Breakdown of the project:


Bangalore - Mysore Expressway - 111 kms
Bangalore Peripheral Expressway - 41 Kms
Link road to city centre - 9.1 Kms


Map:
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The BMIC Project which has been crawling since 1995 has now completed 95% of its phase 1 project i.e peripheral ring road and there is a long way to complete the project:nuts:......post ur comments and pictures here...

BANGALORE: In an another jolt to the state government, the High Court on Thursday quashed a government notification regarding change of alignment of the proposed peripheral road by NICE near Gottigere tank on outskirts of Bangalore.
While allowing a petition filed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE), the division bench comprising Chief Justice P D Dinakaran and Justice V G Sabhahith observed that under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act the state government has no power to change the alignment.
On November 4, 2006 the state had issued notification on changing the alignment of peripheral road by directing NICE to construct the road straight over the tank by laying pillars as against its earlier order of permitting NICE to construct a peripheral road around the tank. This would include around 41 km of the peripheral road which connects Tumkur road to Hosur road and passing through Gottigere tank. According to an earlier notification, NICE was allowed to construct a road around the lake after acquiring land. But farmers and Gottigere Grama Panchayat had opposed the construction of a road around the lake.
While allowing the petition, the court observed that the government had interfered and intruded into the powers conferred on the Bangalore - Mysore Infrastructure Area Planning Authority (BMICAPA). The BMICAPA is the statutory authority to pass an such orders, but the government had encroached its power by changing the alignment, the court said.
Under section 14-A of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, the government has no power to pass such a notification.
While issuing such a notification, the government has to consider public interest, but in this case there was no public interest involved, the court said.
The petitioner has contended that the change of alignment was approved in December 2, 2004 was not in public interest.
The petitioner B K Chakrapani, a resident of Bangalore was seeking that the state government not be allowed to change the alignment of peripheral road. The change of alignment would harm the ecology and environment of the tank and surrounding areas, the petitioner argued.
Another petitioner, Electronic City Industries was seeking direction to NICE to complete peripheral road expeditiously.
With this, the decade-old legal battle with regard to peripheral road between NICE and state government has been brought to an end.


sourcehttp://www.expressbuzz.com/

thanks for posting. The BMIC was in the news in a big way when that 'son (of a bi***), i mean, of the soil, Devegowda and his son were in power, and we haven't heard from the project after that.

^^ This is one project that has gone to the court so many times due to the utter
self-centered attitude of our politicians. I commend the Nandi infrast. folks for
fighting tooth and nail to make sure the project is a success.

The BMIC Project which has been crawling since 1995 has now completed 1st phase of its project i.e peripheral ring road and there is a long way to complete the project:nuts:......post ur comments and pictures here...

is this true? is the BMIC peripheral ring road completed? can you point me to a news article that says the same?

I think almost 95% of work completed, only few works near gottigere tank has been incomplete...:)

I think almost 95% of work completed, only few works near gottigere tank has been incomplete...:)

it doesnt show on gmaps yet but i think that is google's problem. is this all the way from hosur road to tumkur road?

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^^ Hindustani, the last aerial photo is mine, this is my very first post of a Bangalore photo, shot on 8th February 2006 from a TRV-BLR Jet Airways flight :)

Bangalore-Mysore Expressway..

We have seen pics of this cloverleaf interchange before, which place is this?

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I think almost 95% of work completed, only few works near gottigere tank has been incomplete...:)

but inspite of repeated judgements from the supreme court as well as the state HC, a stretch of 500 meters around the Gottigere tank is incomplete. This has been under litigation for ever. Just a week ago, the state HC passed a judgement in favor of NICE/BMIC (who wanted to skirt the lake) and against an order (that the road should go over the lake) issued by the previous government headed by HD Kumaraswamy (son of Deve Gowda). In spite of this most recent judgement, there are fears that this stretch of the peripheral road may not get done in the near future. History unfortunately is against NICE here.

Both the SC and the HC have over the past 5-7 years repeatedly slammed the Gowdas for coming in the way of the completion of this project. Recently, Deve Gowda tried to influence a panel of judges of the SC by sending them some anti-NICE propaganda and insinuated that somehow the SC was biased in favor of NICE . The SC took serious exception to this and blasted this shameless man. But apparently, in our city and state, the writ of the SC does not run far. It is interesting that the Electronics City Industries Association is a petitioner in this case. They want a speedy completion of the PR because that will take some load of Hosur Road which will have severe traffic bottlenecks even once the elevated tollway is completed.

Now remember, this ongoing saga has only to do with the peripheral road (i.e. that part of the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway that roughly skirts the western half of the city from Tumkur Road to Bannerghatta Road). I have not heard anything on the development of the main expressway to Mysore. I am sure that is also entangled in various litigations instigated by the Gowdas.

BMIC near Kengeri

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^^ i think its the part of outer ring road connecting mysore road and magadi road and its not BMIC...

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We have one more expressway in your favorite state GUJARAT. BTW how many cloverleafs are present on BMIC? (I am sure all these pics are of same interchange.)

Awesome finds Hindustani!!!

cOOL.

I traveled on the Bluru Mysore road end of last year and there was some confusion about BMIC-NICE opening for travel. The two meet around Bidadi. NICE is well laid out and looks to be modern. The other road to Mysore is also 4 laned but the traffic and small towns on the way make it slow going. One would have expected the govt of K to make Mysore to Bluru easy to commute. That would have allowed for economic prosperity from IT Bluru all the way to Mysore (formerly know as Buffalo land ErumaiOru) but the antics of Gowda et. al. put a damper. The current BJP dispensation should ensure speedy opening of NICE. I am hearing that the current crop of politicians are equally corrupt. Many developments are stalled / blocked by local politicos to extract their fair share of loot. There are umpteen developments in and around Bluru but the access roads to some are through existing farm lands or benami goonda lands. Powerful builders have managed to pay bribes and circumvent proper legal access roads. The rest are held hostage.

Source - http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/03/stories/2009050359810300.htm

NICE begins work on road near Gottigere Lake

BANGALORE: The Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), promoters of Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC), began work near the controversial Gottigere Lake early on Saturday. Amidst presence of police and private security personnel, the NICE personnel began clearing the buildings for laying the road next to Gottigere Lake near the Bannerghatta National Park.

NICE began the work after the High Court gave permission on March 20 to build a peripheral road, which is part of BMIC, across the Gottigere Lake. This stretch of the 42-km long peripheral road, which connects Magadi-Tumkur-Mysore-Kanakapura and Bannerghatta Road to Hosur Road, had not been touched following a long legal battle over the alignment of the stretch.

While NICE wanted to go around the lake, the State Government and the residents wanted the road to go over the lake.

“We have taken up the work of clearing 300 metres for the right-of-way. We are also clearing around 2 km of the land for construction of a ramp,” said a NICE spokesperson who was supervising the operations.

“We are taking possession of the land that was granted to us in 2004.”

Anticipating protest by the residents, the NICE personnel came to the spot with a posse of security personnel, which included a good number from private security agencies.

“They came here around 5.30 a.m.,” said Bahadur, security guard at the site at Gottigere.

Many of the residents were caught off guard by the NICE action.

“No prior intimation was given to us to vacate the area. We were caught off guard,” said Patel of Patel Timbers. “We have been given just hours to dismantle the heavy machines and move out with our material,” Mr. Patel said even as he watched the adjoining Swastik Timbers being razed to the ground.

NICE begins work on road near Gottigere Lake
Many of the residents were caught off guard by the NICE action.



Even after 10 years of this project going on around them and more than a month of the court order on the exact alignment people manage to be caught off guard!!! :ohno:

Eviction for NICE project: 5 hurt as slum dwellers hold protest

The police resorted to mild lathi charge to control the situation. Five persons sustained minor injuries in the incident. The police took a few Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) activists into custody and released them in the evening.

According to sources, the NICE officials came to the slum at around 8.30 am and started evicting the slum dwellers saying that they would demolish their huts. The slum dwellers protested and exchanged heated words with them. The news spread and a few DSS activists rushed to the spot and joined the slum dwellers.

The protesters alleged that neither the NICE officials gave them prior notice nor made alternate arrangements.

However, the NICE officials succeeded in evicting all of them and completed demolition work by evening.

Meanwhile, the DSS activists staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office. They pointed out that the slum dwellers have been staying in the area for more than 10 years. They have voter identity and ration cards.

As per norm, it is illegal to evict persons from a place where they are staying for more than 10 years, they added.

According to NICE, the government sanctioned the land in 2004 to construct the road. The slum with huts came up just three years ago. “We issued several notices to them to vacate the place, but they did not respond. Hence, we were compelled to demolish the huts,” said a NICE spokesperson Manjunath.

“The slum dwellers promised us that they would vacate the huts within three weeks, but did not vacate. They have constructed the huts on a private land which is illegal. Therefore, the question of making alternative arrangement will not arise. The road construction work will start soon,” he added.

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However, the NICE officials succeeded in evicting all of them and completed demolition work by evening.


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it is illegal to evict persons from a place where they are staying for more than 10 years

These people who break the law create their own versions. Where in the IPC does it state this bit of information.

Here is what a useless politician like Dev Gowda and others do: they create a problem where none exists, by actively encouraging some do-for-nothing bums, then they insert themselves as guardians of these useless chaps. The police is hobbled since there are stern warnings issued to the DGP to lay of or otherwise. DGP has no alternative than to enforce court orders. A cleanup operation is conducted, some tussle is engineered with media camera on. These rascals would meekly submit but since the media circus is there they want to be part of the fun. Actually a local toughie hired by useless politician roughs up the people. They deliberately rough up the bums, not the police. Then they have the dorky Indian news media write up a sensational article saying there were clashes and people were forcefully thrown out. Before you know it an issue is created out of thin air.

Status quo on land acquisition
Bangalore,DH News Service:

The High Court has ordered status quo in connection with the land acquisition near Kengeri village by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) for the Peripheral Ring Road project of the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE).

The petitioner, Parthasarthi had moved the High Court against the recent notification by KIADB to acquire about three acres of land in his possession. He contended that the special land acquisition officer had submitted that his land was not marked for acquisition.

The petitioner pointed out that he had earlier challenged the 2003 notification, which was remitted to special land acquisition officer by the High Court with a direction to consider his representation to exclude his land. The officer had stated that his land was not notified for acquisition. KIADB earlier this year had notified it for acquisition by shifting the boundaries.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/12239/status-quo-land-acquisition.html

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The BMIC road is built properly with broad pull-off side lanes and the median divider has ample space. NHAI golden quad roads are a disaster for safety, there is hardly room to pull over and if vehicles break down then the traffic lanes are clobbered. I can't understand why a road like BMIC is not encouraged (moronic Dev Gowda et al are the worst citizens of India who oppose this project).

I cannot understand why the Karnataka BJP govt does not solve the Kengeri land issue. This has to be fixed quickly and the BMIC should be thrown open to general traffic from Bengaluru to Mysore.

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:ohno:

Good progress.:cheers:

BANGALORE: The controversial acquisition of land near the Gottigere Lake, and the road building work for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) there, may be completely illegal, going by a stop-work notice issued to NICE by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). The roadwork, which has happened over protests by aggrieved farmers, is in violation of the government order dated 20/11/95, which approved the final alignment of the project.
The Project Technical Report submitted by the BMICP promoters Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), to get government approval, gives a different alignment, and does not include the Gottigere Lake. According to the KSPCB notice dated 29/7/2009, the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) clearance granted by the board is applicable only to the original alignment mentioned in the Project Technical Report. For the present alignment that runs through the Gottigere Lake, the promoter has not obtained EIA clearance.
As per the Supreme Court order, the road was supposed to go from the south of Hommadevanahalli, which lies two km away from the Gottigere Lake. In its notice, KSPCB had instructed NICE that the road should not cross through the lake, since the original alignment for the intersection lies 2 km away from it. Despite this, NICE went ahead with the work and acquired the land.
An affidavit submitted by NICE to the government contains details of the land data, and mentions survey numbers 106, 107, 108, 111 and 112 for the intersection.

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Gottigere Lake lies in survey number 71. Using this as proof, KSPCB has challenged NICE’s work near the lake.
NICE spokesperson, Manjunath, confirmed that they had received a letter from the KSPCB, and said that NICE intends to go in appeal against it.
Earlier, Express had reported that work on the BMIC stretch, along Gottigere Lake, was going on amidst protests from farmers.
The farmers grouse is that they were not served any notice by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board before the acquisition work started there.

source:http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=KSPCB+issues+notice+to+NICE&artid=o6ka6gEh4AA=&SectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=UOaHCPTTmuP3XGzZRCAUTQ==&SEO=

They should deconstruct the entire project and make a CART ROAD because that is more ecofriendly than a super expressway.

So the NICE screws up and its the farmers and the people in general who suffer!!! Hope what ever happens in the future will shed some light on why NICE went against KSPCB and used that land.
Infrastructure development is of prime importance but it should not happen at the cost of poor farmers loosing their land (on which their livelihood depends).

So the NICE screws up and its the farmers and the people in general who suffer!!! Hope what ever happens in the future will shed some light on why NICE went against KSPCB and used that land.
Infrastructure development is of prime importance but it should not happen at the cost of poor farmers loosing their land (on which their livelihood depends).

Nobody is "losing" land - they are getting paid for it. Do you think the farmers care about the environment - they are only worried about the payback. If they get to keep their land, they know that once that road is functional, lots of big real estate guys will want to build apartments around it - then, their land will become extremely valuable and they will get a better price for it than what NICE will offer now. Thats it!

However, it is would also be very interesting to see how NICE managed to shift their alignment 2 km to the north?!! Only one thing is for sure - there is no rule of law in this country!

Why expect them (farmers) to worry about the environment anyways? Don't see any thing wrong with getting the maximum revenue out something you own.Many of us, had we been in their place would do the same. Its not like they are opposing the sale of land that was designated for this project as per the plan. We have governmental bodies involved in checking the effects of human activity on the environment and taking appropriate action (whether they do is a different question though). Not that we the people are not responsible for our actions that may have adverse effects on the environment.

My grand parents shifted from koorg to kalpetta (kerala) in the 1990s. They also shifted all the livestock and bought new land for cultivation @ kalpetta (mostly coffee). It took a few years (really) to find the kind of land they were looking for (ofcourse the shift was done after the new land was bought). All I want to say is that selling agricultural land is not like selling a plot within city limits. Sale of agricultural land directly cuts in to the earnings depending on how much of the land is sold. Also fertile land good for cultivations is often difficult to find.So we need to be a bit more empathetic towards the farmers thats all.

