಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಸಿಮೆಂಟ್* ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಮುಗಿದಿದ್ದು ಈಗ ರಸ್ತೆ ಬದಿಯ ಗಟಾರ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡಿದೆ.

6 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಬಡಾಳ ಘಾಟಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿ ತಿರುವಿನಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ್ದು ತೀರಾ ಕಿರಿದಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೇ ಮಳೆಗಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಡ್ಡ ಕುಸಿತದಿಂದ ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಅಡ್ಡಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.

ಈಗ 2 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಗಲೀಕರಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಸಿಮೆಂಟ್* ರಸ್ತೆಯಾಗಿ ಪರಿವರ್ತಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದು 6 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ಘಾಟಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನು ಏಕಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಗಲಿಕರಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಸಿಮೆಂಟ್* ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನಾಗಿ ಪರಿವರ್ತಿಸಿದ್ದರೆ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು ಎನ್ನುವ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಳಿಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ವರ್ಷದ ಬಹುತೇಕ ದಿನ ಮಳೆಯಾಗುವ ಮತ್ತು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಳೆ ಬೀಳುವ ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಪರ್ವತ ಶ್ರೇಣಿಯು ಕುಸಿಯುವ ಗುಣ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದು ಅದನ್ನು ತಡೆಯುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಪಕ್ಕದ ದಿಬ್ಬಗಳಿಗೆ ಪಿಚ್ಚಿಂಗ್* ಮಾಡುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಯೋಜನೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡಂತೆ ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಪಿಚ್ಚಿಂಗ್* ಮಾಡದಿದ್ದರೆ ಯಾವಾಗ ಬೇಕಾದರೂ ಗುಡ್ಡ ಕುಸಿದು ರಸ್ತೆ ಸಂಚಾರ ನಿಲುಗಡೆಯಾಗುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆ.

5 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ಅಂದಾಜು ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ 2 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಉದ್ದದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 6 ಸಣ್ಣ ಸೇತುವೆ, 1 ಬಾಂದಾರವನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಬೆಡ್* ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ 30 ಸೆಂ.ಮೀ. ದಪ್ಪದ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್*ನ್ನು ರಸ್ತೆಗೆ ಹಾಕಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಸೇತುವೆಗೆ 8 ಎಂ.ಎಂ. ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಹಾಧಿಕಧಿಲಾಗಿದ್ದು ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಬಾಂದಾರಕ್ಕೆ 6 ಎಂ. ಎಂ. ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಹಾಕಿರುವುದು ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಕುರಿತು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಂಕೆ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ.

ಮೇ ತಿಂಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಕೆಲಸ ಮುಗಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ನಿಬಂಧನೆಯಿದ್ದರೂ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮುಗಿದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ಇನ್ನೂ ಒಂದು ತಿಂಗಳ ಕಾಲಾವಕಾಶ ಬೇಕಾಗಬಹುದು ಎನ್ನಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ಈ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಾರಣ ಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರ-ಕುಮಟಾ ರಸ್ತೆ ಸಂಚಾರವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಬಂಧಿಸಿದ್ದು ಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರದಿಂದ ಕುಮಟಾ, ಕಾರವಾರ, ಗೋಕರ್ಣ ಮುಂತಾದ ಭಾಗಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗುವವರು ಹೊನ್ನಾವರ ಮಾರ್ಗವಾಗಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯತೆ ಉಂಟಾಗಿದೆ. ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ನೇರವಾದ ಬಸ್* ಸಂಚಾರ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡ ಕಾರಣ ಈ ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಗಿಜಗುಣಿ, ಉಡಳ್ಳಿ, ಬೀರ*್ಲಮಕ್ಕಿ, ದೊಡ್ಮನೆ, ವಂದಾನೆ ಭಾಗದ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಗೆ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಸ್* ಸೌಲಭ್ಯದ ತೊಂದರೆಯುಂಟಾಗಿದೆ.

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s.yogendra

July 3rd, 2012, 08:07 PM

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hakindian1984

July 3rd, 2012, 08:17 PM

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s.yogendra

July 4th, 2012, 04:59 AM

Flyover planned on highway in Mandya

The State government has dropped the proposal to construct a bypass to reduce traffic congestion on the Bangalore-Mysore highway and decided to construct a flyover instead.

The estimated cost of constructing the flyover, between Shivanahalli and Acetate Factory junction on the highway, was Rs. 6.5 crore. The project would be implemented on a public-private partnership basis.

Mandya Urban Development Authority chairman Basave Gowda told presspersons here on Monday that the authority had prepared a detailed report on the flyover project and forwarded it to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for approval.

Mr. Gowda told The Hindu later, “We conducted a meeting of officials of various departments a few weeks ago and finalised the project report.”

In 2006-07, the authority had planned to construct a bypass in Mandya to ease traffic congestion on the Bangalore-Mysore highway. The project entailed acquiring nearly 100 acres of land and the cost would have come up to nearly Rs. 75 crore.

“We don’t want to acquire fertile land to construct the bypass. Hence, we have decided to construct a flyover without acquiring any land,” he said.

Mandya Urban Development Authority commissioner H.S. Shivaram was present on the occasion.

Project cost estimated at Rs. 6.5 crore

Proposal to construct bypass droppedhttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3600833.ece

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engineer.akash

July 9th, 2012, 07:47 PM

State highway 31,Belgaum

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s.yogendra

July 9th, 2012, 09:20 PM

Trees felled for widening Bangalore-Mysore Road

"We felled the trees only after obtaining the permission of the Forest Department. The road widening work is going on in full steam" said senior official of BBMP

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It took just a few hours. Some of the few remaining trees at Hosaguddahalli on Bangalore-Mysore Road were felled early on Sunday to pave way for widening of the road. By noon, the tree trunks were being cleared.

According to a senior official in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), three trees were felled as they were blocking the proposed widened carriageway. “We felled the trees only after obtaining the permission of the Forest Department. The road widening work is going on in full steam,” the official said.

The official added that the BBMP was confident of completing the road widening work by the end of December. Several deadlines have lapsed without much progress in the widening work taken up on this arterial road.

The delay in the work was attributed to lack of coordination among the various government agencies — Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) and Karnataka Power Transmission Company Ltd (KPTCL).

The official claimed that the BBMP was coordinating with these agencies to ensure that the shifting of utilities is completed at the earliest. “We are all working on the road work and shifting of utilities simultaneously to reduce any further delays,” the official added. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/article3619483.ece

s.yogendra

July 13th, 2012, 06:11 PM

'HUNSUR-GONIKOPPA ROAD WILL BE MADE MOTORABLE BY NOV.'

