Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor | 111+41+9 kms | U/C

[gtmashok]

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

[nandan_ks]

Originally Posted by voryaa

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.

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=UT...,0.006866&z=18

[rsrikanth05]

Originally Posted by voryaa

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.

See the map. Your geometry must be weak. THAT is NOT a 90 degree turn.

The same thing was said about the BETL too..

[Kewl Batty]

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

[nandan_ks]

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

[rsrikanth05]

Originally Posted by Kewl Batty

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=UT...4,0.00618&z=18

Originally Posted by nandan_ks

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.

[Bangalore_Geek]

Originally Posted by nandan_ks

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=UT...,0.006866&z=18

Originally Posted by nandan_ks

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.

[rsrikanth05]

Originally Posted by Bangalore_Geek

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.

[sb2107]

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

[rsrikanth05]

Originally Posted by sb2107

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.

[visnaya]

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

[rsrikanth05]

Originally Posted by visnaya

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.

[engineer.akash]

Bangalore: 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.

[rsrikanth05]

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

[s.yogendra]

[rsrikanth05]

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

[rsrikanth05]

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=&...01236&t=k&z=17

Troll post alert.

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Toolbooth by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
The tollbooth towards Tumkur Road.

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Tollbooth from above by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
Tollbooth from above ...

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Close up of the Tollbooth by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
Close up of the Tollbooth

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The current entry point... by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
This is the current entry point and exit point to and from Tumkur Road ...


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Between the incomplete Flyover and the current entry point... by srikanth.ramakrishnan, 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...

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The expressway progressing towards Bannerghatta Road ... by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
The six lane expressway from the Tollbooth toward Bannerghatta Road.

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The expressway progressing towards Bannerghatta Road ... by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
The six lane expressway from the Tollbooth toward Bannerghatta Road.

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Freshly laid stretch by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
This stretch was freshly laid at the time of this photograph.

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Tapering to the bridge by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
The six laned road becomes four laned as it approaches the bridge ...

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The Second ramp by srikanth.ramakrishnan, 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.

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Entry to the Tollbooth by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
Entry to the Tollbooth from Bannerghatta Road, from both North and South towards Tumkur Road.

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Overlooking Bannerghatta Road by srikanth.ramakrishnan, on Flickr
Overlooking Bannerghatta Road. The truck is on a road which leads to a Village further down south.

Thankees ...

[anidel]

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/chann...s-75-cases-648

[rsrikanth05]

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

[sixsigma1978]

Originally Posted by anidel

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/chann...s-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?