But do hope things get sorted out fast. BMIC would greatly reduce my travel time from b'lore to my home town :)

BANGALORE: The controversial acquisition of land near the Gottigere Lake, and the road building work for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) there, may be completely illegal, going by a stop-work notice issued to NICE by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). The roadwork, which has happened over protests by aggrieved farmers, is in violation of the government order dated 20/11/95, which approved the final alignment of the project.
The Project Technical Report submitted by the BMICP promoters Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), to get government approval, gives a different alignment, and does not include the Gottigere Lake. According to the KSPCB notice dated 29/7/2009, the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) clearance granted by the board is applicable only to the original alignment mentioned in the Project Technical Report. For the present alignment that runs through the Gottigere Lake, the promoter has not obtained EIA clearance.
As per the Supreme Court order, the road was supposed to go from the south of Hommadevanahalli, which lies two km away from the Gottigere Lake. In its notice, KSPCB had instructed NICE that the road should not cross through the lake, since the original alignment for the intersection lies 2 km away from it. Despite this, NICE went ahead with the work and acquired the land.
An affidavit submitted by NICE to the government contains details of the land data, and mentions survey numbers 106, 107, 108, 111 and 112 for the intersection.

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Gottigere Lake lies in survey number 71. Using this as proof, KSPCB has challenged NICE’s work near the lake.
NICE spokesperson, Manjunath, confirmed that they had received a letter from the KSPCB, and said that NICE intends to go in appeal against it.
Earlier, Express had reported that work on the BMIC stretch, along Gottigere Lake, was going on amidst protests from farmers.
The farmers grouse is that they were not served any notice by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board before the acquisition work started there.

source:http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=KSPCB+issues+notice+to+NICE&artid=o6ka6gEh4AA=&SectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=UOaHCPTTmuP3XGzZRCAUTQ==&SEO=

first time am seeing this kind of stuff in india but facing hurdles

Why expect them (farmers) to worry about the environment anyways? Don't see any thing wrong with getting the maximum revenue out something you own.Many of us, had we been in their place would do the same. Its not like they are opposing the sale of land that was designated for this project as per the plan. We have governmental bodies involved in checking the effects of human activity on the environment and taking appropriate action (whether they do is a different question though). Not that we the people are not responsible for our actions that may have adverse effects on the environment.

My grand parents shifted from koorg to kalpetta (kerala) in the 1990s. They also shifted all the livestock and bought new land for cultivation @ kalpetta (mostly coffee). It took a few years (really) to find the kind of land they were looking for (ofcourse the shift was done after the new land was bought). All I want to say is that selling agricultural land is not like selling a plot within city limits. Sale of agricultural land directly cuts in to the earnings depending on how much of the land is sold. Also fertile land good for cultivations is often difficult to find.So we need to be a bit more empathetic towards the farmers thats all.

But do hope things get sorted out fast. BMIC would greatly reduce my travel time from b'lore to my home town :)

i don't disagree - they should get a good compensation. I am disagreeing with the fact that they are raising the environment just to get better compensation. This will attract the environmental hawks and they may not get any compensation if the project does not complete at all.

However, the change in alignment is still fishy and will hopefully be looked into by a neutral authority.

first time am seeing this kind of stuff in india but facing hurdles

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i know about kathipara as i have seen its construction itself from 2005 but from the photo i mistook it as some design used in foreign countries

BANGALORE: The Supreme Court has declined to stay Karnataka High Court's March order confirming the alignment of Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) peripheral road near Gottigere tank.

Arguing for the petitioner, Uday Holla pleaded for stay of the impugned order on the peripheral road. However, when the SC Bench (Justices D K Jain and H L Dattu) sought the state government's opinion, the latter said it has no grievance against the HC order and would obey it in toto.

Besides feeling that the public project would come to a standstill if the stay is granted, the SC said the petition had been filed to put forth political motives.

In March, the HC ordered that BMIC promoters, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises, can take an alignment near Gottigere tank instead of constructing pillars over it while connecting the peripheral road that would link Hosur Road and Bannerghatta Road.

source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/bangalore/SC-refuses-to-stay-BMIC-alignment-order/articleshow/4872274.cms

Here is a different perspective on the project:

Tehelka: Phantoms of an expressway (http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Ne050909phantoms_of.asp)
An illegal make-over of the ambitious Bengaluru Mysore Corridor leaves slumdwellers on the road and the Supreme Court toothless. SANJANA reports

^^ How come the Tehelka Report is dated Sep 05, 2009, when we are still on 3rd Sep 09? Also, the whole write up smacks of a smear campaign and conveniently forgets to mention the fact that both HC and SC have repeatedly rapped GoK for raising trivial objections and time-wasting tactics. This was during Deve Gowda's back seat driving days. Only thing that puzzles me is why the current BJP dispensation is not handing over the lands??? The write up also states that these are squatters, so they have no rights to the land. It is clear that since the signing of the agreement by Deve Gowda and NICE in the early 90s, the land values have appreciated astronomically. Hence, it appears that greed has overtaken all other priorities. Who cares about infrastructure??

The peripheral road -

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Source - http://www.deccanherald.com/content/29367/9-km-link-road-operationalised.html

9-km link road operationalised

Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) Ltd, implementers of the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) Project on Wednesday operationalized its nine kilometre link road stretch connecting the Outer Ring Road at Banashankari 3rd stage near PESIT College to the Clover Leaf Interchange on the 41-km NICE peripheral road here.

Motorists travelling to Tumkur Road, Magadi Road, existing Mysore Road, Kanakapura Road, Bannerghatta Road and Hosur Road, can now utilize the link road to enter the City and access the Outer Ring Road near Banashankari 3rd stage.

Commuters travelling from the central parts of the City can also utilize the link road to access the above stated roads.

The opening of this new access is expected to benefit many motorists and two-wheelers and will usher in a major development in this area besides giving a fillip to real estate along the road, said a release.

Only thing that puzzles me is why the current BJP dispensation is not handing over the lands?

You know, these BJP guys are crooks, the local MLAs especially. I thought there would be transparency and better governance but the BJP sadly is the same bunch of crooked politicians. I know of many developments around Bluru that have poorly paved roads. These were land bought out by land sharks and developed into buildings. But the people who bought the finished product from the land sharks are at the receiving end. The politicians have sided the local farmer (who sold land for several lakhs, crores) and they are now extracting money from the people who bought the developed land/building. This is a racket. They instigate the poor farmer to file a petition and stay any road development. The road happens to go past their farm lands to get access to the main road. These roads were originally agreed upon by the land shark and the farmer as access paths to their development. The politicians enter the scene, siding with the farmer and they ask the folks in the neighborhood to cough up huge sums otherwise nothing gets done. A lot of alley ways have poor surface roads, vehicles suspension take a beating. Some have dangerous sewer water running underneath etching away the dirt. The local government has come to a complete standstill in these areas. Nothing gets done, the same old nonsense is there year after year and meanwhile the people pay their taxes on the developed land/building. Disgusting.

^^ no doubt 6 out of the 10 richest politicians in India are from karnataka.....:bash:....

Report on BMIC project

TNN 4 November 2009, 04:10am IST

BANGALORE: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set a deadline for the state government to submit a report on implementation and issues pertaining to
the BMIC project before November 22.

Justice Tarun Chatterjee, Justice Lodha and Justice Deepak Verma passed an interim order directing the government that the report must be prepared and submitted by the high level committee, headed by the chief minister.

The apex court said the project may be permitted to be implemented as per the alignment. The court was hearing a contempt matter filed by NICE, promoters of NICE. The final hearing on the matter is posted to November 26.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Report-on-BMIC-project/articleshow/5194283.cms

Apex court stays High Court order, questions propriety
SC nod for BMIC work on Gottigere lake

New Delhi,Nov 4,Deccan Herald News Service:

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor work on the peripheral road of Gottigere in Bangalore City. The apex court has stayed the High Court order in this regard.

“We are not on merit of the order, but on the propriety of the order by the High Court when the matter is pending before the Supreme Court,” a bench of Justices D K Jain, M K Sarma and R M Lodha observed while issuing notice to the State government.

“Is it not the order of High Court is contrary to our order passed yesterday?’’the bench questioned the advocate who appeared for V Vijayaraghavan, opposing the road construction, before proceeding to stay the impugned order and also further proceedings before the High Court.

Ashok Kheny, the promoter of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise, (NICE) executing the project in his petition has said: “The High Court, however, vide its interim order dated 24.9.2009 restrained present petitioners from putting further constructions of peripheral road in any portion of Sy No 71 of Gottigere village inter alia on ground that the said affidavit of the Karnataka government is silent on certain aspects etc.”
Advocate Dushyant Dave appearing for Kheny submitted that the High Court should not have passed such an order when the matter was pending before the Apex Court.
Vijayaraghavan in a petition before Karnataka High Court had opposed the construction of the peripheral road as it would encroach a portion of Gottigere tank, a water body on the periphery of Bangalore.

Contempt petitions

Dave said the Supreme Court on Tuesday passed an order directing the Karnataka government to constitute a committee headed by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa for implementing the project expeditiously.

A three-judge bench comprising Justices Tarun Chatterjee, R M Lodha and Deepak Verma in its interim order on contempt petitions said, “After hearing the learned counsel for parties and after going through materials on record and application for contempt, we are of the view that pending final disposal of contempt proceedings, the following order may be passed.” By a final judgment, this court directed the State/respondents to implement the project. Unfortunately, the said project has not yet been implemented, it observed.

“On February 4, when this contempt proceeding was taken up for hearing, G E Vahanvati, Solicitor General of India [as he then was] appearing for the State, stated before the court that the State government had decided to implement the judgment of the High Court of Karnataka, as upheld by this court, and needs time for implementation of the decision. Unfortunately, in spite of such submission made by the Solicitor-General [as he then was], we are informed that the project has not yet been implemented,” said the bench on Tuesday.

The Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises, said with the interim order issued by the Supreme Court, it would be able to complete the 41km Peripheral Road connecting Hosur road to Tumkur road with seven interchanges.

The 41km Peripheral Road is being used by passenger carrying units, LCVs, and HTVs for more than a year, except for the one-and-a-half kilometre stretch near Gottigere Tank where commuters had to take a small detour since the matter had been pending in the court. “Now commuters can enjoy a seamless drive on the NICE Peripheral Road once the construction work near Gottigere Tank is complete,” the company said in a release.


http://www.deccanherald.com/content/34332/sc-nod-bmic-work-gottigere.html

Supreme court ki Jai !:banana:

BMIC: Government to await panel report on land price

Staff Reporter

Government agreed to provide land on 1999 value

Panel wants land to be acquired in one year

Bangalore: The State Government on Thursday refrained from taking any decision on enhancing the compensation for the villagers around Kengeri who are losing their land for the first township proposed as part of the contentious Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP).

A high-powered committee, chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, which met here on Thursday, decided to wait for the recommendation of the price fixation committee, sources in the Commerce and Industries Department said and added that the panel would decide the compensation after discussions with the land losers and the representatives of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited (NICE), which is implementing the project.

However, the sources said, it was difficult to enhance the compensation as the Government had agreed to provide lands based on the 1999 guidance value as it was the company which had to pay the cost of acquisition. The land losers had been demanding a realistic compensation.

Meanwhile, the sources said, the committee also asked the Revenue and Public Works Departments to complete the survey of land required to complete the Bangalore-Mysore expressway portion between Bidadi and Mysore within six months and complete land acquisition process within a year.


http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/20/stories/2009112060430300.htm

copyright ravi

NICE peripheral road


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^^

Nice (pun intended) road infrastructure! Well designed road with side pull of lanes in case of an emergency. The lanes are quite broad. The Golden Quad should have been built along these lines but sadly some dumbf*^k designers messed up the entire design, narrow lanes, no pull of lanes either.

I await for the full opening of the NICE corridor. Dev Gowda and Company must be seething anger.

Very nice. Divided carraigeways, broad shoulders, walled-in and looks like good quality tarmac. Impressive.

:cheers:

copyright ravi

NICE peripheral road


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copyright mud mover

Private NICE

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/travelogues/27282d1215459729-bangalore-nilambur-dscf0114.jpg

Govt State highway 17

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/travelogues/27284d1215459729-bangalore-nilambur-dscf0123.jpg

both look equally good - of course one is an expressway, the other isnt ;-)

And it's unfair to compare NICE with a State Highway.. Compare it with NE1 if you must - not much to choose between them..

And don't forget the "Government" roads are also built by private contractors so there wouldn't really be much difference in quality..

double post - deleted..

Deve Gowda to lead stir against NICE
Bangalore, Jan 7 (PTI)

JD-S on Thursday intensified its agitation against the Bangalore-Mysore Express highway project promoted by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), with party chief and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda staging a dharna with farmers at a village coming under the scheme.

"From today, I myself will sit in dharna along with farmers. I will continue the agitation. Let the government arrest me also as it did with the farmers," Gowda told reporters.

The former prime minister sat in the dharna at Hemmigepura village on the NICE-built road in the city outskirts, joining in a spate of protests by farmers on the issue.

Gowda said he would take a day's break tomorrow to visit Kolkata to call on veteran CPI-M leader Jyoti Basu, whose health condition has turned critical. "This is the most uncivilised government the state ever had. We can no more tolerate it. Farmers have been handcuffed by this government," he said, criticising the BJP government.

He also alleged that there were attacks on farmers by those hired by NICE and police have refused to register cases against the culprits. "I will agitate against this government throughout the state," he said.

Gowda called on Governor H R Bhardwaj and apprised him of the alleged atrocities on farmers and sought his intervention in this regard. He said the Governor promised to act within the framework of law.

People of Hemmigepura have been agitating NICE asking it to build a bridge across the road in the wake of a recent accident involving a school bus. Gowda, during whose regime as Chief minister the MOU for the Bangalore-Mysore Express Highway and townships was signed, is now opposing the project, alleging that excess land had been given to NICE.


http://www.deccanherald.com/content/45449/deve-gowda-lead-stir-against.html

We must appreciate his efforts...................:cheers:

Where can I find the current and updated status of the Bangalore-Mysore Corridor(NICE Road) development and also of the connecting roads like the link and peripheral road.

The NICE website does not look up-to-date - "http://www.nicelimited.com/".

Thanks,
Bazee

Where can I find the current and updated status of the Bangalore-Mysore Corridor(NICE Road) development and also of the connecting roads like the link and peripheral road.

The NICE website does not look up-to-date - "http://www.nicelimited.com/".

Thanks,
Bazee

Updates??? Nothing positive friend.Mr Devegowda has started some agitation along with the farmers at bidadi,i.e is the current status.

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yeah yeah... visible signs of prosperity sweeping across india... im luvin it...

^^ Most aesthetically appealing road in India IMO!!

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Thanks guruvae sakath agg idhae..........:cheer:

beautiful pics there............kengeri has been spelt wrong in the above pic,never mind.

Some awesome shots of BMIC NICE road,some great aerial shots there Hope to see this stretch completed. :cheer:

You know what this video has been produced by none other than BMIC MD Ashok Kheny depicting his childhood days.....

1:28

mfagIHGWm4E

Beautiful song, beautiful road. :)

^^ I wish that dude was driving in the proper lane.

He is sonu Nigam. He is from Faridabad. Have u been to Faridabad?

Wow.. doesnt look like India we are used to of.. someone is doing its job right..
thanks for the pics

You know what this video has been produced by none other than BMIC MD Ashok Kheny depicting his childhood days.....