New promise by new Minister Ranjan

Hunsur, July 13- The Hunsur-Thithimathi-Gonikoppa road, which is in a pathetically unmotorable condition, will be made motorable on a priority basis and completed by Nov. 2012, said the newly sworn-in Minister Appachu Ranjan.

Ranjan, who made a brief halt at the Government Guest House here for breakfast this morning while on his way home in Kumboor village near Madapura town in Kodagu, told Star of Mysore that he was aware of the bad condition of the road which linked Kerala and assured to take it up on a priority basis. Ranjan was accompanied by his wife Shyla Appachu.

Heritage site tag for Western Ghats: Regarding yesterday’s Kodagu bundh in opposition to the UNESCO proposal for World Heritage site tag for the Western Ghats, Ranjan said that he was very much against such a move. "The people of Kodagu have been protecting the environment since centuries. The concept of Devakaadu (sacred groves) in Kodagu stands testimony to this. Rest of the world must take a cue from the people of Kodagu to live with nature," said Ranjan.

Regarding the development activities to be taken up in State, Minister Appachu Ranjan said that the biggest challenge before them was to mobilise resources for the Rs. 1,03,000 budget proposals made recently and expressed confidence of attaining the same, though there were only 11 months of term left for the BJP government.

"I am aware that the people’s sentiments are hurt because of the party leaders’ infights and I beg pardon for the same. We will henceforth set aside all such differences and strive for the State’s development," the Minister assured. http://www.starofmysore.com

engineer.akash

July 13th, 2012, 07:41 PM

NH4 Namma belgaum

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 13th, 2012, 08:08 PM

^^

Great one with full greenery and service road. But, they should have truck terminal.

They are going to make it sixlane soon I think.

engineer.akash

July 13th, 2012, 08:09 PM

^^

Great one with full greenery and service road. But, they should have truck terminal.

They are going to make it sixlane soon I think.

Work is already underway,check my belgaum city pics in my signature. :cheers:

sharifyaseen

July 15th, 2012, 02:52 PM

NH4 Namma belgaum

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251922_418561244849766_1716973482_n.jpg

Zabardast pic akash..:banana:

Manjunath kasigavi

July 15th, 2012, 06:55 PM

NH 4 Hubli-Belgaumhttps://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/531334_437557072944610_678015827_n.jpg
Copy Right: Anand Sonekar, Hubli Mandee, Facebook

cross posting from hubli projects thread

engineer.akash

July 17th, 2012, 08:50 AM

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/380704_474067192604773_1092732806_n.jpg

FB Thouseef Ahmed

So in total,NH 66 i.e. NH 17 will be four laned in karnataka throughout,in Kerala I think it is a two lane highway.

Great hope they 4 lane it in maharashtra too,that will help in increasing average speed of vehicles.

Dowsarpandi

July 17th, 2012, 03:08 PM

Dear friends,
Thanks a ton for all your contributions. My special heartfelt thanks to Mr Engineer Akash and Mr rocky23. Inspite of the abundant information you have provided me,I am not able to finalise on the route that I need to take..

Here is what I would like to prefer...

Since I will be driving from ooty, I wil lbe crossing Mysore sometime around 2 or 3 pm
I would prefer the road that is more scenic in terms of landscape and smooth tarmac in terms of road surface.. I am not a high speed driver
Since some amount of distnace (100 - 150km) might be covered after the sunset I would prefer the road which has lesser visibility problems..
lastly in case there is a delay or if I need to stay back for night some towns/cities nearby..

From all your inputs, this is what I have arrived at. Now that monsoon has begun and keeping all the above factors in mind which of the following should I take??? (Covering places enroute will be added bonus, but not very particular due to time constraint)

Mysore - Holenarasipura - Hassan - Belur - Chikmagalur - Tarikare - Shimoga - Jog

Mysore - Holenarasipura - Hassan - Belur - Chikmagalur - Kadur - Tarikare - Shimoga - Jog

Mysore - Holenarasipura - Hassan - Banavara - Tarikare - Shimoga - Jog
Mysore - Channarayapatna - Arsikare - Tarikare - Shimoga - Jog

engineer.akash

July 17th, 2012, 03:23 PM

From all your inputs, this is what I have arrived at. Now that monsoon has begun and keeping all the above factors in mind which of the following should I take???

Mysore - Holenarasipura - Hassan - Belur - Chikmagalur - Kadur - Tarikare - Shimoga - Jog

My pick

But hassan city roads are the worst as of no..but worth taking due to nice state highway and belur temple

s.yogendra

July 17th, 2012, 06:14 PM

Government approves Rs 6,429 crore road projects in 4 states including J&K

NEW DELHI: The government has approved eight highways projects worth Rs 6,429 crore in four states including the strategic Z-Morh tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir connecting Leh to Srinagar.

"Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee in its meeting last night has approved eight highways projects in four states - Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, mostly to be built under build, operate and transfer (BOT) toll mode," a Highways Ministry official told reporters.

These eight projects include 6.5 km long Z- Morh tunnel on Srinagar-Leh highway, the fourth strategic tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir to be built at a cost of Rs 773 crore, he said.

The tunnel would provide all-weather connectivity to the people of the Ladakh region, he added.

The other approved projects include three highway schemes in Rajasthan including Rs 668-crore Rajsamand-Bhilwara, Rs 530-crore Rajasthan border-Salasar project and Rs 332-crore Jodhpur-Pali highways scheme.

The official said of the remaining four projects, three schemes -- Rs 1,282-crore Chakari-Allahabad, Rs 909-crore Hadia-Varanasi and Rs 605-crore Kashipur-Sitarganj - for widening of roads are in Uttar Pradesh.

Besides, the PPEAC also approved four-laning of Hubri-Hospet 77 km stretch in Karnataka to be built at a cost of Rs 1,330 crore. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/government-approves-rs-6429-crore-road-projects-in-4-states-including-jk/articleshow/15020705.cms

DrYaqoob

July 18th, 2012, 01:58 PM

Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee has approved four-laning of Hubli-Hospet 77 kms stretch in Karnataka to be built at a cost of Rs 1,330 crore.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7199/hpto.jpg

pnvijoo

July 20th, 2012, 09:27 AM

‘Nice got land 9 times more than required’

T J Abraham, an activist who has alleged large-scale irregularities in the execution of the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project, on Thursday submitted to the Lokayukta Court that under the original agreement, the total land that was required for the peripheral road and the expressway to Mysore was 20,193 acres.

But the State set up the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Area Planning Authority (BMICAPA) and installed Ashok Kheny on the Board, even though he had no right to be there.

“He, along with D K Shivakumar, then decided that the total land that had to be acquired for the project was 1.75 lakh acres,” Abraham submitted.

