According to Public Works Department Minister H C Mahadevappa, the Union Ministry of Surface Transport has accorded in principle approval for upgrading seven different stretches of National Highways (NHs) comprises of Bangalore-Mysore in the State.
On Tuesday while speaking to media-persons here, he said close to 2,108 km of NHs would be upgraded to ensure smooth traffic flow on those routes. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will improve the roads under public private partnership.
The cost of land acquisition and utility shifting was abided to the State government will he added.
The Bangalore-Mysore highway upgrading project, which visualizes converting the road into a six lane, is estimated to cost about Rs 3,000 crore.
Cost of about Rs 1,200 crore alone was estimate to Land acquisition he added.
Other stretches that will be upgraded are—Jewargi to Chamarajnagar (NH-50), Mudigere to Kadur (NH-73), Kukunur to Bagalkot (NH-67), Bidar to Hospet (NH-161),Gulbarga to Akkalkot (Maharashtra) (NH-50) and Thirthahalli to Hebbri (NH-169).
Besides, Mahadevappa said that the State government had recommended the Centre to upgrade four State Highways into National Highways.
They are— Someshwar-Gokak, Mysore-Malavalli, Khanapur-Matkal and Belgaum-Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).