Man I wish my childhood had had a drop top beemer.. *sigh* :lol:

Back to topic, that's one seriously gorgeous road.. Time was when people would travel to Europe to shoot sequences like that video - nice to see such sights popping up more frequently at home nowadays..

:)

Law dept silent on area authority queries on betterment charges

NICE benefits as govt snores

http://www.deccanherald.com/images/editor_images/Jan%202010/Jan%2027%202010/bmic-project.jpg

P M Raghunandan, Bangalore, Jan 27, DHNS:

The State Law Department appears to have decided to play deaf and dumb on the controversial Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project.

A question of authorityThe Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Area Planning Authority (BMICAPA) has written half a dozen letters since 2006 seeking legal opinion on whether the multi-crore project needed its formal approval or not. But the Law Department has turned a blind eye. The latest letter was written on September 11, 2009.

The result: BMICAPA is in a dilemma. It has no clue whether it is legally correct in allowing the project promoter, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), to proceed without its approval or not. It is desperately awaiting the Law Department’s advice to decide its next course of action. The fact that the project has kicked up a storm of late has made the officials of the authority anxious.

The project envisages building 111 km of expressway between Bangalore and Mysore, a 41-km peripheral road, a 9.1-km link road (both around Bangalore) and five townships under Build, Own, Operate and Transfer basis. The project promoter has so far completed nearly 50 km of road.


Approval mandatory

According to letters written to the Law Department secretary, copies of which are available with Deccan Herald, BMICAPA has stated that its approval was mandatory for any activity, either by a private or a government agency, under Sections 15 and 17 of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning (KTCP) Act.

Besides, any individual or a person taking up a developmental project has to pay the betterment fee in accordance with Section 18 of the KTCP Act.

The betterment fee, if imposed on the project, runs up to several hundred crores of rupees, state government sources said.

“NICE is a private company and its project BMIC falls in the BMICAPA jurisdiction. The company has not taken approval of the Authority... The company representatives have informed us that there is a Supreme Court order that there is no need for any approval from any authority for some infrastructure projects approved by the government.

It (company) has also said it could not take the approval as the entire land required for the project has not been handed over to it yet. It has not even submitted the SC order in this regard,” the BMICAPA member secretary has stated in a letter dated December 19, 2006.

Having said so, the Member Secretary has also sought the Law Secretary’s opinion in this regard so that the authority could take appropriate action.

In another letter to the Law Department on June 13, 2007, BMICAPA has expressed its helplessness for not being able to reply to public queries with respect to the project under the Right to Information Act.

Only thematic plan

“The Authority has only a thematic plan of the project. Therefore, it does not know exactly where the project is being implemented in its area. But hundreds of farmers coming under its jurisdiction have been seeking information as to where exactly the project will be implemented or whether their land will be acquired, under the RTI... We have not been able to provide them any information,” BMICAPA sources said.

When contacted, Law Secretary S Siddalingesh said he was not aware of any letter from the BMICAPA and that he could not say anything off hand.

NICE representative Manjunath said the project secured its legitimacy from a special government order and that there was no need for any secondary approval. Moreover, BMICAPA was formed based on the project framework agreement which clearly says that the project obtained exemption from all levies and taxes.


http://www.deccanherald.com/content/49098/nice-benefits-govt-snores.html

Villagers protest land acquisition for BMIC

Staff Reporter

About 1,900 acres of land needed for township

A meeting to be held with village leaders

Bangalore: Hundreds of people from Kengeri hobli staged a dharna in front of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) office on Wednesday opposing the acquisition of their land for the controversial Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) Project.

The villagers, whose agricultural land have been notified for the townships to be formed under the project, have categorically stated they will not part with their land.

Addressing the protesters, Kodihalli Chandrashekar of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, said: “Farmers will not give even an inch of land for the townships”.

Pointing out that the Government had paid a meagre compensation for land acquired for the peripheral and link roads built as part of the project,

Mr. Chandrashekar said the land losers would pressure the Government to pay the market price.

The protesters demanded that the Government come out with the exact details of land used for the project and orders given to the KIADB on handing over the acquired land to the private company executing the project.

Reacting to farmers’ demand, Shyam Bhatt, KIADB Chief Executive Officer, said: “According to the 1995 framework agreement for the BMIC project, 20,193 acres of land was allotted.

Final notification has been only for 4,000 acres of land. Of this, 2,400 acres has been handed over for the construction of the highway. Around 1,900 acres has been earmarked for the first township though the land for this is yet to be handed over to the company.”

http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/28/stories/2010012857270300.htm

We want highway,not township let the company first build the expressway.

^ the township pays for the highway, I would think. NICE is not building the highway just because it's nice :)

^ the township pays for the highway, I would think. NICE is not building the highway just because it's nice :)

Yes I know,But I dont care for the township but only the highway,According to Ashok Kheny the MD of NICE the expressway can be completed in 1.5 years from today but he says he needs complete possession of land in totality as per the agreement.Land for the expressway is ready he can infact start works on the expressway but the whole project is at still as of now due to the township land acquisition problems.

NICE wins battle over acquisition of land

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) on Thursday won a major victory in the Karnataka High Court when seven writ petitions challenging the acquisition of land in several villages around Bangalore for the contentious Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project were dismissed.

The petitioners, Raja Datta Kumar, Karehanumaiah, Nagarathnamma, Hanumappa, Raja Jayashankar and others had challenged the acquisition of land for the project. They contended that the land sought to be acquired by NICE, which is implementing the project, is away from the road alignment.

Dismissing the petitions, Justice B.S. Patil observed that once a statutory authority had gone into the issue and cleared the project, there is no question of courts going into the issue of alignment.

The hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/12/stories/2010021252220400.htm)

What's the "new" timeline for finishing the project. And it had 3 phases (something like circular road and a radial road), I guess ?

What's the "new" timeline for finishing the project. And it had 3 phases (something like circular road and a radial road), I guess ?

Abhishek NICE has completed the 41+9 KM stretch of BMIC.

Now the stretch between Mysore and Bangalore needs to be completed,as per the BMIC MD work between the two cities can be completed in 1.5 years :cheers:

so in 2012 you will see Mysore-Bangalore connected by an expressway.

And I read somewhere that there was a plan to extend this semi-circular road into a complete circle around Bangalore to make another ring road. Any news about that ?

ORR as such is not a perfect ring road, it has many left and right turns especially in west and south west parts.

And I read somewhere that there was a plan to extend this semi-circular road into a complete circle around Bangalore to make another ring road. Any news about that ?

ORR as such is not a perfect ring road, it has many left and right turns especially in west and south west parts.

May be but NICE is not involved in any other projects in Bangalore,they have completed their 41+9 KM works in the bangalore city limits.

The Saga of NICE for a higway road from Bluru to Mysuru has taken way too long. The company has gone to every possible Court in the land and Politicians in Karnataka have played with the project like a football. Enough is enough. NICE is doing an excellent job building world class pleasing highways. The State Govt of Karnataka is terrible at building road infrastructure. The existing Bluru to Mysuru highway is fast becoming a village road with development spilling into the road lanes and making a mess of the traffic. NICE has done a thoughtful job by providing wide lanes, pullover lanes, great landscaping and massive offsets for commercial stuff from the highways. Naturally it takes more land. The brouhaha made on villager/farm land is bunkum. Most of the highway land is not cultivation land. Rates were discussed way back but the courts and litigation has stalled the project for ages. Asking for prices in terms of today's value is not right. The developers (NICE) have been stalled for years due to litigation and political insanity by Rich Farmer Dev Gowda et al.

In conjunction with a 1995 Trade Mission to India sponsored by the then Governor of Massachusetts,a memorandum of understanding was signed by Consortium members, Indian officials, including then Karnataka Chief Minister, and U.S. officials, which set the stage for launching the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project. The Consortium, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE), comprises the Kalyani Group of Companies, VHB International LTD. and SAB International LTD. to develop the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor.Former PM alleges that this project is the country's biggest fraud and needs to be stopped. The problem got resolved with the High Court of Karnataka ruling in favour of NICE, and the Present state government alloting 13,000 acres of land for the project.To Complete 40 Km odd It took 10yrs Time?

^^ I personally feel Mr. Ashok kheny must enter state politics,he is amazing.

:cheers:

Lest see whether Kheny can even take this project from bangalore to ramanagara leave alone mandya and mysore.

BTW, people who comment about NICE being great thing, do they know how much NICE is ready to pay for the 1 acre of lands? mere 88 thousands?

Will you be ready to part your lands for such cheap rates.No one will. I fully support Devegowda who has taken the issue as a battle.

Lest see whether Kheny can even take this project from bangalore to ramanagara leave alone mandya and mysore.

BTW, people who comment about NICE being great thing, do they know how much NICE is ready to pay for the 1 acre of lands? mere 88 thousands?

Will you be ready to part your lands for such cheap rates.No one will. I fully support Devegowda who has taken the issue as a battle.

Yes In the case of BMIC I too support him,for the only reason that more Mysore gets closer to Bangalore more it will only get :ohno:

But in all other terms I agree and support Mr Ashok Kheny and the Yeddi govt.

Yes the land price is too low.:nuts:

BTW, people who comment about NICE being great thing, do they know how much NICE is ready to pay for the 1 acre of lands? mere 88 thousands?

Will you be ready to part your lands for such cheap rates.No one will. I fully support Devegowda who has taken the issue as a battle.

The project was conceived many years ago (>10yrs). Prices during those days was not even close to 1 lakh per acre, most of the land was considered fallow and useless. The moment the project was announced miraculously prices go up, this is a phenemenon even in urban areas. Land acquired from farmers is built up into nice settlements but the roads to the main city road is horrible. Prices are depressed, rents are low, but the moment an asphalt road comes into being the whole place goes up in valuation. The alternate road from Bluru to Mysuru by NICE is similar. Once roads are established, now it is possible to get quick, easy access and pronto the value of land goes up. NICE was promised by the K Govt for land, however Dev Gowda (being the wiley fellow, though pretending to be a humble farmer) put roadblocks. NICE had to go to every court in the land (who is going to pay for the lawyer fees?). I heard that Dev and his land shark buddies acquired a bunch of land along the NICE highway. I have some sympathy for those losing their land to NICE, however this is the price for progress. Anyways the culprits are the K Govt and they should compensate the land owners adequately, maybe forgive their taxes for the next 10 yrs (= to the delay caused).

Kheny to take on Gowda on BMIC


By Team Mangalorean Bangalore

BANGALORE, March 6, 2010: A day before leaving to Delhi by former Prime Minister and JD (S) supremo H D Deve Gowda in a Cattle Class (train) with a large number of farmers to oppose the controversial Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMIC) before the parliament, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) Managing Director Ashok Kheny on Saturday denied allegations levelled by Mr Gowda that excess land had been acquired for implementation of the integrated Bangalore-Mysore expressway project.

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The agreement for the BMIC project was singed when Mr Gowda was the Chief Minister of Karnataka in 1995. Now, he is opposing the project on the grounds that subsequent government had granted excess land for the NICE. In fact, Mr Gowda son H D Kumaraswamy granted the lands to the NICE when he was the CM of the State with the support of the BJP for 20 months.

Speaking to reporters here, Mr Kheny countered the former Prime Minister and demanded an explanation as to why the Janata Dal (Secular) had evinced keen interest' in safeguarding some lands acquired for the purpose.

Mr Kheny said he would ready to take on Mr Gowda and he would give Mr Gowda an Oscar Award for his "acting and supporting role for the cause of farmers if he wins the battle on BMIC road. "Instead of opposing BMIC project, let Mr Gowda tell his sons how to talk and behave in the public, he said.

He said the charges levelled against him were totally false and he could not take away excess land from farmers as it would violate the Supreme Court verdict.

The much delayed expressway project which has five townships along has been dogged in controversy over acquisition of highly valuable land on the outskirts of the city and Mr Gowda has been spearheading an agitation against it.

Mr Deve Gowda has a personal agenda' and hence had been objecting the project, which is aimed at paving way for giving impetus to economic activities in Karntaka NICE MD said.
Mr Deve Gowda, 76, has just completed a 3,000 km trek across 26 districts of the state, to tell the farmers that he is one with them on the land acquisition issue.

It was an extension of his fight against land acquisition for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, a fight that got an impetus after his profanity-laced outburst against Chief Minister B S Yeddyuraapa on the same issue.

In an recent interaction with reporters, Mr Gowda laughs warmheartedly and says that "it was a blessing in disguise. The outburst catapulted the BMIC issue on the national stage. Cashing on it, the former prime minister, will lead a two-day protest with BMIC-affected farmers in front of the Parliament on March 10 and 11.

"As an elected representative and leader of these people (farmers) my conscience says I must fight for them till the end, he says. Gowda's apprehension is that NICE will sell the land that has been acquired for the BMIC project and exit the scene.
Mr Yeddyurappa must exercise caution, else, he will be helping Kheny drive the last nail on the coffin of the affected farmers, Mr Gowda said.

Mr said he will raise the issue of the BMIC in the Lok Sabha and admitted that the speaker may not allow a discussion since the matter is before the Supreme Court.

Mangalore (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=171910)

If the humble farmer donates all of his assets to the farmers then they can lead peaceful life generations after generations.:lol:

Looks like the humble farmer has declared open warfare. I cannot believe this guy was India's PM and also sanctioned the initial project. For those who don't know, Dev Gowda and his ilk have amassed Rs 1000's of crores in bribe money and they own a major portion of the area around Hassan. Bluru to Mysuru is roughly a couple of hours drive. The existing Govt road is clogged and a nightmare for quick travel, any small accident causes huge delay. NICE is an alternate route and some of the land through which this route is fallow land not farmer land. Mr Kheny of NICE has been battling a long war with the clowns from the K Govt for decades on end, some perseverance I would say. His road design and implementation is far superior to the K Govt roads. BTW the K Govt roads are notorious for poor maintenance, huge potholes ( I remember driving around Udipi area in the late 90's in an Ambassador car and negotiating pot holes the size of huge craters ) and massive corruption. One CM of K Govt, Bangarappa, came up with a clever scheme for corruption. He would give the contract to those who appeased his way: i.e. don't bother with execution of project, keep 20% and the rest 80% went to Bangarappa. This is the state of affairs in K Govt. With the BJP in power they should ram rod the whole project down Dev Gowda's throat and ask Kheny to finish this in the next 6 months. Give him all the clearances he needs. The public are tired of the shenanigans, for a project that has taken well over a decade. Every other month Dev Gowda is on a PMS trip with NICE, making an ass of himself.

Oh look who does Dev Gowda get in his support for opposing infrastructure projects that advance the nation - yes, the anti-national bigots called CPM and CPI..

Gowda leads farmers dharna on BMIC issue (http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article228894.ece)

Several political party leaders including Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary, Prakash Karat, Communist Party of India General Secretary, A.B.Bardhan, and National Secretary, D.Raja, attended the dharna and expressed their solidarity with Mr. Gowda and the farmers.

If you have to see these scumbags..

http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00062/TH11_GOWDA_62258f.jpg

Dev Gowda and his pals need to be given the Oscar awards. Each of them have swindled the Indian public of 1000s of crores of rupees but they pretend to be humble farmers.