Further, he alleged that C R Ramesh, who was then PWD Secretary, wrote to other departments on behalf of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (Nice) demanding land in specific areas. While a Cabinet meeting note states that around 5,850 acres were supposed to receive stamp duty exemption, Ramesh in his capacity as Secretary deleted the para which specified the amount of land receiving the exemption, leaving the impression that Nice would be getting stamp duty exemption on all the land.

Abraham alleged that Ramesh after setting the affairs of Nice in order, took voluntary retirement from government service and joined Nice as the director. Abraham also submitted that the act of former chief minister H D Deve Gowda and his Cabinet approving a pact with a company at face value without checking its antecedents or financial capability, had resulted in the plundering of wealth in the State.

The submissions will continue on Friday.

The complaint lists 102 people as accused, including former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, former chief ministers, S M Krishna, N Dharam Singh, H D Kumaraswamy, B S Yeddyurappa, Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, R V Deshpande, D K Shivakumar, Managing Director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (Nice) Ashok Kheny, CMD of Bharath Forge Baba Kalyani and then Chairman of ICICI Narayan Vagul and former governor of Massachusetts, USA, William Weld.

About 57 IAS officers are also listed as accused in the complaint.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/265699/nice-got-land-9-times.html

mangalore mania

July 20th, 2012, 02:20 PM

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The Bangalore-Mangalore Highway(NH-75) as seen during the month of May near Hassan

By Sai Chethan Kalchar In Flickr

rsrikanth05

July 22nd, 2012, 12:34 PM

NO matter what, these activists are busy killing NICE.

hakindian1984

July 23rd, 2012, 11:00 AM

Puttur: Traffic on Shiradi ghat between Mangalore and Bangalore was disrupted for about eight hours from early morning until forenoon on Sunday, July 22, on account of trees getting uprooted at least at five places. It was aftermath of a whirlwind blow which did not last for long.

The affected stretch was between Udane and Shiradi village along the national highway 75. At a few places, trees and branches fell on the overhead power-lines, which got tripped, landing all the areas around in the dark. Large trees fell across the ghat road, blocking the traffic totally.

Vehicles, forming kilometres-long queues, were stranded on either side for about eight hours. The public and the residents complained that branches of the trees had grown long and were overhanging into the highway, but the highway officials showed little concern.

It was the forest department personnel who sprung into action in the early hours of the morning and did their best within their limited resources. Upon enquiries, they revealed that if they had to cut trees they had to receive a notification and a road-map from the highway officials. The forest department had identified the dangerous points and written to the highway authority two years ago, but it has remained unresponded, they complained.

http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=333163

s.yogendra

July 23rd, 2012, 12:38 PM

Sampaje

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/7608001382_15f69a6502_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirimari/7608001382/)
Sampaje ghat (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirimari/7608001382/) by Alemaari (http://www.flickr.com/people/nirimari/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

July 23rd, 2012, 07:00 PM

^^
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yashted

July 25th, 2012, 04:55 AM

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2012/07/25/20120725a_006100008.jpg
DNHS

DrYaqoob

July 25th, 2012, 11:59 PM

:banana: Dream Project of Hubli-Dharwad.......Bus Rapid Transit System :banana:

Hubli Dharwad BRTS Company Limited ........Launched...!!!!!!!

HDBRTS Co.Ltd a GoK undertaking Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) responsible for BRTS in Hubli-Dharwad

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/2408/brtsmain.jpg
Source : DH

DrYaqoob

July 26th, 2012, 10:48 AM

‘Convert State highway into national highway’

Pralhad Joshi, Dharwad MP, urged Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C.P. Joshi to consider a proposal to convert the 111-km State highway between Annigeri and Ramanagaram that passes through Navaglund, Hebasur, Sulla and Dharwad into a National Highway.

According to a release issued here, Mr. Joshi, in a letter to the Union Minister, urged him to consider the proposal under a project of developing 85,000 km of national highways under the 12th Plan, which also included converting some of the State highways into national highways.

Boosting development

Mr Joshi said that if the road was converted into a National Highway, it would allow overall development of the region.

“The road will provide connectivity to four other National Highways, NH-63 (Ankola-Gooty), NH-217 (Bijapur-Hubli), NH-4 (Pune-Bangalore) and NH-4A (Belgaum-Panaji), thereby opening up heritage centres like Hampi, Badami and Pattadakal and others for tourists.

Increasing tourism

It will also increase road connectivity to tourists spots in Goa, which in turn would boost the tourism industry in the northern parts of Karnataka”, Mr. Joshi said.

He also said he had already brought the proposal to the notice of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar during his recent visit to Hubli and appealed to the Chief Minister to urge the Union government to approve the proposal.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article3683498.ece

Suj Mangalore

July 26th, 2012, 04:32 PM

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2012/07/25/20120725a_006100008.jpg
DNHS

The traffic on Bangalore-Mysore highway is increasing every passing day necessitating it to have more number of additional lanes.
I dont understand why this highway is still not converted into National highway,even though the traffic on the highway gets it NH status easily.
If this SH granted NH status,then this would have come under NHDP projects and this would have been developed on the lines of expressway as this is a major corridor:cheers:
I like to see this as expressway having six to eight lanes for the faster transit of traffic between these two important towns.
I wish something positive happens and soon this SH is granted NH status.

s.yogendra

July 26th, 2012, 05:21 PM

^^
mysore needs alternative highway to bangalore if govt develops Mysore - Kanakapura road(via bannur, Mallvalli) to 4lane then it will be a big gift for the entire region for future developments

s.yogendra

July 26th, 2012, 07:43 PM

Namma NH 66, Mangalore near surathkal

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/c0.72.843.403/600374_10151111531854180_982027007_n.jpg

http://www.facebook.com/mangalore.city

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bcsagar

July 26th, 2012, 09:27 PM

naveen_blr

July 26th, 2012, 09:55 PM

^^
mysore needs alternative highway to bangalore if govt develops Mysore - Kanakapura road(via bannur, Mallvalli) to 4lane then it will be a big gift for the entire region for future developments

I thought Akash quoted the above :-) Its already an NH they need to upgrade the road though

DrYaqoob

July 27th, 2012, 03:01 AM

Hubli dharwad bypass is a day light robbery by NICE tollway.

For two lane it charges Rs 31 & Rs 23 for local traffic.

The MP & CM should press central govt to upgrade it to 4/6 lane with service roads before other demands.

This is missing link of golden quadrilateral of nhai.

PS: recently I also went thro NH 63 from ankola.
It is the best ghat road in Karnataka. Can travel fast as road is broad & not steep.

It's a good move to upgrade it to 4 lane considering port connectivity.