^^ The guy in brown vest is so scared of Gowda's hand, he has tightly covered his package with both hands. It looks like he is yelling in his head, "Watch your hand Dev".

:lol:

And see how the guy next to Gowda is enjoying the moment.

^^ Yeah those scumbags on the side have big smiles on their faces. One guy on the left is like "oh yeah the A rated movie is going to start now, let me grab my popcorn".

nice hairstyle Mr. Asohk Kheny - nice to see u havent lost all your hair in this hairy affair.

nice hairstyle Mr. Asohk Kheny - nice to see u havent lost all your hair in this hairy affair.

Crooked Gowda and his crooked son. Playing cheap tricks to get some mileage . People like him are responsible for infrastructure projects getting delayed. Indirectly they are responsible for all the problems of Bangaluru.

:lol:

And see how the guy next to Gowda is enjoying the moment.

thats Prakash Karat

cc arvind

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Oh look who does Dev Gowda get in his support for opposing infrastructure projects that advance the nation - yes, the anti-national bigots called CPM and CPI..

Gowda leads farmers dharna on BMIC issue (http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article228894.ece)



If you have to see these scumbags..

http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00062/TH11_GOWDA_62258f.jpg

Dev Gowda and his pals need to be given the Oscar awards. Each of them have swindled the Indian public of 1000s of crores of rupees but they pretend to be humble farmers.


It is pathetic, India is suffering due to cheap politics. :bash:

source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5730043.cms

BANGALORE: The government will allow the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) Project to be completed as per court orders, said chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, even as he called former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda "anti-development".

Questioning the former PM's contributions to the city's growth, he said Gowda is on a mission to stall the BMIC project just as he did for Bangalore International Airport (BIA). "Gowda is known for stalling popular infrastructure projects. BMIC is another such project," he maintained.

Yeddyurappa said he will write to former CMs S M Krishna and N Dharam Singh about Gowda's allegations. "If the need arises, I will meet them and try to bring about transparency in the project," the CM added.

source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5730043.cms

BANGALORE: The government will allow the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) Project to be completed as per court orders, said chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, even as he called former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda "anti-development".

Questioning the former PM's contributions to the city's growth, he said Gowda is on a mission to stall the BMIC project just as he did for Bangalore International Airport (BIA). "Gowda is known for stalling popular infrastructure projects. BMIC is another such project," he maintained.

Yeddyurappa said he will write to former CMs S M Krishna and N Dharam Singh about Gowda's allegations. "If the need arises, I will meet them and try to bring about transparency in the project," the CM added.

pathetic This project Is In News For More than 15 Years :wallbash:

Heard NICE link road and Outer ring road junction flyover is complete between PESIT and mysore road. Anybody knows?
There was traffic diversion when i last been.

^^

It was completed about two months back. That flyover at ORR junction was complete in barely 6 months :banana: (record of sorts) - shows what the private sector can achieve sans bureaucratic red-tapism.

I'll post a few pics of the area shortly.

^^

It was completed about two months back. That flyover at ORR junction was complete in barely 6 months :banana: (record of sorts) - shows what the private sector can achieve sans bureaucratic red-tapism.

I'll post a few pics of the area shortly.

wow................You just woke me up :banana2:

^^

It was completed about two months back. That flyover at ORR junction was complete in barely 6 months :banana: (record of sorts) - shows what the private sector can achieve sans bureaucratic red-tapism.

I'll post a few pics of the area shortly.

Do you know the status of the missing road link near Gottigere lake? Have they resumed their work there?

:)

Man!! Look where former Indian PM, Mr. Gowda is touching his friend, in the inner areas of the thigh. Maybe he is a homosexual hiding in the closet. :shocked::shocked:


http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00062/TH11_GOWDA_62258f.jpg

^^ This had already been discussed here in detail. Mods deleted those posts. You are late man.

The BMIC Link Road intersects the ORR near Hosakerehalli in Banashankari 3rd Stage, between PES College and Mysore Road. Work on the intersection (located here (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9401339&lon=77.532497&z=18&l=0&m=b)) is nearly complete now, but it will be thrown open to traffic only when the Link Road itself is complete. Here are a few pics from the location.

Facing Mysore. The ORR crosses the Link Road on this flyover, which was constructed by NICE in just 6 months - construction commenced in June 2009, was completed by December 2009 and opened for traffic in January 2010. Each time I pass this place while travelling on the ORR towards Banashankari, I feel like weeping on seeing the condition of the Kadirenahalli and Puttenahalli underpasses which have been languishing for the past two years! :ohno::ohno:

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Two aspects of modern Bangalore - a high class road and high class public transport. :banana: A BMTC Volvo, proceeding towards Banashankari, crosses the ORR on the flyover.

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A view of the other end of the flyover (facing Banashankari). NICE has done a good job with the landscaping. :) The toll plaza for the Link Road is visible on the other side of the ORR.

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A closer view of the toll plaza from the other side of the ORR. This section of the Link Road is open to the public, but not many vehicles seemed to be using it.

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The landscaping on the other side of the ORR. The land in the background (with the houses and other structures) was actually supposed to be acquired and handed over to NICE, but got caught up in the tangle of delays surrounding the project. That is why the approach to the toll plaza is still a single lane road :bash:

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View from the top, facing north. The Link Road at present ends abruptly in the distance, but it will eventually extend upto Mysore Road. A NICE employee who was present there informed me that a 450 m stretch was yet to be acquired and handed over, following which the Link Road would be extended upto Mysore Road near BHEL junction (he probably meant Chord Road - Mysore Road intersection at Deepanjalinagar).

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An interesting sculpture which I found mounted on the flyover. Peacock trying to reach its tail! :nuts:

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^^ SBC

Sonu Nigam plays Ashok Kheny in video album

Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 17:04 [IST]

NICE company owner Ashok Kheny has come out with an video album on his life time achievement. It is said that he has spent Rs. 1 crore on the video album 'Neene Bari Neene', which will soon be aired on small screen.

Musician Sonu Nigam, who has been a playback singer in Kannada film industry so far, has now turned to acting through the album 'Neene Bari Neene'. Popular model Madhuri Bhattacharya is playing the female lead. Musician Mano Murthy has scored music for the lyrics of Jayant Kaikini.


'Neene Bari Neene' is all about son-father relationship, culture and public welfare. The album, which include Basavanna's song, has been shot in Mysore, Madikere, Bangalore, Kaveri and Nandi hill stations. It deals with Ashok Kheny's life from his childhood to present day.
Read: ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ
"Time is very precious. When my children were young, I didn't have time to spend with them. Now, I have time, but they are grown up and are very busy. This happens with every one. 'Neene Bari Neene' gives a message that one should not let it happen," Ashok Kheny said. "Parents should try to spend more time with their children," he added.

Source (http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2009/nigam-kheny-videoalbum-190509.html)

I have already posted this video of Sonu's-IN THIS VIDEO ONE CAN FIND THE PEACOCK ON MADHURI's Saree------ASHOK KHENY IS one such a great Businessmen.............MAN WITH Totally different ideas..............

check at 00:30 and 1:40 you will see the peacock on Madhuri's saree

This song revolves around that PEACOCK----Navilu in kannada means peacock

mfagIHGWm4E

The hilly nature of the terrain surrounding the intersection necessitates these deep rock cuttings for the service roads.

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The service roads are barricaded since the intersection is not yet fully open for traffic.

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A view of the landscaping on the far side of the ORR, facing north. The surrounding area is desolate and largely uninhabited.

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fairly impressive. theyve improved their landscaping. in most parts of the county they dont do jack besides the median, which btw is so diff from every othr median in the world lol

my heart cries when i see such a gross negligence in planning and building the expensive infrastructure.
even though it all looks pretty and clean but it is designed for mighty slow speed. turn lanes are at a very sharp angle with zero visibility. also they havent reinforced the hill by the road. in case of heavy rain water will bring mud and stones on the street.
let me be the devils advocate and also say that they have over done the bridge. it looks pretty but whats the point of having a designer bridge that needs a guard to look over it. they could have saved money on these "prettyfication" and spend other bridges that look like bad.

but let me give them credit for landscaping. we need that all over the country and have a dedicated department to maintain that.

my heart cries when i see such a gross negligence in planning and building the expensive infrastructure.
even though it all looks pretty and clean but it is designed for mighty slow speed. turn lanes are at a very sharp angle with zero visibility. also they havent reinforced the hill by the road. in case of heavy rain water will bring mud and stones on the street. .

Illusionist, I think you are mentioning about the service road, said to have ‘blind corners’. It is only a service road where the vehicles are going to exit the highway. And it is definitely one way, so that ‘blind corner’ will not have much effect.

If you have a closer look, you will see a drain just after the crash barrier. So water will only flow through the drain, along with mud and stones. If the stones are bigger with more momentum, it would not get in to the road through the small gap in the barrier. Of course, periodic inspection and clearing of the drain need to be done.

it looks pretty but whats the point of having a designer bridge that needs a guard to look over it. they could have saved money on these "prettyfication" and spend other bridges that look like bad. .

Yaar, why should a guard be there for that bridge? It is not much clear from the picture, but I assume they have used cast iron railings and painted it golden colour. They have not used the conventional concrete barriers, that’s all. Perhaps this speeds up the work since those railings are mass produced and erection and maintenance should also be easy.

BTW NICE is a private initiative. So they will look to have their own ‘signature’ on their property and would be uniform across the whole expressway. And they cannot spend on ‘other bad looking’ bridges which would not be under their ownership/control.

And SBC -YPR, thanks for the coverage. These are the areas in Bangalore which I am yet to be familiar with. I think I have seen a toll plaza of NICE, to the right of me while I was driving to Bannerghatta Biological Park last week. Is this that section or nearby? I had driven to Mysore two weeks back, that time saw NICE crossing me. I have also seen NICE at Nelamangala on the Tumkur Road, near Bangalore International Exhibition Centre. So shall I assume that the whole stretch from Bannerghatta road till Nelamangala is complete?

Illusionist, I think you are mentioning about the service road, said to have ‘blind corners’. It is only a service road where the vehicles are going to exit the highway. And it is definitely one way, so that ‘blind corner’ will not have much effect.

If you have a closer look, you will see a drain just after the crash barrier. So water will only flow through the drain, along with mud and stones. If the stones are bigger with more momentum, it would not get in to the road through the small gap in the barrier. Of course, periodic inspection and clearing of the drain need to be done.

Yes, that is an exit ramp which will permit vehicles coming from Mysore to proceed towards Banashankari. As you have pointed out, the crash barriers also serve a dual purpose of protecting against minor rock falls, etc.

Interestingly, these rock cuttings (deeper ones in fact) are also present at the PRR - Mysore Road junction. I have travelled through them a few times but never seen any landslide or rock fall, even during monsoon. I guess the rock structure is comparatively stable there.


And SBC -YPR, thanks for the coverage.

Thanks for the appreciation :cheers:

These are the areas in Bangalore which I am yet to be familiar with. I think I have seen a toll plaza of NICE, to the right of me while I was driving to Bannerghatta Biological Park last week. Is this that section or nearby? I had driven to Mysore two weeks back, that time saw NICE crossing me. I have also seen NICE at Nelamangala on the Tumkur Road, near Bangalore International Exhibition Centre. So shall I assume that the whole stretch from Bannerghatta road till Nelamangala is complete?

No, the section near Bannerghatta Road is the PRR, whereas these pictures are of Link Road. But you are right in assuming that the whole section of PRR between Bannerghatta Road and Tumkur Road is complete (and operational as well). The only section pending is the Bannerghatta Road intersection and a small stretch over the Gottigere lake between Bannerghatta Road - Hosur Road (which got delayed due to litigation and environmental issues). That is under construction at present and should be completed soon.

To clarify: have a look at the pic below. The red lines represent the completed sections and the green lines the incomplete sections. The blue dot indicates the location where the pics I posted yesterday were clicked.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1408/nr001.jpg

Thanks for the appreciation :cheers:

No, the section near Bannerghatta Road is the PRR, whereas these pictures are of Link Road. But you are right in assuming that the whole section of PRR between Bannerghatta Road and Tumkur Road is complete (and operational as well). The only section pending is the Bannerghatta Road intersection and a small stretch over the Gottigere lake between Bannerghatta Road - Hosur Road (which got delayed due to litigation and environmental issues). That is under construction at present and should be completed soon.

Thanks for the pics and the updates :):cheers:

^^ SBC

Sonu Nigam plays Ashok Kheny in video album

I have already posted this video of Sonu's-IN THIS VIDEO ONE CAN FIND THE PEACOCK ON MADHURI's Saree------ASHOK KHENY IS one such a great Businessmen.............MAN WITH Totally different ideas..............

check at 00:30 and 1:40 you will see the peacock on Madhuri's saree

This song revolves around that PEACOCK----Navilu in kannada means peacock

mfagIHGWm4E

Thanks for the link, Akash. Such a lovely video - perhaps Kheny should venture into film production as well ;)

And I agree, it is a creative concept - although it looked a bit out of place there, given the limited importance accorded to installations of public art in Bangalore - athough BBMP seems to be trying to remedy that these days. :)

^^ great updates there SBC-YPR :cheers: :)

Kheny, did venture into producing movies tieing up with Indrajith Lankesh.
Aishwarya - Deepika Padukone's first movie, was partly produced by Kheny. Later on there was some issue between them.

@SBC-YPR,
thanks for the update. From your pictures its hard to make out what kind of junction does the link road make with ORR. is it a clover leaf or some other kind of intersection?

^^

Thanks for the appreciation, Nandan and GB09 :)

It is a clover leaf intersection. The first picture in batch (3/4) above should give you an idea - the picture is taken from the top of the ORR and the same arrangement is replicated on the other side, hence free movement in all directions. Unfortunately, due to paucity of time, I could not climb up any nearby elevation to get a panoramic shot of the entire intersection.

Edit: here is the picture, for easy reference

View from the top, facing north.

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why are the turnoffs so sharp? the marking are so strange, the two lane exit abruptly connects to just one lane

my heart cries when i see such a gross negligence in planning and building the expensive infrastructure.
even though it all looks pretty and clean but it is designed for mighty slow speed

Illusionist bhai--------check this---
http://www.discoverbangalore.com/peripheral%20road.jpg
I agree only that turning has a sharp angle,but rest of the expressway is truly an expressway................:okay:

^^ Agree.

We have hit speeds of 100+ on this road :cheers:

That exit and entry seems to be a recipe of disaster in otherwise nice road :ohno:

NICE launches Peacock bridge
Bangalore, June 24 DHNS

The Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited (NICE) on Thursday inaugurated a bridge and four ramps on the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC), near Hoskerehalli on Mysore Road.
http://www.deccanherald.com/images/editor_images/June%202010/June%2025%202010/peacock.jpg
AT LAST: The NICE inaugurated Peacock bridge near Hoskerehalli on Thursday. DH PhotoThe new bridge named ‘Peacok Bridge’ holds huge monolithic structures of one peacock and four bulls (Nandi). Each bull weighs about eight tonnes.