+1

Hubli-Dharwad Bye-pass should be converted into 6-lane as the traffic between the twincites is increasing and even the cities/town which comes in Golden Quadrilateral have 4-lane bye-pass roads then why cant NICE (Mr Kheni) develop it into 6/8 lane road.....

Further more

Logistics park (proposed) @ Anchatgeri
Truck terminals @ Belur NH4 , Gabbur NH4 and Gadag Road NH63
Semi-Ring Road connecting NH4 with NH63 and NH218

should be constructed on priority basis to streamline the heavy vehicles traffic .........:)

s.yogendra

July 27th, 2012, 07:00 AM

I thought Akash quoted the above :-) Its already an NH they need to upgrade the road though

frm Bangalore to kanakapura it is NH after state highway till mysore

doc.aneesh

July 27th, 2012, 10:31 AM

frm Bangalore to kanakapura it is NH after state highway till mysore

From Bangalore to malavalli (via kpura) it's a national highway, malavalli to mysore (via bannur) is sh33

bcsagar

July 27th, 2012, 11:03 AM

53
TWO LANING WITH PAVE SHOULDERS OF BIJAPUR – GULBARGA – HOMNABAD SECTION OF NH-218 FROM KM 195+000 TO KM 418+000 IN THE STATE OF KARNATAKA UNDER NHDP PHASE IV ON DBFOT (TOLL) BASIS*

NIT, E-Tendering Process,RFQ

24th August
2012(On e-Tendering Mode)

http://www.nhai.org/procurement_current.asp

Should have been 4 lane, anyway something is better.

PS: Hospet Hungund NH 13 road work by gmr is near complete except tunnel & bridge near hospet:cheers:.

engineer.akash

July 27th, 2012, 04:51 PM

From Bangalore to malavalli (via kpura) it's a national highway, malavalli to mysore (via bannur) is sh33

Two/ Four Laning of Tamil Nadu/Karnataka Border to Bangalore Section of NH-209 (Design Chainage from 266.530 to 458.420) in the State of Karnataka to be executed as BOT (Toll) on DBFO pattern under NHDP Phase – IV

http://www.nhai.org/Doc/18july12/nitt.pdf

s.yogendra

July 28th, 2012, 03:58 AM

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2012/07/28/20120728a_006100004.jpg

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com

s.yogendra

July 28th, 2012, 04:07 AM

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2012/07/28/20120728a_003105003.jpg

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com

s.yogendra

July 28th, 2012, 04:39 AM

New Bridge Girder Breaks Causing Heavy Loss, Traffic Chaos in Mangalore

http://www.sahilonline.org/news/2012/jul12/23_mang_bridge_1.jpg

http://www.sahilonline.org/news/2012/jul12/23_mang_bridge_3.jpg

http://www.sahilonline.org

s.yogendra

July 28th, 2012, 04:40 AM

^^
http://www.sahilonline.org/news/2012/jul12/23_mang_bridge_4.jpg

http://www.sahilonline.org/news/2012/jul12/23_mang_bridge_7.jpg

http://www.sahilonline.org

hakindian1984

July 28th, 2012, 11:36 AM

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hakindian1984

July 28th, 2012, 11:37 AM

eBOF90ProME

engineer.akash

July 28th, 2012, 09:41 PM

Stretch NH No Length(Km) Total Project Cost (Rs.Cr.) Funded By Award Date Contractor & Nationality Status
4-Laning of 207 80.02 720.69 BOT Mar 2012 Transstroy-OJSC Consortium-Indian under Implementation
Hoskote-Dobbaspet

source:http://www.nhai.org/nhdpphase4.asp (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/266799/nhai-pwd-build-satellite-town.html)

NHAI, PWD to build Satellite Town Ring Road for B’lore
Bangalore, Jul 24, 2012, DHNS :
The long-delayed Satellite Town Ring Road (STRR) project to connect Bangalore’s satellite towns - Ramanagar, Dobbespet, Devanahalli, Hoskote, Attibele and Magadi will be implemented by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the State Public Works Department (PWD).

While NHAI will develop the stretch between Dobbespet and Hoskote via Devanahalli, the PWD will construct the stretch between Attibele and Magadi Road under the Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project-II (KSHIP-II), PWD Minister C M Udasi told the Legislative Council on Tuesday, replying to a question by R V Venkatesh.

The project was first approved in 2006 and the Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA) was to implement it. The land acquisition cost, which was estimated to be Rs 741 crore in 2007, has now shot up to Rs 2,872 crore.

The road construction was estimated to cost Rs 3,800 crore in 2007. The project is expected to trigger development of satellite towns and ease the pressure on Bangalore.

The State government has to bear the cost of land acquisition if the NHAI and the PWD take up the project, the minister stated.

The government had issued preliminary notification for land acquisition under the project in 2007.

Many ring roads

The BMRDA has plans to develop about 734 km of ring roads around Bangalore. They are: STRR, Intermediate Ring Road (IRR) and Radial Roads. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has plans to develop a Peripheral Ring Road (PRR).

IRR is proposed to have a length of 188 km, circumventing Bangalore beyond the proposed BDA Peripheral Road (110 km), connecting Tattekere, Harohalli, Bidadi, Thippagondanahalli, Nelamangala, Devanahalli, Nallur, Hoskote and Sarjapur.

Radial Roads are proposed to be of 262 km length and they will connect the existing Outer Ring Road and the proposed Peripheral Road of the BDA as well as the Intermediate Ring Road proposed by the BMRDA and Satellite Town Ring Road. However, none of these projects has taken off due to land acquisition problems.

23 new NHs Proposed

Udasi said the PWD has proposed to the Union Surface Transport Ministry to upgrade 23 state highways.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/266799/nhai-pwd-build-satellite-town.html

engineer.akash

July 28th, 2012, 11:55 PM

SH 33 JAMBOTI,CHORLA BELGAUM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/599785_480641185298756_2113425488_n.jpg

s.yogendra

July 29th, 2012, 08:28 AM

Gulbarga-Gooty State highway to be made national highway

Centre has given its provisional sanction for the Rs. 600-crore project, says Kharge

Union Labour and Employment Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday that the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has given its provisional sanction to upgrade the 380-km-long State highway from Gulbarga to Gooty in Andhra Pradesh that passes through Yadgir, Raichur and Mantralayam into a national highway at a cost of over Rs. 600 crore.

Mr. Kharge told presspersons here that this was one of the major national highway projects sanctioned for Karnataka by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. He said this would provide connectivity between National Highway 9 that connects Mumbai and Hyderabad with the Bangalore-Hyderabad national highway and reduce the travelling time from Gulbarga to Bangalore by at least three hours.