Stating that building the bridge was his dream, NICE Managing Director Ashok Kheny said: “All litigations surrounding the land in this area have been resolved and we could formally complete the construction of the bridge and ramps.”

“We have cleared tonnes of garbage at this place before building the bridge, an act which was welcomed by people residing in the nearby localities,” he added. Kheny said his scheduled meeting with the chief minister, on Thursday afternoon, to discuss the progress of the BMIC project and preparation of a joint status report on the same was cancelled.

However, he refused to say when the next meeting was scheduled. Similarly, he also declined to comment on the letter written by the former PWD Principal Secretary R B Agawane, alleging NICE of securing 554 acres of excess land for the project’s peripheral road. When questioned about a similar project proposed from Bidar to Bangalore, Kheny said: “We have made a formal proposal to the government and wanted it to be included as part of the Global Investors’ Meet. But the government could not act on it, as it has been decided that PPP models would be implemented on the Swiss Challenge method and amendments to accommodate the same was awaiting the Cabinet’s nod.”

He added that once the project gets approval the travel time from Bidar to Bangalore will be reduced to six hours, as opposed to the present 14-16 hours.

DHNS (http://http://www.deccanherald.com/content/77338/nice-launches-peacock-bridge.html)
Come on Kheny move KM by KM every day and 144 days alli mugusbidu...

ok for those who have actually travelled on this road.

how long does it take to get from one end to another with normal driving (ie not driving like a moron or in action films)?

clearly by actual time taken we can know for sure if this is fast or not.

Deve Gowda and his imbecile sons must be exterminated using a "FLIT Pump." Wish NICE gets the contract to complete the whole highway system in the state.

Is this as good as Mumbai-Pune (at least in the completed sections)?

Mumbai-Pune is a concreted one, but this one is asphalted. Its good but comparatively not as good as MPE.

hahahahaha

someone please clarify

As of now 41+9= 50 KM of work is over,what about the expressway progress of 12 KM in phase 1??I guess only 4 KM is done :nuts:
http://www.nicelimited.com/Phase1.jpg

Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor executor NICE took possession of 3 acres and 1 gunta of land, near Gottigere as per the court order, amid tight security.

Source: Sanjevani, 03-07-2010

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Gottigere resort gives way for NICE link

TNN, Jul 4, 2010, 01.12am IST

BANGALORE: With the Karnataka High Court clearing the decks for Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) to complete the 41-km Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) peripheral road, 3 acres and 1 gunta of land belonging to Sunny Holiday Village in Gottigere were acquired, and structures on it demolished.

Demolition of residential units started as early as 6 am on Saturday, by 250 men who arrived with bulldozers at the resort, owned by H K Pattabhiraman. Mico Layout police were present during the demolition. Within hours, the entire resort was razed.

The peripheral road will connect Tumkur Road, Magadi Road, Kanakapura Road, Bannerghatta Road and Hosur Road.
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Gottigere-resort-gives-way-for-NICE-link/articleshow/6125992.cms)
A major boost to Bangalore's Infra

SC refuses to hear NICE case

New Delhi, July 15, DHNS:

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear a case on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) as one of the judges was part of a decision on the issue while he was the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.

The bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar, Cyriac Joseph and R M Lodha adjourned the matter when it came to know that Justice Joseph had heard the matter while he was heading the Karnataka High Court.

The Supreme Court referred the matter to the chief justice to place it before another bench excluding Justice Joseph.

The bench is to hear an affidavit by the state government saying it was not prepared to give an additional 770 acres of land in and around Bangalore to project contractor Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited.


DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/81627/sc-refuses-hear-nice-case.html)

Could anyone tell me what is holding NICE from completing the small stretch over Bannerghatta road. I wonder when this will be completed. It would help in covering the distance from Mysore road to Hosur road in less than 25 minutes.

It takes about 20 to 30 minutes to reach Bannerghatta road from Mysore road - Assuming a normal speed of about 80 -100.
Manytimes you have slow down considerablly as fully loaded lorries try to crawl right lane. The best part is to see two lorries crawling and trying to overtake each other :)

Dont know when the Bannerghatta patch would be completed. If this is done, add another 5 /10 minutes to reach Hosur road.

Staff Reporter

The Advocate-General says the alignment is as per the plan

Electronics City-Tumkur Road link may soon be completed

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday permitted Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) to go ahead with the road project near Gottigere on the outskirts of Bangalore.

Justice Rammohan Reddy passed the order on petitions by some landowners of Gottigere who had challenged the acquisition of their lands by NICE for the contentious Bangalore-Mysore expressway.

The expressway, called Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise or Project (BMICP), had run into rough weather following complaints of excess acquisition of land. In this case too, the petitioners had alleged that although their lands were not required for the project, NICE wanted the lands for putting up projects other than the roadwork.

Advocate-General Ashok Harnahalli submitted that the alignment was as per the Outer Development Plan (ODP). He said even the Supreme Court had sometime ago approved the project as per the ODP.

Justice Rammohan Reddy vacated the stay order and permitted NICE to go ahead with the roadwork. He continued the stay on acquisition of lands in and around Gottigere for projects other than roadwork.

He adjourned further hearing of the case.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/28/stories/2010072861560500.htm)

Any idea about the status of the NICE road from Mysore side. pls update:nuts:



Illusionist, I think you are mentioning about the service road, said to have ‘blind corners’. It is only a service road where the vehicles are going to exit the highway. And it is definitely one way, so that ‘blind corner’ will not have much effect.

If you have a closer look, you will see a drain just after the crash barrier. So water will only flow through the drain, along with mud and stones. If the stones are bigger with more momentum, it would not get in to the road through the small gap in the barrier. Of course, periodic inspection and clearing of the drain need to be done.



Yaar, why should a guard be there for that bridge? It is not much clear from the picture, but I assume they have used cast iron railings and painted it golden colour. They have not used the conventional concrete barriers, that’s all. Perhaps this speeds up the work since those railings are mass produced and erection and maintenance should also be easy.

BTW NICE is a private initiative. So they will look to have their own ‘signature’ on their property and would be uniform across the whole expressway. And they cannot spend on ‘other bad looking’ bridges which would not be under their ownership/control.

And SBC -YPR, thanks for the coverage. These are the areas in Bangalore which I am yet to be familiar with. I think I have seen a toll plaza of NICE, to the right of me while I was driving to Bannerghatta Biological Park last week. Is this that section or nearby? I had driven to Mysore two weeks back, that time saw NICE crossing me. I have also seen NICE at Nelamangala on the Tumkur Road, near Bangalore International Exhibition Centre. So shall I assume that the whole stretch from Bannerghatta road till Nelamangala is complete?

when the offer was made whatever the money ,it was quite huge at that time.. you cant crib ..now. Many farmers became instant rich people as some of them had not even seen 500 / 1000 rupee note at that time.. because the road is made, the prices sky rocketed , otherwise even today it would not have more than a lakh
:bash:


Yes In the case of BMIC I too support him,for the only reason that more Mysore gets closer to Bangalore more it will only get :ohno:

But in all other terms I agree and support Mr Ashok Kheny and the Yeddi govt.

Yes the land price is too low.:nuts:

August 12 2010, 18:40:27 IST | BOBY KURIAN & MADHAV A. CHANCHANI

The deal would value the project, which has been in the eye of a political storm for years, at around $800-900M.

Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Ltd (NICE), which is developing the 164-km tollway between Bangalore and Mysore, is in discussions with private equity funds for divesting a little more than 10% stake for around $100 million, said sources directly familiar with the development.

A private equity fund managed by JP Morgan among other players in the fray could pick up the stake in the phase one of the project valuing it at around $800 million to $900 million. The talks are still going on and no agreement has been reached as of yet, said sources. The
phase one of the project is yet to be completed. It consists of 41 km of peripheral road connecting NH 7 - Hosur Road to NH 4 - Tumkur Road, 9.1 km of link road and 12 km of expressway connecting the first township – The Corporate Center near Bidadi.

"The discussions are still on and there is no deal yet. There is the possibility of a deal being agreed upon in the next two to three weeks, if talks stay on track," said one source who did not wish to be identified. A company official confirmed discussion with financial
investors like JP Morgan, but cautioned that there was no definitive deal in place.

When contacted, a NICE spokesperson declined to comment.

While the valuation of the project is being played up due to the real estate component, any private equity investment would come on the basis of the highway, said one source. Also, the value of the real estate would only kick when the projects are developed. Another point
to note is that most of the realty project is located in an area called Bidadi, where realty valuations cannot be compared to Bangalore.

NICE, which has been dogged by political controversies and legal battles, is a multibillion dollar infrastructure corridor in the making, with the first phase alone involving 7000-odd acres. The valuation of the project has soared with real estate valuations around the corridor sky-rocketing. The BSE-listed BF Utilities Ltd holds 75% stake in the project, while Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) holds the remaining stake, according to media reports in the past.

Interestingly, BF Utilities counter has witnessed heightened activity in recent weeks. VCCircle learns that at least two Mumbai-based brokerage firms have been actively peddling the stock on the back of a potential transaction at NICE. The share price of BF Utilities closed at Rs 892 today, down by 2.12%. The stock rallied from Rs 708 to Rs 1053 in the latter half of July before slipping to the current 900 level.

The project is expected to have five new township projects on the expressway and NICE also carries rights to supply, water, power, telecommunication services, among others. The project is also expected to have a corporate, commercial, industrial clusters alongside the tollway.

The project is expected to consist of four components - a 9.1 km stretch connecting Bangalore to the peripheral road, a 41 km peripheral road connecting Bangalore to Hosur road (NH-7) and Tumkur, road (NH-4), a 111 km expressway between Bangalore and Mysore and a 3 km elevated road at Bangalore side.

The road sector has been increasingly attracting the attention of private equity players. India may require $1.7 trillion in the decade starting 2010 to meet infrastructure demand and keep pace with economic growth and urbanisation, said a report by Goldman Sachs. Of this, power and roads alone may require upwards of $700 billion.

In a recent large deal, private equity major Actis formed a $200 million joint venture with Tata Realty & Infrastructure to develop roads and highways. The government is also in discussions with Singapore state investor Temasek to set up a $2 billion road fund, said a report in Wall Street Journal last month.


Source (http://www.vccircle.com/500/news/bangalore-mysore-nice-corridor-close-to-a-pe-milestone)

Any idea where the alignment of the BMIC comes in Mysore? Has any work progressed in the area ???

Deve Gowda and his imbecile sons must be exterminated using a "FLIT Pump." Wish NICE gets the contract to complete the whole highway system in the state.

Great Idea!! I'll pay (a LOT - am DEAD serious) to anyone who can blacken Deve Gowda's face!! I'm too far to do it (US) and would love to see this HATED nanny-goat be slimed and am willing to do the monetary part of encouragement!

The entire country cheered when the Ram Sene's face was blackened!! The PLANET will cheer if the same is done to Deve Gowda!!

Sorry for the extreme ranting. I HATE, LOATHE and DESPISE Deve Gowda and his crazy family!! The sheer amount of damage he has done to Karnataka and Indeed India as a whole - the sleeping PM, the impotent who couldn't define any policies and the immature politician who used "B*****y BA***T" openly in public, not to mention the laggard Chief Minister and backseat driver who prevents ALL development and being a person unbecoming of someone who has been a PM!!

I would do ANYTHING to see him shamed and removed from Indian politics!!:bash:

You must all praise Mr Ashok Kheny,who has been winning every case which devegowda files in the courts.I admire him a lot :)

You must all praise Mr Ashok Kheny,who has been winning every case which devegowda files in the courts.I admire him a lot :)
I admire his determination, grit and courage.
I hope he completes BMIC soon, and goes on with his Bangalore Bidar project too.

Back on topic.
There are three, entry/exit points on Link Road, currently in existence.
One is the Peacock Bridge at Hosakerehalli, the other is at Cloverleaf.
There is another set of Toll booths located at BSK 6th Stage near the Turahalli forest on Varjahalli road.

Here is a link to it on GMaps. http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=India&ll=12.883684,77.503459&spn=0.005794,0.01236&t=k&z=17

Mumbai-Pune is a concreted one, but this one is asphalted. Its good but comparatively not as good as MPE.

Asphalt is better than concrete for driving isn't it? I thought in terms of smoothness and grip?

For eg., NE1 is a far better drive than MPE.. I would expect the same (or even better based on pics posted so far) from NICE..

Concrete's main advantage over asphalt is its durability from what I know..

Asphalt is better than concrete for driving isn't it? I thought in terms of smoothness and grip?

For eg., NE1 is a far better drive than MPE.. I would expect the same (or even better based on pics posted so far) from NICE..

Concrete's main advantage over asphalt is its durability from what I know..
Concrete advantage is mainly the abilty to withstand hydraulic pressure.
Besides, if MPEW was asphalt, they'd have to lay a fresh one every month. The rains there are the main reason why the expressway and Bombay city has concrete roads.
Further reading:
http://commerce.nic.in/pressrelease/pressrelease_detail.asp?id=2263

www.todaysconcretetechnology.com/the-benefits-of-concrete-roads.html (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/www.todaysconcretetechnology.com/the-benefits-of-concrete-roads.htm)

Just read this:

http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00062/TH11_GOWDA_62258f.jpg
The guy in brown vest is so scared of Gowda's hand, he has tightly covered his package with both hands. It looks like he is yelling in his head, "Watch your hand Dev".

ROFLMFAO

NICE wins round in court (http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/24/stories/2010112461360400.htm)

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) on Tuesday won a crucial battle in the Karnataka High Court when several petitions challenging the land acquisition for the contentious Bangalore-Mysore Expressway project at Konena Agrahara and Dodda Thegur were dismissed.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice A.S. Bopanna dismissed petitions by Nirmala D. and several others challenging the acquisition of their land in Survey No. 76 and five other survey numbers by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) for the expressway.

The petitioners said a single judge had failed to appreciate their contention that NICE had acquired more land than required for the project. They claimed that land not originally in the proposed plan for the expressway was acquired. Alleging that NICE did not require their land for the project, they accused the KIADB had gone ahead with the notification for acquisition.

Opposing the petitions, NICE said a single judge had given a considered order on the issue and that this one as well as several other aspects of the project had already been settled by both the High Court and the Supreme Court. It said the petitions were being filed deliberately only to delay completion of the project. The Bench rejected the appeals, noting that all the contentions raised by the appellants had been examined and dismissed earlier.

^^ Kheny, might end up in the record books for winning the most number of cases in court to execute a project :) :ohno: :bash:

^^ Kheny, might end up in the record books for winning the most number of cases in court to execute a project

Ashok kheny rocks!!! I like his hair style :)

Kheny brother,
Now kindly finish the project mysore -bangalore on time boss. One more request give good compenstion or make them partner in your project. they will appriciate and will give you land.

Last request kindly make monthly pass for all roads specially electronic city. we can't pay high price. we supported you all the time in your battle.

Regards,

Kheny not only perserved (kudos to him) in the legal tangle but his work is even more impressive. look at this..
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3184/nr07.jpg
Nice wide lanes, with pull of areas to the side, the third lane for merging traffic, clearly marked lane paths and edge. Wonderful landscaping and drainage. Compare this to the NH highways, golden quad included, are very poorly designed with no thought to any of the above points. I wish all Indian highways conformed to the way Kheny built NICE.

NICE Bangalore

cc Vikas_k_bhat (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikas_k_bhat/5194777918/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

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Another Image by the same author

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Kheny not only perserved (kudos to him) in the legal tangle but his work is even more impressive. look at this..
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3184/nr07.jpg
Nice wide lanes, with pull of areas to the side, the third lane for merging traffic, clearly marked lane paths and edge. Wonderful landscaping and drainage. Compare this to the NH highways, golden quad included, are very poorly designed with no thought to any of the above points. I wish all Indian highways conformed to the way Kheny built NICE.

This has a major FAIL written all over it. The is what happens when the contractor doesn't have experience in building highways. Those right angle entry and exit "ramps" would be future death traps, once the traffic picks up on that road...:nuts:

*sigh* :ohno:

Exactly. I wonder if the contractors have even driven on a real expressway before. What on earth were they thinking, those idiots.

This has a major FAIL written all over it. The is what happens when the contractor doesn't have experience in building highways. Those right angle entry and exit "ramps" would be future death traps, once the traffic picks up on that road...:nuts:

*sigh* :ohno:

+1..
The angle of exit/entry is nearly 90 degrees. Also there are two lanes for entry onto the hiway, but only one merging lane. The second entry lane joins the hiway immediately. Also there are no shoulders on the exit. For a vehicle exiting by taking such a sharp turn at high speeds would end up in the barriers on the side.

This is part of the Link road. What you people didnt observe is this is the end/start of the road. Technically you all are correct, but practically this stretch hardly get used. You can observe in the below pics, people taking a evening walk :)



http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3016/img3706.jpg

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/79/img3705a.jpg

This is part of the Link road. What you people didnt observe is this is the end/start of the road. Technically you all are correct, but practically this stretch hardly get used. You can observe in the below pics, people taking a evening walk :)

Whether the road gets heavily used or not, is besides the point. The road is badly designed and clearly shows inexperience on contractors part.

If this road really doesn't get used much, then they wasted a lot of money on building a highway for evening walkers. They could've used money/resources on higher traffic roads.

Anyway, hopefully this contractor doesn't get hired to do any major national highways or expressways. :nuts:

I agree with the comments above, the exit ramps are one colossal FAIL. Which Idiot designed it? Usually, the exit speed on ramps should be 50-55% of speed on the expressway. In some parts of the U.S, exit speed is 45mph and in som other parts it is 35mph. Even if we take the speed limit on NICE road to be 80 kmph, exit speed should be about 35-40 Kmph. If you take exit at 35-40 kmph on these exits, you are sure to crash into the wall.

The reason they did this IMO to save cost on land acquisitions, long exits require more land obviously.

And which idiot put 2 lanes in the exit lane? :wtf: as you can see one lane is from exit lane and the other lane is from the expressway:nuts:

Kheny has money but the people working for him are idiots:lol: I had not observed this before, we can expect several fatalities on this section because of very very poor highway design. :badnews:

This has a major FAIL written all over it. The is what happens when the contractor doesn't have experience in building highways. Those right angle entry and exit "ramps" would be future death traps, once the traffic picks up on that road...:nuts:

*sigh* :ohno:

just look at the angles of the entry/exit ramps :nuts:

Kheny not only perserved (kudos to him) in the legal tangle but his work is even more impressive. look at this..
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3184/nr07.jpg
Nice wide lanes, with pull of areas to the side, the third lane for merging traffic, clearly marked lane paths and edge. Wonderful landscaping and drainage. Compare this to the NH highways, golden quad included, are very poorly designed with no thought to any of the above points. I wish all Indian highways conformed to the way Kheny built NICE.

You call this one well designed :nuts:

^^ Yeah it looks like a car has to gyro-drift (with smoking tires, et al) into the exits.

he he... Kheny designed the road for stunt artists. Only people like Jackie chan can take that exit. For everyone else, it is entry to hell.

Freeway driving isnt a joke. Inexperienced, enthusiastic, teen age drivers or drunker drivers will be victims.

I am afraid few accidents might happen and after few media coverage, they announce the area as 'Accident Prone' zone and a speed breaker may come to prevent accidents..

he he... Kheny designed the road for stunt artists. Only people like Jackie chan can take that exit. For everyone else, it is entry to hell.

Freeway driving isnt a joke. Inexperienced, enthusiastic, teen age drivers or drunker drivers will be victims.

I am afraid few accidents might happen and after few media coverage, they announce the area as 'Accident Prone' zone and a speed breaker may come to prevent accidents..
Haha, spot on! Wow, we are so behind on expressways...China and even Pakistan have a) more kms of expressways and b) properly designed ones with acceleration/deceleration lanes, etc. I'm so tired of these semi-literate contractors who are a complete embarrassment to the whole country:bash:

If this road really doesn't get used much, then they wasted a lot of money on building a highway for evening walkers. They could've used money/resources on higher traffic
exactly

Okay, I agree, the exits are piss poor. The only saving grace is that it has a dedicated extra lane. But I think these can be fixed eventually. Don't know whether there were land acquisition problems, what with so many court cases and clowns like Dev Gowda impeding any progress. I see some of the abutting land with clothes hanging and houses. Most of the exits on national freeways is a terrible joke. High speed travel is an after thought. The Golden Quad is pathetic. They don't have pull of lanes, the lane widths are puny. Right in the middle are about-turn lanes and so on. You get the drift. None of them match international high speed freeway travel norms.

This is part of the Link road. What you people didnt observe is this is the end/start of the road. Technically you all are correct, but practically this stretch hardly get used. You can observe in the below pics, people taking a evening walk :)



http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3016/img3706.jpg


is that peacock bridge near PES college on ring road? never been that side lately. is it full cloverleaf interchange?

Yes its the Peacock bridge.

Its not a full clover... its a 3/4 th Clover.

Here it is on Google mapshttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bangalore&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.184175,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bengaluru,+Karnataka+560001,+India&ll=12.940306,77.532642&spn=0.002949,0.006866&t=h&z=18

Okay, I agree, the exits are piss poor. The only saving grace is that it has a dedicated extra lane. But I think these can be fixed eventually. Don't know whether there were land acquisition problems, what with so many court cases and clowns like Dev Gowda impeding any progress. I see some of the abutting land with clothes hanging and houses. Most of the exits on national freeways is a terrible joke. High speed travel is an after thought. The Golden Quad is pathetic. They don't have pull of lanes, the lane widths are puny. Right in the middle are about-turn lanes and so on. You get the drift. None of them match international high speed freeway travel norms.

Don't want to deviate from the topic in this thread but...
The Golden Quad roads are not expressways/freeways but just highways so they can have signals and turn lanes. They don't need to match expressways standards. The lane widths can fit a 18 wheeler without affecting the neighboring lane, so I don't think they are puny. NHAI is planning to have a separate expressway network in addition to the existing highways.

Yes its the Peacock bridge.

Its not a full clover... its a 3/4 th Clover.

Here it is on Google mapshttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bangalore&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.184175,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bengaluru,+Karnataka+560001,+India&ll=12.940306,77.532642&spn=0.002949,0.006866&t=h&z=18

4th clover not required as nobody who came to nice road from mysore road would like to go to mysore road again..

28 Dec, 2010, 05.16AM IST, Sobia Khan,ET Bureau

Nandi Expressway to tap market with 2,000-cr IPO

BANGALORE: Nandi Economic Corridor Enterprises, the controversy-ridden expressway project executioner connecting Bangaluru and Mysore, plans to raise . 2,000 crore through an initial public offer (IPO) that could value it at more than $1.5 billion.

The board of directors would soon finalise on how much stake to sell to public, said a person familiar with the development. The mandate to arrange the share sale may be give in the first quarter of 2011, which Enam Securities and SBI Capital Markets are bidding for, the person said.

Airro Holding V Mauritius, a fund owned by JPMorgan had brought an 8% stake in the project for . 500 crore, valuing it at Rs 6,250 crore. A company spokesperson declined comment.

BN Kalyani, chairman of the $2.4-billion Kalyani Group and Ashok Kheny hold a 77% stake in the company founded mainly by BF Utilities . Anil Ambani has a 15% stake, Indus Fund and New India Insurance 6% and 2%, respectively. The IPO proceeds will part-finance the construction of a 99-km expressway between Bangalore and Mysore , three township projects and a 400-mw power project. Nandi Economic Corridor Enterprises intends to sell land in plots instead of developing the whole parcel of land and in lieu of this, it expects to generate significant profits from the same in the near future.

“The viability of the project depends on the development of real estate to a great extent,” according to a report from rating agency CARE. The Bangalore-Mysore corridor involves construction of 7,000 acres in the first phase alone. The project consists of four components — a 9.1-km stretch connecting Bangalore to the peripheral road, a 41-km peripheral road connecting Bangalore to Hosur, Tumkur road, a 111-km expressway between Bangaluru and Mysore and a 3-km elevated road near Bangaluru.

Of this, 55 km of peripheral road have been completed. Of the 9-km link road, 8.5 km is completed and out of the 12 km of expressway , 5 km has been built. NICE has invested . 2,000 crore in the construction of the corridor which may cut travel time between the two cities by half.

ET (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/rights-issues/nandi-expressway-to-tap-market-with-2000-cr-ipo/articleshow/7175759.cms)

BMIC-clover leaf old pic :)

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9766/7320516.jpg

cc mastermanjunath on pano

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7320516

looks great

In BMIC website, they talk about an elevated link road of 3 Kms., to connect to city center(Am guessing to chord road junction). But in an earlier post, someone mentioned only 450mts left to be completed. So, is the elevated road not being done now? Can someone shed some light on this please?

I don't think that the elevated stretch would be built.

Check this link, after the 3/4 Clover leaf , there is a patch of road being built on grade level and not elevated. And I doubt even that getting completed.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=&geocode=&hl=en&mra=mr&dirflg=w&doflg=ptk&sll=12.946261,77.53968&sspn=0.011794,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=12.943961,77.539487&spn=0.011795,0.027466&t=h&z=16


OT : What a lame website they have :bash::bash:

I don't think that the elevated stretch would be built.

Check this link, after the 3/4 Clover leaf , there is a patch of road being built on grade level and not elevated. And I doubt even that getting completed.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=&geocode=&hl=en&mra=mr&dirflg=w&doflg=ptk&sll=12.946261,77.53968&sspn=0.011794,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=12.943961,77.539487&spn=0.011795,0.027466&t=h&z=16


OT : What a lame website they have :bash::bash:

Yeah. I know. I use this road regularly to reach Banashakari on my way back from Mysore. It is called the Link road.. It goes under the ORR near PESIT college and continues further. But I was wondering how and why they made it at grade when the original plan as per their own website was an elevated road. Strange. An elevated road probably landing on chord road with a bridge over mysore road would have been very good. There is a lot of traffic from the Chord road coming in to the Mysore road which could use this road to go straight out of city with no signals at all. That would have reduced the pressure on Mysore road a little more.

SC fiat to Karnataka on Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project
New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI)

The Supreme Court today directed Karnataka government to ensure implementation of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) which envisages creation of five satellite townships by a private developer at a cost of over Rs 2,500 crore.

Besides creating huge infrastructural facilities, the corridor would reduce the travel time between Bangalore and Mysore to 90 minutes as against the existing four hours by road.
The apex court said the project shall be implemented within the "framework of agreement" signed by the state government with the developer Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE).

A three-judge special bench of justices V S Sirpurkar, R M Lodha and T S Thakur in an order also asked the Karnataka High Court to club the 80-odd cases challenging the acqusition of private land pending before different benches before a division bench and dispose it off within four months.

The apex court also recorded the undertaking given by senior Counsel Dushayant Dave on behalf of NICE that the company will not demand an inch more than 20,193 acres of land originally alloted to it under the agreement.The Bench said the state government should implement the project strictly in true letter and spirit of the Framework Agreement.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/130243/sc-fiat-karnataka-bangalore-mysore.html)

Finally some good news on this project. This project was taking forever and forever and never getting completed. So many hurldes . Some created by JD-S thugs like HDD and HDK.

The only problem with this project now, is the abnormally high toll rates.
They should justify it by atleast extending the Road to Bidadi or Ramanagara.

SC removes NICE project roadblock (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/134182/bmic-project-sc-imposes-rs.html)



The Supreme Court Wednesday slapped an exemplary cost of Rs.10 lakh on an appellant for filing a frivolous litigation aimed at frustrating attempts to acquire his land for the Bangalore-Mysore road project.The litigant was penalised for embarking upon a second round of litigation on an issue identical to the earlier phase of court hearing. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly said the cost of Rs.10 lakh will be paid by appellant M. Nagabhushan to the Karnataka High Court Legal Services Society within a period of six weeks. In case of default in payment, the apex court said the amount will be recovered from the appellant as arrears of land revenue. Nagabhushan resorted to the second round of litigation after he failed in the apex court in his first appeal challenging the acquisition of his land for the 111-km four-lane Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP).

The “second round of litigation is misconceived inasmuch as the acquisition proceedings were upheld right up to this (apex court) court,” the court said, holding that it was an “attempt to litigate again”. Speaking for the bench, Justice Ganguly described the second round of litigation as “an instance of abuse of the process of court”. “It is obvious that such a litigative adventure by the present appellant is clearly against the principles of Res Judicata as well as the principles of Constructive Res Judicata and principles analogous thereto," the judgment read. The doctrine of Res Judicata implies that after an issue is raised before a competent court and a judgment is delivered, the verdict should be considered as final. While dismissing the appeal with exemplary costs, the court directed the Karnataka government to complete the project as early as possible.

Shares of BF Utilities rallied anew after media reports suggested that the Supreme Court has given a green light for the acquisition of land in Bangalore for the NICE (Nandi infrastructure Corridor Enterprise) project. BF Utilities holds a majority stake in NICE.


The stock is currently trading at Rs 882.80, up Rs 37.20 or 4.40%. The stock touched intra day high of Rs 931 and intra day low of Rs 870.


The Supreme Court has reportedly approved land acquisition for the Rs 40bn Bangalore-Mysore expressway project by the Karnataka state government.


source (http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/BF-Utilities-rises-as-NICE-project-gets-SC-nod/5073714800)

SC removes NICE project roadblock (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/134182/bmic-project-sc-imposes-rs.html)

This litigant was a pain. In his favor, I hope he gets compensated of the loss of his land, but to approach the Supreme Court AGAIN, AFTER a verdict has been pronounced against him, was foolish.
What was he thinking? I mean, if for EVERY judgement, the person against whom the judgement was passed goes on and tries to reopen the cases in the highest court, would ANY case ever get resolved?

His stupidity costed him more - now he has to pay 10 lakhs on top of whatever he lost!!