Mr. Kharge, however expressed dissatisfaction with the State government’s failure to submit the estimates for upgrading the road from Gulbarga to the Andhra Pradesh border near Mantralayam to the Centre. He said that though he had mooted the proposal first with the Union Ministry for upgrading the Gulbarga-Gooty State Highway as a national highway, Andhra Pradesh had already submitted the estimates for upgrading the road length in Andhra Pradesh and the Centre had released the funds. Mr. Kharge said that he had requested the State government to submit the estimates at the earliest for getting funds released. On the delay in introducing the new superfast express train from Solapur to Yeshwantpur passing through Gulbarga, included in the Railway Budget this year, Mr. Kharge said the train, scheduled to operate three days in a week, would be inaugurated shortly and the Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa has assured the new train would be inaugurated in August. Mr. Kharge said there was no proposal to change the leadership of either the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee or the Congress Legislature Party. “Both G. Parameshwara and Siddaramaiah will continue in their respective posts,” he said. Mr. Kharge said the Medical Council of India has given its approval for starting undergraduate medical courses at the ESIC Hospital and Medical College at Rajaji Nagar in Bangalore with an intake of 100 students this year. He said the college has already been sanctioned 16 postgraduate seats.

Move will reduce travelling time from Gulbarga to Bangalore by at least three hourshttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3698815.ece

s.yogendra

July 30th, 2012, 05:00 AM

Speed up restoration of Kurikota bridge: Kharge

He inspects the damage to two arches of the bridge

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01160/29bgGBTVSHI-W008_G_1160057e.jpg

Union Labour and Employment Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge has asked the State government to speed up repairs and restoration of the century-old Kurikota bridge, across the Bennethora river on Jewargi-Humnabad national highway, and allow vehicular movement at the earliest.

Mr. Kharge, who inspected the damage in two arches of the bridge near Kurikota village in Chittapur taluk in the district on Sunday along with Allamprabhu Patil, Congress MLC, told presspersons that senior officials of the National Highways division had said that two agencies had been shortlisted to take up the repairs.

He said that while Mumbai-based Fast Tech Bridges Constructions had assured to complete the work within two months, Hyderabad-based Repcon Consultancy had said that they would complete it in three months. Mr. Kharge said that the State government should exclude the work from the purview of the Karnataka Transparency Act to enable authorities to fix the agency without going through hassles of calling for tenders.

Mr. Kharge said there was urgent need to complete it at least within 70 days to resume the movement of traffic on the bridge, which had become weak after some stones underneath one of the arches gave away and a serious crack developed underneath another arch.

He said that officials of the National Highways division had also said that they would take over the half-completed new bridge adjacent to the old one once the Karnataka State Highway Improvement Projects handed it over after completing correction of some defects. The new bridge would be completed by the National Highways.

Mr. Kharge said that he had spoken to Union Surface Transport Minister C.P. Joshi soon after the bridge became weak and traffic movement was curbed. He had urged him to issue directions to the National Highway Authority of India to take up repairs. Mr. Kharge had also written to him in this regard.

He said that the State government has at last given its nod to upgrading the Chowdapur-Hosur inter-State highway.

‘Resume movement of traffic on the bridge soon’

Two agencies shortlisted to take up the repairshttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3701605.ece

sunil.kulkarni

July 30th, 2012, 08:24 AM

Gulbarga-Gooty State highway to be made national highway

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3698815.ece

Good initiative by Mr. Kharge Ji, this new National Highway will benefit three H-K regions. And this would be first NH in Yadgir and Raichur districts after 62 years of Independence! Bravo Mr Kharge ji!!

bcsagar

August 1st, 2012, 06:20 PM

IRB Infrastructure Developers on Wednesday has received an official communication from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) by way of a Letter of Award (LoA). The estimated project cost of the company is approximately Rs 24 billion.

The LoA*received from*NHAI is for the project of Four Laning of Goa/Karnataka Border to Kundapur section of NH-17 from Km 93.700 to Km 283.300 in the State of Karnataka under NHDP phase IV on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (toll) basis).

Further, the company has sought Rs 5.36 billion as viability gap funding from NHAI. The concession period of the project is 28 years and the construction period is 910 days.

Shares of the company declined Rs 0.85, or 0.67%, to trade at Rs 126. The total volume of shares traded was 526,468 at the BSE (1.35 p.m., Wednesday).

hakindian1984

August 3rd, 2012, 01:30 PM

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hakindian1984

August 3rd, 2012, 01:49 PM

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pnvijoo

August 3rd, 2012, 02:11 PM

Karnataka to take up Rs 1100 crore road development, drainage works

Karnataka government has decided to take up road development and drainage works in areas coming under municipalities and local bodies at a cost of about Rs 1100 crore.

A total of 4,500 kms of roads would be asphalted -- Rs 20 lakh will be needed to undertake the task per km -- and drainage works would cost Rs 247 crore, Minister for Municipalities and Local Bodies, Balachandra Jarakiholi, said.

Speaking to reporters after meeting officials of city municipal corporations, town municipal corporations and town panchayats here, he said a committee headed by district in-charge Ministers would identify roads to be developed and areas for drainage works and also take care of quality issues. Jarakiholi said CMCs, TMCs and TPs were instructed to send a report to the Department on the encroachment of civic amenity sites and parks by August 31.

He said Rs 74 crore has been released to these urban local bodies to meet drinking water requirements.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/268941/karnataka-take-up-rs-1100.html

s.yogendra

August 5th, 2012, 08:19 AM

Gulbarga-Mantrayalam road will be made national highway: Union Minister

Union Labour and Employment Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has cleared the proposal to convert the Gulbarga-Mantralayam State Highway into a national highway.

He said the Mantralayam-Gooty State Highway has already been declared a national highway.

Mr. Kharge announced this at a review meeting on the implementation of Centrally sponsored schemes here on Saturday.

He said the move would improve the connectivity between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The proposed national highway would provide connectivity between the Hyderabad-Bangalore National Highway at Gooty and Mumbai-Hyderabad National Highway at Humnabad, passing through Raichur, Yadgir, Gulbarga and Bidar districts.

Deputy Commissioner Vishal R. said the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had decided to four-lane the national highway from Humnabad to Jewargi and the Jewargi-Belgaum National Highway from the existing two-lane road.

He said a public hearing would be held here soon to get clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. On the demand for converting the Jewargi-Yadgir road into a National Highway, Mr. Kharge said the demand to convert the Jewargi-Hiriyur State Highway into a national highway would be more feasible. Mr. Kharge also directed the Deputy Commissioner to take up with his counterpart of Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh the need to immediately repair the State highway on the Karnataka- Andhra Pradesh border between Ripponpalli and Ravalpalli and the road between the Yadgir district border and Raichur border, which comes under Andhra Pradesh.