I had a look at the incomplete Bannerghatta Road junction a while back. Plenty of toll evaders there .... Will post a few pics soon ..

The only problem with this project now, is the abnormally high toll rates.
They should justify it by atleast extending the Road to Bidadi or Ramanagara.

how can high toll rates be justfied by extending it to bidadi etc?

Attempt to revive the thread...
The problem with the farmers rejection of the compensation is the governments fault.
The price they were being given is what was decided five-six years ago, when it was a good deal.
But, the govt.s delay and the fact that the project itself created hype thus hiking land prices in the area is a key factor in the slow movement of this project.

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3184/nr07.jpg

Why are people cribbing about the turning here?
http://www.google.com/maps?ll=12.947401,77.525496&spn=0.008051,0.013733&t=k&z=17

Why are people cribbing about the turning here?
http://www.google.com/maps?ll=12.947401,77.525496&spn=0.008051,0.013733&t=k&z=17

whats your point? I dont understand the image of the google earth...

exits and entrances are terribly planned...and speed limits should be no more than 45kmph on that highway with 90 degree turns. But like someone else mentioned, that people are using the 4lane road for for evening walks, so no harm done. :nuts:

Are the completed portions (the outer ring road) in use now?

whats your point? I dont understand the image of the google earth...

exits and entrances are terribly planned...and speed limits should be no more than 45kmph on that highway with 90 degree turns. But like someone else mentioned, that people are using the 4lane road for for evening walks, so no harm done. :nuts:

The entry and exits connect to the outer ring road. Its not an highway. Its not designed for high speed. So 45 KMPH design is ideal.
Yeah the lane markings are screwed up though.

The earlier link isnt showing the location , check this.
http://www.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=12.940186,77.532508&spn=0.002949,0.006866&z=18

whats your point? I dont understand the image of the google earth...

exits and entrances are terribly planned...and speed limits should be no more than 45kmph on that highway with 90 degree turns. But like someone else mentioned, that people are using the 4lane road for for evening walks, so no harm done. :nuts:
See the map. Your geometry must be weak. THAT is NOT a 90 degree turn.

The same thing was said about the BETL too..

^^ But thats a very sharp turn for a speedway like this! Would have been good if they started a branch off point earlier somewhere.

:doh:
It connects to an arterial road.[Outer Ring Road]. Vehicles have to slow down before connecting to ORR.

^^ But thats a very sharp turn for a speedway like this! Would have been good if they started a branch off point earlier somewhere.
It isn't all that SHARP.
You want a sharp curve, see the Magadi road junction ..
http://www.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=India&ll=12.990241,77.473049&spn=0.002864,0.00618&z=18

It connects to an arterial road.[Outer Ring Road]. Vehicles have to slow down before connecting to ORR.

Exactly, you are exiting an expressway. You need to slow down.

The entry and exits connect to the outer ring road. Its not an highway. Its not designed for high speed. So 45 KMPH design is ideal.
Yeah the lane markings are screwed up though.

The earlier link isnt showing the location , check this.
http://www.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=12.940186,77.532508&spn=0.002949,0.006866&z=18

:doh:
It connects to an arterial road.[Outer Ring Road]. Vehicles have to slow down before connecting to ORR.

Are these images being discussed, of the branch-off to ORR near PESIT then? I thought those were part of the clover-leaf.

Are these images being discussed, of the branch-off to ORR near PESIT then? I thought those were part of the clover-leaf.
NO.
The BMIC semi-cloverleaf with ORR.

Hi,

Any idea about status on NICE road towards Bidadi ?. Only few Kms have been done after clover leaf junction. Where will be the exit junction at Bidadi ?.

Thanks

Hi,

Any idea about status on NICE road towards Bidadi ?. Only few Kms have been done after clover leaf junction. Where will be the exit junction at Bidadi ?.

Thanks
The road ends abruptly a while after Cloverleaf. Maybe an inch longer than what Google Maps currently shows. [Note: AN inch, NOT to scale : ) ]

The issue came up before High Court a few months back. We can expect a judgement by around June. Ask SBC-YPR, he knows more about this issue.
AFAIK, the Bidadi problem is that the local guys want the township plan scrapped due to inadequate compensation.

Recently I was going from West of cord road to ORR(PESET Junction) via small road which starts at MR-WCR junction (via srinagar main road). I saw NICE road getting completed from Peacock bridge to mysore road.

I saw tared road there. Any body knows the updates

Recently I was going from West of cord road to ORR(PESET Junction) via small road which starts at MR-WCR junction (via srinagar main road). I saw NICE road getting completed from Peacock bridge to mysore road.

I saw tared road there. Any body knows the updates
Kadri, or nandan posted updates of that stretch recently. I think in the Ring Roads/flyovers-underpasses thread.

Bangalore: NICE Land Acquisition Prices Increased by 40 Times
(http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=101152&n_tit=Bangalore%3A+NICE+Land+Acquisition+Prices+Increased+by+40+Times)
From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore

Bangalore, May 5: In a bid to smoothen the process of land acquisition for the controversial Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project being implemented by the Ashok Kheny’s Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) Ltd and also to weaken JD(S) Supremo H D Deve Gowda’s hold over the Vokkaliga community, which is predominant in the Old Mysore region, the B S Yeddyurappa regime has decided to offer a huge and manifold increase in the rates of compensation to the farmers.

As per the decision taken by the State Cabinet at a meeting presided over by the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in Bangalore on Thursday, the State Government would now be offering a substantially high special rate compensation ranging from Rs 40 lakh to Rs 41 lakh per acre to 1916 acres in the three villages of Gonipura and Thippur located on the outskirts of Kengeri in Bangalore South taluk and Shigehalli village as against the paltry sum of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh paid in 1998, which of course was substantially high at the time.

The Yeddyurappa regime, which has sought to blunt the campaign of Deve Gowda and his son and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, who have been waging a relentless battle against the BJP Government by espousing the cause of the farmers in the Vokkaliga dominated Bangalore Urban and Rural districts as well as Ramanagaram and Mysore districts, by deciding to pay almost 40 times more compensation taking shelter under the Supreme Court’s veiled attack for not having the courage to acquire the land merely because of the opposition from farmers.

''The Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure project is an important expressway which has been inordinately delayed. It was initiated during 1994-96 when Deve Gowda was the Chief Minister. Unfortunately, the project has been bogged down and delayed due to controversies even though several chief ministers have come and gone. It is mired in litigation from High Court to Supreme Court," explained the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is also the Urban Development Minister.

The land in Gonipura and Thippur villages located on the outskirts of Kengeri in Bangalore South Taluk was acquired in 1998 by the NICE for the BMIC project at the rate of Rs 1.5 lakh per acre and in Shigehalli at Rs 1 lakh per acre.

Addressing presspersons after the Cabinet meeting, Suresh Kumar said that the Cabinet approved a special rate based on the recommendations of an advisory committee on land compensation fixation headed by the Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner.

While farmers in Gonipura and Thippur whose land had been acquired would now get Rs 41 lakh per acre, those in Shigehalli would get Rs 40 lakh per acre. The NICE would pay compensation to farmers.

For lands less than a acre acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), farmers would get a 30x40 sqft site in the developed area and those above that would be given 40x60 sq.ft. site, the Minister said.

The Cabinet’s decision was apparently aimed at curbing the campaign launched by the JD(S) which had accused the NICE of acquiring land in excess and raw deal for farmers.


15,000 kms of roads to be developed

The State Cabinet also decided to develop 15,000 kms of main roads in the State at a cost of Rs 13,363 crore in the next two years.

While Karnataka’s share is around Rs 8,000 crore and the remaining would be funded by the Union government.

Suresh Kumar said district-to-district, district-to-taluk and taluk-to-taluk roads would be given priority in development, widening, strengthening and upgradation of these 15,000 kms of national highway, state highway and rural roads. Of these, toll would be imposed in respect of 1,428 kms of roads.

The State would raise Rs 2,400 crore from private sources, while Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited, which would execute the project, would generate funds of Rs 2,000 crore, the minister said.

He said an empowered committee had been formed under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to identify the roads, works to be taken up and monitor the progress every month.

The State Cabinet had given administrative sanction for development of the 27-km Sandur-Hospet road at a cost of Rs 96 crore, and 46.65 km Kudligi-Sandur-Toranagal road, both in Bellary region, at a cost of Rs 140 crore. Toll would be imposed on these roads, he said.

There we go again.. Toll ... In spite of being funded by someone else.

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2011/06/15/20110615aC004100006.jpg

^^ Interesting.
However, a court case in Feb/March stated that GoK had all documents.

Please NOTE: Pictures were taken in January 2011, however when I checked today, ti was in the same state, not a single road had been moved [ or so I think], so posting these. They're long overdue ...
Refer to this map for an overview:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=India&ll=12.850601,77.586125&spn=0.006485,0.01236&t=k&z=17

Troll post alert.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/5836420308_038f433349_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5836420308/)
Toolbooth (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5836420308/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
The tollbooth towards Tumkur Road.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5021/5835869937_825c606b00_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835869937/)
Tollbooth from above (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835869937/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
Tollbooth from above ...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2654/5835869703_3cd740c400_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835869703/)
Close up of the Tollbooth (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835869703/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
Close up of the Tollbooth

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/5835870153_61e55d2474_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835870153/)
The current entry point... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835870153/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
This is the current entry point and exit point to and from Tumkur Road ...


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/5835870449_4263c6da77_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835870449/)
Between the incomplete Flyover and the current entry point... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835870449/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
This is the current entry point and exit point to and from Tumkur Road ...The road on this side of the barricade leads to the incomplete flyover and is shut...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/5836420498_335cc9ddf4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5836420498/)
The expressway progressing towards Bannerghatta Road ... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5836420498/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
The six lane expressway from the Tollbooth toward Bannerghatta Road.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5835870605_c97e5e088f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835870605/)
The expressway progressing towards Bannerghatta Road ... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835870605/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
The six lane expressway from the Tollbooth toward Bannerghatta Road.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/5835869259_033a890a18_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835869259/)
Freshly laid stretch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835869259/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
This stretch was freshly laid at the time of this photograph.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3467/5836418472_0139379c95_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5836418472/)
Tapering to the bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5836418472/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
The six laned road becomes four laned as it approaches the bridge ...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3551/5835871177_76d138b8e5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835871177/)
The Second ramp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835871177/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
This is the second Ramp on the Western side. This is meant for traffic from Electronics City towards Arekere and Bannerghatta to Nelamangala. This ramp needs an entire residential layout to be moved out.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/5835870955_f44b6fa3a0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835870955/)
Entry to the Tollbooth (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835870955/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
Entry to the Tollbooth from Bannerghatta Road, from both North and South towards Tumkur Road.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/5835868991_61cf64b450_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835868991/)
Overlooking Bannerghatta Road (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/5835868991/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
Overlooking Bannerghatta Road. The truck is on a road which leads to a Village further down south.

Thankees ...

HC clears road for NICE, disposes of 75 cases

June 15: It was a nice day for Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) as the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday cleared nearly 75 cases on directions from the Supreme Court. The high court disposed of and dismissed a chunk of appeals and petitions by several land owners who had challenged the acquisition of their lands for the BMIC and other projects taken up by NICE.

The high court disposed of most of the 75 cases filed by land owners either against acquisition of their land or seeking more compensation. In a few cases, status quo has been ordered till special leave petitions before the Supreme Court are disposed of. Brief orders were read out by a division bench comprising Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice H Billapppa. “The project cannot be stopped or stalled for challenging acquisition or seeking an increase in compensation by the landlord,” the court observed. While most petitions were challenging the land acquisition, one petitioner wanted his land to be acquired for the project. He was upset that while his neighbour’s land was acquired and compensation given, his was not even considered for acquisition.

NICE also won cases it had filed. Seven acres of land that was denotified by the State Government in 2004 in Kodigehalli was quashed. The NHAI petition to re-acquire the land allotted to NICE on NH4, where a truck terminus and International Exhibition Centre has come up, was dismissed.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/hc-clears-road-nice-disposes-75-cases-648

What about the land dispute at Gottigere?
I mean, how long before the update I posted becomes obsolete?

HC clears road for NICE, disposes of 75 cases

June 15: It was a nice day for Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) as the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday cleared nearly 75 cases on directions from the Supreme Court. The high court disposed of and dismissed a chunk of appeals and petitions by several land owners who had challenged the acquisition of their lands for the BMIC and other projects taken up by NICE.

The high court disposed of most of the 75 cases filed by land owners either against acquisition of their land or seeking more compensation. In a few cases, status quo has been ordered till special leave petitions before the Supreme Court are disposed of. Brief orders were read out by a division bench comprising Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice H Billapppa. “The project cannot be stopped or stalled for challenging acquisition or seeking an increase in compensation by the landlord,” the court observed. While most petitions were challenging the land acquisition, one petitioner wanted his land to be acquired for the project. He was upset that while his neighbour’s land was acquired and compensation given, his was not even considered for acquisition.

NICE also won cases it had filed. Seven acres of land that was denotified by the State Government in 2004 in Kodigehalli was quashed. The NHAI petition to re-acquire the land allotted to NICE on NH4, where a truck terminus and International Exhibition Centre has come up, was dismissed.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/hc-clears-road-nice-disposes-75-cases-648

Wasn't there a report 5-6 months ago when SC had cleared all hurdles for BMIC? I remember a very frustrated Deve Gowda's reaction - Or was that clearance for NICE?

Wasn't there a report 5-6 months ago when SC had cleared all hurdles for BMIC? I remember a very frustrated Deve Gowda's reaction - Or was that clearance for NICE?
BMIC and NICE are related. NICE is the company implementing the BMIC.

BMIC and NICE are related. NICE is the company implementing the BMIC.

Yep - BMIC is a subset of NICE. I was referring to SC's verdict - it gave an all clear 3 months ago - so whats with this latest all clear announcement?

Yep - BMIC is a subset of NICE. I was referring to SC's verdict - it gave an all clear 3 months ago - so whats with this latest all clear announcement?
I thought the SC referred everything to HC?
MY friend who attended the court hearings tells me that the final verdict was to be out in June and the one in March was given a stay.

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2011/06/18/20110618aB002100009.jpg

^^ Great, looks like we all have to get stuck at Silk Board to go to work ...
HDD and HDK ki toh ...

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2011/06/19/20110619y_002100002.jpg

If they stage a raasta roko, people should throw them ...

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2011/06/20/20110620a_003100003.jpg

KRRS - whenever I hear about this organization - its about some damning thing or the other - remember how these jackasses raided the KFC outlet in Bangalore in the 90s?

I also saw Medha Patkar's name in this again -that dame is everywhere butting in all development projects!!!

KRRS - whenever I hear about this organization - its about some damning thing or the other - remember how these jackasses raided the KFC outlet in Bangalore in the 90s?

I also saw Medha Patkar's name in this again -that dame is everywhere butting in all development projects!!!
Interesting things these People do.
Are they doing it for a cause or for publicity?

Does Kheny have any Political backing? Or backing from any industrialist? Tata, Birla, Ambani types?

Interesting things these People do.
Are they doing it for a cause or for publicity?