The move will improve connectivity between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

Humnabad Jewargi, Jewargi-Belgaum national highways to be four-lanedhttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3730156.ece

hakindian1984

August 6th, 2012, 01:47 PM

Mangalore, August 6: The coastal areas of Karnataka received good rains in the last four days, throwing normal life out of gear.

The movement of vehicles on National Highway-234 linking Mangalore and Kadur was disrupted on Sunday, following a landslide at the Charmadi Ghat.

The landslide occurred in the evening at Jappelpade, some two-kilo metres outside the district border of Dakshina Kannada following heavy rains. The incident led to heavy traffic jam in the Ghat.

Vehicles were diverted via Mudigere hand post - Janapura - Hanbal - Anne Mahal to join Bangalore-Mangalore NH 75. Many vehicles bound for Chikmagalur from Dharmasthala had to return

An auto-rickshaw fell into a ditch, 15 feet below the spot where the landslide occurred.

Two autorickshaw drivers, who had stopped on the road to cut a fallen tree, were injured when a portion of mound collapsed on them, said Azman, a local resident.

“It is raining heavily here and people fear that the rest of the mound may also collapse,” he said.

Police said efforts were on to open the road for traffic as soon as possible. NH Sakleshpur sub-division officials have pressed earth excavator machines to clear the debris.

Locals expressed fear that continuous rainfall in the Ghat could hamper restoration work.

However, there has been no other major damage to life or property. The inflow into several reservoirs has increased due to the downpours.

http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43345:rain-pounds-coast-landslide-at-charmadi-ghat-sparks-traffic-disruption&catid=57:news-stories&Itemid=68

DrYaqoob

August 7th, 2012, 03:47 AM

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RRaju

August 7th, 2012, 11:26 AM

State Highway 3 from Karanataka Border to Ballary via Andhra pradesh 368 kms can be made into National Highway .

As Karnataka is trying to get 21 State highways to NH status, posted way back.
Not sure if it has a mention of above route

If Karanataka atleast Mangaes to get SH -3 to NH with 4/6 lane status within state Limits.

we can have Good infrastructure at almost all the tier two cities of Bangalore Outskirts

ie., Hunasanahalli Road - Kanakapura - Ramanagara - Magadi - Shivaganga - Dabbaspete - Koratagere - Madhugiri - Madakasira -pavagada - Kambadur(263 Kms) - Kalyandurga - Ballary ( 368 Kms)

DrYaqoob

August 7th, 2012, 04:50 PM

Honnalli Taluka State Highways Improvement - Tenders

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s.yogendra

August 9th, 2012, 06:13 PM

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Copyrights:- Guru Prasad (http://www.facebook.com/gurunarshima)

engineer.akash

August 9th, 2012, 06:43 PM

^^Amazing

krishnaraja nagar is prosperous but chamraj nagar is not.Why this bias? please honour chamraj king by developing chamrajnagar.

s.yogendra

August 9th, 2012, 07:05 PM

MOTORISTS SEEK REPAIR OF HUNSUR-GONIKOPPA ROAD

A group of people hailing from Kodagu have urged the State government to repair the Hunsur-Thithimathi-Gonikoppa road which is in a pathetic condition, making it nightmarish for the motorists.

The petition, signed online by 132 persons, was submitted by Bangalore-based journalist P.T. Bopanna. The petition sheds light on the unmotorable condition of the road passing through Anechowkoor Check Post.

Speaker K.G. Bopaiah, who represents the Virajpet Assembly constituency, has been requested by the people of that constituency to expedite the work on repairing the Hunsur-Gonikoppa road.

The road also comes under the purview of Hunsur and Periyapatna MLAs. However, they seem to be noncommittal towards the bad condition of the road since it is mostly used by the people of South Kodagu and Kerala State.

Though the government has sanctioned funds for the road repair, work is yet to commence as it is being delayed on the pretext of rains, alleged Bopanna in the petition and said that all people cannot be fooled all the time.

It may be mentioned here that some coffee-growers of south Kodagu, exasperated with the bad condition of the road, had pooled in money and filled up some of the crater-like potholes with several truckloads of jelly stones about two years ago.

Among the donors were former President of the Federation of Kodava Samajas M.N. Belliappa, Umamaheshwari Petrol Bunk owner Kollira Umesh and Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy. However, if the government had responded positively then, the contribution would have been significant. But due to the divine neglect on part of authorities concerned, the condition of the road went from bad to worse.

The PWD engineers, when contacted in this regard, say that the road will soon be converted into an inter-State highway and under this pretext, they avoid initiating any action for the road’s repair.

The fact is that the motorists who frequently use this road are the victims of dirty politics. While the Lok Sabha member for Kodagu-Mysore constituency represents Congress, the MLA for Virajpet constituency is from BJP — Speaker Bopaiah. This road also comes under the purview of Hunsur and Periyapatna MLAs — Chikkanna and Venkatesh respectively — both from Congress.

Meanwhile, both K.G. Bopaiah and Youth Services & Sports Minister M.P. Appachu Ranjan — who are keen to fulfill the demands of Kodagu people and get the road repaired — have assured that the road work will commence from November.

It may be recalled, when some Kodagu citizens launched a protest against the un-motorable condition of this road, Police arrested them, booked cases and got them entangled in legal web. As a result no one is ready to participate in rasta roko as often happens on Mysore-Bangalore road. So our rulers are happy.

The govt., instead of performing its duty of providing basic infrastructure, is harassing citizens by fixing cases through the Police, in an attempt to bring down their morale. Is this democracy? http://www.starofmysore.com

s.yogendra

August 9th, 2012, 07:05 PM

THERE IS 'WILL' HERE, BUT THERE IS NO 'WAY' THAT IS MOTORABLE!

Speaker K.G. Bopaiah, who represents Virajpet Assembly constituency, is keen on getting the Hunsur-Thithimathi-Gonikoppa road repaired at the earliest since it is one of the major demands of the people of his constituency.

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=33156&type=news

1. Speaking to SOm recently, Bopaiah says that the length of the road is 49 kms and it has been decided to upgrade the road at a cost of Rs. one crore per kilometre. The road work is slated to commence from November, he said.

The road between Gonikoppa and Virajpet towns, measuring 17 kms, will also be upgraded at a cost of Rs. one crore per kilometre. This work will also be taken up after the monsoon, said Bopaiah and added that the repair of Gonikoppa-Kutta road is in progress.

2. Kodagu District In-Charge Minister M.P. Appachu Ranjan told SOM that funds for the Hunsur-Gonikoppa road have been released by the government and all preparations for the road repair work, which will be taken up immediately after the monsoon, is being made.

3. Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath says that only 9.7 kms of the road comes under his constituency — from Kallahalli village to Panchavalli village. "We have thrice urged the State government to repair the road. A memorandum was submitted to the PWD Minister C.M. Udasi. He had personally inspected the road condition and had assured to take up the road work immediately."

4. Periyapatna MLA K. Venkatesh says that the portion of the road from Panchavalli village to Anechowkoor check-post, measuring 4 kms, comes under the jurisdiction of Periyapatna constituency.

"I too have put pressure on the PWD Minister C.M. Udasi to get the road repaired on priority basis. He had personally inspected the road condition and assured to do the needful," said Venkatesh and recalled that the Periyapatna Taluk Congress members had staged agitations several times seeking immediate repair of the road. http://www.starofmysore.com

rsrikanth05

August 11th, 2012, 02:06 PM

^^Amazing

krishnaraja nagar is prosperous but chamraj nagar is not.Why this bias? please honour chamraj king by developing chamrajnagar.
Apparently the district is jinxed.

engineer.akash

August 11th, 2012, 11:43 PM

Karnataka state highway 34

Dharwad - Saundatti 4 laning u/c

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engineer.akash

August 11th, 2012, 11:44 PM

Dharwad - Saundatti 4 laning u/c SH 34

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jt_54321

August 12th, 2012, 04:16 AM

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jt_54321

August 12th, 2012, 04:18 AM

^^ Akash, Is it not SH 34? (That smilie is here by mistake, I am not able to remove it)

doc.aneesh

August 12th, 2012, 08:21 AM

Dharwad-savadatti is sh34... See openstreetmap.org

Sh35 is siddlaghatta to anekal via Whitefield

engineer.akash

August 12th, 2012, 09:41 AM

sorry guys please read it as SH 34

DrYaqoob

August 12th, 2012, 04:54 PM

Bridge in Bijapur-Hubli (NH-218)

Infrawindow
Mumbai Aug. 06, 2012, 12:57 PM

Promoters:Public Works Department, Karnataka
Cost:Rs. 28.00 Crore
Industry:Bridge
Stage:Planning
Project Type:New
Completion Date:31-03-2014
District:Bijapur (Karnataka)

The project involves construction of major bridge across Malaprabha river at 115.500 km of Bijapur-Hubli section (NH-218) in Karnataka.

http://www.infrawindow.com/projects/bridge-in-bijapur-hubli_474/

DrYaqoob

August 12th, 2012, 04:56 PM

Construction of Bridge (Khanapur-Asoga) in Belgaum

Promoters:Public Works Department, Karnataka
Cost:Rs. 4.00 Crore
Industry:Bridge
Stage:Planning
Project Type:New
Completion Date:31-10-2013
District:Belgaum (Karnataka)
Project Location:Khanapur

The project involves construction of bridge at 3.00 km on Khanapur-Asoga road at Khanapur taluka in Belgaum District of Karnataka.

http://www.infrawindow.com/projects/construction-of-bridge-khanapur-asoga-in-belgaum_508/

DrYaqoob

August 12th, 2012, 05:01 PM

Construction of Bridge-cum-Barrage in Haveri

Promoters:Water Resources Department, Karnataka
Cost:Rs. 46.00 Crore
Industry:Bridge
Stage:Planning
Project Type:New
Completion Date:04-09-2014
District:Haveri (Karnataka)
Project Location:Rannebennur

The project involves construction of bridge-cum-barrage across Tungabhadra river near Belur, Rannebennur taluka in Haveri District of Karnataka.

http://www.infrawindow.com/projects/construction-of-bridge-cum-barrage-in-haveri_462/

engineer.akash

August 12th, 2012, 06:02 PM

That brown dark line is the Peripheral Ring road alignment

Solid line indicates - existing Major district road to be upgraded

Dashed line indicates - New road to be built.

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engineer.akash

August 12th, 2012, 06:03 PM

Northwest Peripheral Ring road alignment Hunsur road to Srirangapatna

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engineer.akash

August 12th, 2012, 06:04 PM

Western Peripheral Ring road Alignment

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engineer.akash

August 12th, 2012, 06:05 PM

engineer.akash

August 12th, 2012, 06:07 PM

Alignment of the present ORR :)

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s.yogendra

August 12th, 2012, 07:33 PM

Tusker Crossing Mysore-Mananthavadi Highway

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s.yogendra

August 14th, 2012, 05:22 AM

Mahadeshwara hill road to get facelift

Housing and district in-charge minister V Somanna said special packages would be announced for development of Mahadeshwara hill and Chamarajanagar city.

He was speaking to media persons after attending a mass marriage ceremony at Mahadeshwara hill in Kollegal taluk on Sunday. He said despite getting ISO recognition, Mahadeshwara hill lacked in facilities for devotees visiting the shrine.

“Pilgrims are on the rise to Mahadeshwara hill over the years. They should get decent accommodation and drinking water facilities. Works in this respect are under progress.

Now, roads need attention. Rs 4.5 crore has been sanctioned to repair the Kollegal-Mahadeshwara hill road. The officials have been asked to prepare a project report for the road connecting Mahadeshwara hill with Palar in Tamil Nadu,” he said.

Pointing out that Chamarajanagar city was lagging behind in development despite being made the district headquarters 16 years ago, Somanna said a special package would be announced shortly.

“Residential quarters for government employees; a ring road to connect outskirts, newer areas; development of a new model residential areas and housing for slum-dwellers to make the city slum-free would be part of the package,” he said.

Speaking about drought relief works, the minister said discussions have been held with officials to understand the problem and review progress of relief works. “Severe drinking water problem has been reported from Hanur region in Kollegal taluk.

“Officials have been asked to supply water in tankers and also explore possibilities to supply water through pipelines from borewells. Directions have been issued to see to it that people do not face drinking water problem,” he said.

When his attention was drawn towards the problem faced by labourers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, he said alternative means would be explored to make payment to the beneficiaries.

He said the deputy commissioner would be asked to mobilise available funds to make payment at the earliest.

MLAs R Narendra and G N Nanjundaswamy, president of Dr B R Ambedkar Development Corporation and others were present on the occasion.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/271428/mahadeshwara-hill-road-get-facelift.html

mangalore mania

August 14th, 2012, 06:15 PM

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National Highway 17, commonly referred to as NH 17 is a busy National Highway in India that runs roughly north-south along the western coast of India, parallel to western ghats. It connects Panvel, near Mumbai to Kochi, passing through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala. It is the 7th longest highway in India with 1,296 km (805 mi).

It starts at Panvel, at junction of NH 4, and ends at Edappally,at junction of NH 47 near Kochi. NH 17 mainly traverses through the west coast of India, sometimes touching shores of Arabian sea. The NH 17 touches the Arabian sea at Maravanthe in Karnataka and Thalassery in Kerala. It passes through the Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.

The National Highway 17 connects cities and towns of different states as follows Panvel, Mahad, Khed, Chiplun, Hatkhamba (Ratnagiri), Rajapur, Kankavali, Kudal, Sawantwadi, Panaji, Margao, Karwar, Kumta, Bhatkal, Kundapura, Udupi, Surathkal, Mangalore, Kasaragod, Taliparamba, Kannur, Thalassery, Vadakara, Kozhikkode, Kottakkal, Ponnani, Kodungallur, North Paravur and Edappally in Kochi.

Prior to building of National Highway 17 (NH-17) in the 1960s and 1970s, Ships and steamers running between Mumbai and Mangalore calling at different ports were only means of transport along the west coast of India adjoining the Arabian sea. These ship services was abandoned later. The NH 17 connects the interior parts of coastal regions with rest of the country. The NH 17 connects the major sea ports of West India, Mumbai, JNPT at Nhava Sheva, Mormugao (MPT), New Mangalore (NMPT), International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi, Ratnagiri Port, Jindal jaigad port.

Hence this National Highway 17 allows for movement of goods by trucks (lorries) from hinterland to major sea ports of India.The trade and commerce in the region has increased due to expansion of markets for agricultural and sea food produced in the region connected by this highway. The formation of NH-17 has led to development of tourism in the region connected by this highway. Goa state is classic example of this development. Many industries have been set up along National Highway 17 taking advantage of connectivity and proximity to sea ports on Arabian sea. The highway was the only source of connection between areas in the coastal districts, until the Konkan Railway was opened in 1998, between Mumbai and Mangalore.

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s.yogendra

August 16th, 2012, 12:30 PM

Agumbe ghat road to be widened: Poojary

This will facilitate the movement of heavy vehicles between Udupi and Shimoga

Kota Srinivas Poojary, Minister for Ports and Muzrai, said on Tuesday that a proposal had been submitted to the State Government to widen the Agumbe ghat road which connected Udupi with Shimoga at a cost of Rs. 34.2 crore.

He told presspersons after the tri-monthly district-level Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting here that Rs. 21 crore was required to widen the roads in the ghat section coming under the Udupi district while Rs. 11 crore was needed to widen the roads in the ghats falling under the limits of Shimoga district.

But the widening of this road would require acquisition of forestland. Hence the Department of Public Works and the Department of Forests had been given the joint responsibility to study the issue of land acquisition.

The Agumbe ghat road, which has 14 hairpin bends or curves, allowed the movement of light vehicles at present. The widening of the road would facilitate the movement of heavy vehicles between Udupi and Shimoga.

The Department of Animal Husbandry would begin animal census work from September 19. Since there was staff shortage in the department, the personnel from other departments would be deployed for the work. As many as 3,650 calves in the district would be vaccinated for foot-and-mouth disease.

The district had been given a target of providing 10,000 houses under the Basava Indira Vasati Yojane. Nearly 2,000 homes had been built under the Yojane. The administration had identified 126.88 acres of land for providing sites in rural areas. As many as 228 sites had been distributed.

It had been decided to provide land to the poor people in areas close to where they were living. A committee comprising the tahsildars, Executive Officers of taluk panchayats, and Assistant Commissioner had been formed for this purpose and it would give its report in a month, Mr. Poojary said.

The Government had released Rs. 5.23 crore for construction of roads under the Chief Minister’s Rural Road Development Scheme. About Rs. 6.15 crore had been released for the construction of rural roads under the Third Finance Commission scheme.

The Government had released Rs. 34.2 crore for rural drinking water supply to the district, he added.

Mr. Poojary said he had directed officials to provide LPG gas connections to 14 anganwadis in Kundapur taluk, which did not have them. The felling of trees had disrupted power connection to 700 families living in villages in Jadkal-Mudur area in Kundapur taluk. Power supply to these villages would be restored in 10 days.

The loss due to rains in the district had been scaled down from Rs. 20 crore to Rs. 12 crore. Nearly 148 km of roads belonging to the Fisheries Department would be repaired at a cost of Rs. 1.57 crore. As many as 260 houses would be provided to fishermen in the district, Mr. Poojary said.

MLAs Raghupati Bhat and Lakshminarayana, Deputy Commissioner M.T. Reju, Superintendent of Police M.B. Boralingaiah, and Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayat Prabhakar Sharma were present. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article3774838.ece

mangalore mania

August 17th, 2012, 04:39 AM

NHAI awards contract for widening NH 66 from Kundapur to Goa border (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3783568.ece)

*The Rs. 2,400-crore project is expected to be completed in three years
*IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. confirms receiving the Letter of Award
*Bridges across Sharavathi, Kali, and Aghanasini will be built
The Rs. 2,400-crore project is expected to be completed in three years
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. the contract for widening the 189-km stretch on the National Highway 66 from Kundapur to the Goa border, according to sources in the NHAI.

Sources told The Hindu that the NHAI had proposed to widen the stretch of the highway into four lanes under phase IV of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP).

The cost of the project had been estimated at Rs. 1,790 crore. It would be taken up under design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. Meanwhile, the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on August 1 that it had received the Letter of Award (LoA) dated July 31, 2012 from the NHAI to this effect.

The company said: “…the NHAI has accepted four price bid and has declared us as the ‘selected bidder’ for the project…”

The company informed the BSE that according to it (IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd.) the cost of the project would be approximately Rs. 2,400 crore. The construction period would be 910 days. “The company has sought Rs. 536.22 crore as viability gap funding from the NHAI,” it said.

The stretch proposed for widening was part of the 296-km highway from Goa border (near Karwar) to Kerala border (near Talapady) in the State.

The stretch between Kundapur and Talapady, via Mangalore, on the same highway was now being widened by the NHAI under phase III of the NHDP. With the new project on the anvil, the highway passing through Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada districts via Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Honnavar, Bhatkal, Kundapur, Udupi, Surathkal, Mangalore, Thokkottu, and Talapady was all set to get a facelift.

New bridges for major rivers such as Sharavathi, Kali, and Aghanasini would have to be built under the project, sources said.

A main feature of the project was an elevated highway of 350-metre length and 12-metre width which would come up at Maravanthe, a tourist spot, where the existing highway passed through a narrow stretch between the sea and the river. The highway would be built along the river at about a metre height from the existing highway, sources said.

Quoting the final feasibility report of the project prepared by a private company, the sources said that 14 major bridges, 41 minor bridges, six road-over-bridges (RoBs), and three road-under-bridges (RuBs) would be built.

Four tunnels and an equal number of flyovers would be built. There would be 53 bus bays and four truck bays.

The Government would have to acquire 260 hectares of private land in 66 villages and 122 hectares of forestland for completing the project, the sources said.