Does Kheny have any Political backing? Or backing from any industrialist? Tata, Birla, Ambani types?

Not sure - I wouldn't be surprised to see Deve Gowda's dipping his paws in the organization. Any anti-development effort and usually names like Medha Patkar, Deve Gowda start coming on the radar!!

Not sure - I wouldn't be surprised to see Deve Gowda's dipping his paws in the organization. Any anti-development effort and usually names like Medha Patkar, Deve Gowda start coming on the radar!!
Aah, yes but if you notice, the only big names against the NICE project are HDD, HDK and kin ...

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9086/32364225.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/32364225.jpg/)

now medha patkar to participate in agitation against BMIC

© Andolana Daily

^^ What now?
After Narmada bachao, is it Gotigere Kere bachao ???

I'm tracking her "progress"!! This is just a handful mind you!! Medha Patkar seems to be everywhere at the same time!! Really annoying when you profile these cases - looks like she's declared ALL OUT WAR on development projects!!

Naramada Bachao
Lavasa : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=72987517)
Atria Mall : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7395416&postcount=1421)
Golibar : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=68083579&postcount=20)
Hyderabad : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64710461&postcount=1142)
Jharkhand : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77065367&postcount=169)
BMIC : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=79979566&postcount=213)

BMIC: farmers to launch indefinite fast from June 30

Bangalore: Farmers affected by Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) Project will launch a fast, demanding that authorities return to the original owners over 1,000 acres acquired in excess of requirement. In a last-ditch effort, nine farmers, who include two women, will sit on an indefinite fast from June 30.

Addressing presspersons here earlier in the week, leaders of Farmer's Rights Organisations, including Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) executive president Kodihalli Chandrashekar and Dalit leader Indudhara Honnapura said apart from the nine, hundreds of other farmers will participate in the relay fast.

The angry farmers recently staged a rally to spread awareness on what they called “illegal” acquisition of land by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE). They are demanding that all excess land which does not fall into the ambit of original proposal for peripheral and link roads, drawn in 1997, must be returned to the farmers.

Ms. Sheela, one of the affected farmers, in choked voice, alleged that NICE's henchmen had threatened her with dire consequences and harassed her to part with her three acres. “My appeals to the Government to protect me from musclemen were fruitless and I am being victimised for raising my voice against oppression by a corporate giant,” she said.

No compensation

Seventy-year-old Basappa of Somapura said NICE had taken away his 36 acres and he had not received the compensation calculated by the company. He wants his land — his only source of income — back. “I will not budge under any pressure and fight for justice regardless of the effect the indefinite fast will have on me.”

The fast will commence in front of Town Hall on June 30, Mr. Kodihalli Chandrashekar said. He told The Hindu a preliminary inquiry by the Lokayukta into irregularities in the land acquisition for the controversial BMIC project revealed that at least 1,100 acres of private land around Bangalore had been acquired in excess in violation of the framework agreement.

Dodgy figures

The final scrutiny note also revealed that the verification of records suggests manipulation of figures by the officials regarding the land to be acquired and stamp duty exemption while allowing the developer to sell land in the five townships, he said.

©Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/29/stories/2011062962000900.htm)

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/7641/yo134.jpg (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=419068)

I'm tracking her "progress"!! This is just a handful mind you!! Medha Patkar seems to be everywhere at the same time!! Really annoying when you profile these cases - looks like she's declared ALL OUT WAR on development projects!!

Naramada Bachao
Lavasa : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=72987517)
Atria Mall : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7395416&postcount=1421)
Golibar : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=68083579&postcount=20)
Hyderabad : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64710461&postcount=1142)
Jharkhand : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77065367&postcount=169)
BMIC : Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=79979566&postcount=213)


She turned down the invitation to support farmers in Jaitapur. Apparently Ms Patkar maintains a very busy schedule. Her support for your agitation is available upon prior appointment only.

SC's fiat to Karnataka on Banglore-Mysore Corridor project
New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI)

Expressing concern over delay in execution of the jinxed multi-crore Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project(BMICP), the Supreme Court today asked Karnataka to explain within six weeks the reasons for non-compliance of its April 20, 2006, order.

The April 2006 order given the go-ahead for land acquisition for the project.
The apex court asked State Advocate General G N Harnahalli to file an affidavit explaining the obstacles being encountered by the state in allotting the required land to the developer Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE).

"The Advocate General would be clarifying in the affidavit as to what are the impediments felt by the state government in implementing the judgement of this court of April 20, 2006," said the bench which consisted of justices R M Lodha and T S Thakur.

It said "the state government in its affidavit shall also indicate steps taken by it to implement the judgement."

Directing the matter to be listed after six weeks, the apex court further said there would be no notification of any land until its further orders.

The apex court's direction came while hearing a contempt petition moved by NICE against the state government for not complying with the orders of the apex government.

In 2006, the apex court had upheld the judgement of the Karnataka High Court dismissing the petitions filed against the projects.

However, the Supreme Court and the High Court continued to be flooded with cases relating to land acquisition proceedings in alleged violation of the original framework agreement between the state government and the developer.

At the last hearing, the bench had remarked that the state government was in a state of "coma" as it had cited possible law and order problems in acquiring further land for the project originally envisaged in 1994.

Today, during the hour-long hearing, the bench agreed with the submissions made by senior advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for NICE, that same points and arguments are being raised again and again and time of the judicial system is wasted.

Dave said that as per the May 3, 2011, directives of the Supreme Court, the High Court had passed final orders on numerous cases related to land on June 15 after 22 days of continuous hearing and yet same points are again raised.

Agreeing with it, the bench said "Mr Dave is right that it is sheer wastage of the court's time. It is shameful".

Addressing the state government and NICE, the apex court said "you all are making the matter complicated by raising simple issues which can be easily decided".

The apex court also wanted to know from the state government and the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board the reasons, why NICE has not been alloted land in the section B and C of BMICP, which are not the subject matter of any dispute.

During the earlier hearing, the bench had remarked that the Yeddyurappa government was in a "state of coma" and has no business to be in power if it can't acquire land fearing law and order problems.

The apex court had made the scathing remarks while expressing surprise at the state government's stance that it was proceeding slow in acquiring private land for the multi-crore Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) "to avoid law and order problems."

"Why are you not acquiring the land? Where is the question of law and order problem? Then, don't rule the state if you are afraid. You can't survive if you are afraid," the bench had said.

BMICP envisages creation of five satellite townships by the a private developer at a cost of over Rs 2,500 crore which will reduce the travel time between the two cities to just 90 minutes.

However, formal execution of the project began in 2004 and is yet to see the light of the day owing to a plethora of cases in the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court challenging the land acquisition and rules allegedly violated to favour the company.

Though in 2006 the apex court had upheld the high court judgement dismissing the petitions filed against the projects, the two courts are again flooded with cases relating to land acquisition proceedings in violation of the original framework agreement between the government and the developer.

NICE, the company engaged in executing the project, had moved the Supreme Court by way of a contempt petition accusing the state of not taking interests in acquiring further land.

Under the original agreement in 2004, the company had been allotted 20,193 acres of land in the corridor region.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/178090/scs-fiat-karnataka-banglore-mysore.html)

Supreme Court: how can Gowda write letter on Nandi case judgment?

Plea to vacate stay on High Court order rejected

The Supreme Court has refused to vacate the stay on the Karnataka High Court order referring a letter by the former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, to the State Lokayukta for a probe.

The letter, addressed to the then Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran and other High Court judges, alleged fraud in implementation of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project. It was treated as a public interest litigation petition and the High Court ordered a Lokayukta probe.

Acting on two special leave petitions filed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) against the High Court's decision to treat Mr. Gowda's letter and a book, Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project — A case study in Fraud and Collusion to Defeat the Ends of Justice and Defraud Courts, as a PIL petition and referring it for a probe, the Supreme Court in February 2009 stayed the order.

In the SLPs, Mr. Gowda got himself impleaded and filed an application for vacating the stay. He said the Lokayukta, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, had the jurisdiction to probe the “fraud and collusion.”

During the resumed hearing on Tuesday, senior counsel Dushyant Dave, appearing for NICE, sought dismissal of Mr. Gowda's application. Senior counsel Anoop Chaudhry, however, wanted the stay lifted so that issues not covered under the Supreme Court judgment (in the Nandi case) could be probed by the Lokayukta. However, Justice Ganguly told counsel: “How can the Lokayukta go into these aspects which are covered by our judgment? The letter [by Mr. Gowda] deals with the Supreme Court judgment. How can anyone write such a letter?”

Justice Jain said: “At the moment it is not a case for vacation of stay.” The Bench dismissed the application, admitted the SLPs and ordered that the final hearing on them be expedited. The connected matters would be listed for hearing separately.

In the SLPs, Nandi said that writing a letter to judges on a pending matter was the worst form of contempt and political interference.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2390141.ece)

Victory :banana2:

Relax and enjoy this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U2TkpF_40E&playnext=1&list=PL83DDDB6A58B96831) :cheers:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6126979784_401cbbc5c1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brajeshwar/6126979784/)
Mysore Road shot from a bike at 60 km/hr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brajeshwar/6126979784/) by Brajeshwar (http://www.flickr.com/people/brajeshwar/), on Flickr

Gmaps has shown an update on Link Road. Mainly from Peacock bridge to Cloverleaf. Incomplete sections on either side look fairly good too.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6126979784_401cbbc5c1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brajeshwar/6126979784/)
Mysore Road shot from a bike at 60 km/hr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brajeshwar/6126979784/) by Brajeshwar (http://www.flickr.com/people/brajeshwar/), on Flickr

All our highways should look like this.

^^ There is a board at that point warning people about Leopards ...

^^ There is a board at that point warning people about Leopards ...

Wow, really? I've driven past dozens of times, never observed!!! I will slow down here and click a pic next time...

Sucks for the Purva residents though... :laugh:

There is Kumarans school on the left, Leopards have entered there. Maybe they wanna learn maths.
Back in Jan 2010, I took a strol on that road, ALONE in the afternoon.

Hey guys, over the past two days, I've noticed construction at the Western side of the Bannerghatta Road junction.
In December, I had seen girders arrive, now something is going on. I'll try and get some pictures today.

^^ Finally! Thank goodness. Waiting for the snaps. :cheers:

:lol: I just noticed the tags on this thread!! BMIC must have received word Deve Gowda is either going senile or disappearing from politics. Hopefully, he'll retire from public and political life soon - his opposition to many development projects did nothing but delay them unnecessarily!

MEGA UPDATE:
This follows the photographs that I took almost a year ago, [but uploaded Only in June].
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=79680338&postcount=197

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6725585211_5db26011d0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725585211/)
Levelling ramp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725585211/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
Levelling the stretch from the existing end of the road to the junction where the flyover will start.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6725585065_ce91fcda04_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725585065/)
Drainwork (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725585065/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
Drainwork is on in rapid progress

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6725584963_11c8a53415_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725584963/)
Level Ramp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725584963/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
Level ramp again. I don't know how they're going to connect this road going across the expressway though.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6725584793_53366b3878_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725584793/)
Foundation (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725584793/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
The pit in front is for the foundation of the the Hosur road bound carriageway. The rods on the other side are for the Tumkur Road bound carriageway

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6725584597_1e5af95042_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725584597/)
Foundation2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725584597/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
Same as above. from the other side.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6725584433_6b84869787_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725584433/)
Traffic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21232862@N00/6725584433/) by srikanth.ramakrishnan (http://www.flickr.com/people/21232862@N00/), on Flickr
The situation is bad. The line of vehicles is the line for the toll booth.

^^Wrong thread dude all this is the part of NICE??? Not BMIC, right???Anyway thanks for the mega update,if possible put the updates on gmaps that will be very useful :)

^^Wrong thread dude all this is the part of NICE??? Not BMIC, right???Anyway thanks for the mega update,if possible put the updates on gmaps that will be very useful :)
Errr... Isn't BMIC a subset of NICE?
This is the Peripheral Ring Road section.
MAps location is 12°51'01.99" N 77°35'14.11" E

Errr... Isn't BMIC a subset of NICE?
This is the Peripheral Ring Road section.
MAps location is 12°51'01.99" N 77°35'14.11" E

I just pointed it out here because the title says Banalore-Mysore infra corridor and peripheral ring road updates are to be posted in bangalore roads thread,never mind,we shall have updates from NICE here henceforth :cheers: (111 + 41+9),title should be just 111 if we say BMIC

^^ Aah, I see.
I thought it'd be better to post it here and then link it like I did last time.

NICE is the SPV executing the entire BMIC project. The title and updates are fine.

NICE is the SPV executing the entire BMIC project. The title and updates are fine.
I thought so. What I posted comes under the 41 [actually 42]

Jan 25 2012.

Photo copyright: Tanveer Chowdary

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6759387097_775f68a927_b.jpg

The Bannerghatta Road flyover is progressing quite smoothly.
I guess another 3 months, and it'll be done.

Jan 25 2012.

Photo copyright: Tanveer Chowdary

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Nice to see that trucks are not occupying the fast lane and that one has used the hard shoulder to stop.

Nice to see that trucks are not occupying the fast lane and that one has used the hard shoulder to stop.
That's daytime. Nighttime is truck invasion.

Jan 25 2012.

Photo copyright: Tanveer Chowdary

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This looks better than the highways with flower plants in the middle.

This looks better than the highways with flower plants in the middle.
WHy do you say that?
Those plants provide a barrier for the light from vehicles on the other side.

Barren looks go better with highways.

Barren looks go better with highways.
It's not about looks, it's also about functionality.

is BMIC officially open for business? toll, end to end, exits the whole nine yards?

is BMIC officially open for business? toll, end to end, exits the whole nine yards?

LOL :lol:

"BMIC" in its entirety, comprises of an expressway from Bangalore to Mysore, and a "half ring road" around the city.

Work on the Blr-Mys expressway has not even started yet. Even land acquisition has not begun yet.

The "half ring road" around the city has a break in the middle - one needs to exit the road at a certain point, and rejoin the road a short distance later.

The rest of the "half ring" is usable...

I thought NICE was part of BMIC

I thought NICE was part of BMIC

Both terms are usually used interchangeably. NICE is actually the name of the company that is executing the project.

any of you guys know if this project is dead or still alive? ;)

is BMIC officially open for business? toll, end to end, exits the whole nine yards?
One part of the BMIC, the PRR is open.
I thought NICE was part of BMIC
BMIC is a project executed by NICE.
LOL :lol:

"BMIC" in its entirety, comprises of an expressway from Bangalore to Mysore, and a "half ring road" around the city.

Work on the Blr-Mys expressway has not even started yet. Even land acquisition has not begun yet.

The "half ring road" around the city has a break in the middle - one needs to exit the road at a certain point, and rejoin the road a short distance later.

The rest of the "half ring" is usable...

Work has.
The ~10km Link Road is fully operational, the e'way has been built for around 6km from CLoverleaf.

any of you guys know if this project is dead or still alive? ;)

Very much alive.

NICE has installed a bust of Kempegowda at the Magadi Road junction.