Expressway

Last August, the same stretch had been flooded following heavy rainfall and Union minister Nitin Gadkari had said that a technical team was studying the ...

We worked the entire night to resolve the issue. A road safety audit is also being carried out to prevent road accidents on the stretch,” he had said. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, who had visited the road in January this year, had commented on the flooding and said that a technical team was looking into the issue.

The much-celebrated Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway that Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on March 12 was flooded on Saturday morning after heavy rains ...

His use of language, his conduct won't bring respect to Kannadigas," Bommai said. They have also expressed reservations regarding service roads not being built and the toll rate fixed being too high. It is being politicised, especially by Congress president D K Shivakumar, not the common people. 8,480 crore and has 11 overpasses, 64 underpasses, five bypasses, 42 small bridges.](#highlight_139285) [With the state soon set to go to polls, it was alleged that the expressway was inaugurated even before its construction was completed.](#highlight_139286) Shivakumar said in a tweet. In Karnataka! [devastating floods in and around Bengaluru](https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/bengaluru-floods-dealing-with-inundated-cars-579095.html), parts of the then-under-construction Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway were flooded. "Where in the world does a road becomes damaged, a day after its inauguration? According to reports, the expressway was flooded near the Ramanagara district of Bengaluru and the water remained stagnant in the highway underbridge. [According to reports, the expressway was flooded near the Ramanagara district of Bengaluru and the water remained stagnant in the highway underbridge.](#highlight_139284) [The Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway was built at a cost of Rs. The Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway was built at a cost of Rs. [heavy rains in the Ramanagara region](https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/power-cuts-drinking-water-food-shortage-in-flooded-bengaluru-579043.html).

The visuals of the flooded expressway are viral on the internet and once again raised the questions on quality of this prestigious 119 kilometers expressway ...

However, this is not the first time that this highway has been waterlogged due to incessant rains. According to reports, the expressway stretch near Ramanagara was waterlogged and vehicles were seen plying through knee-deep level water. The recently inaugurated Bengaluru Mysuru expressway suffered waterlogging after moderate rains lashed several parts of the tech capital on Saturday.

Parts of Karnataka were severely flooded following heavy rains that lashed Ramanagar, Chincholi, and Kalaburgi.

The roads were covered with hailstones. A Ramnagar resident pointed out that waterlogging was so severe that a car got stuck in the middle and a lorry hit it from the back on the highway. [By Anagha Kesav](/author/anagha-kesav): The Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway in Karnataka, inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi six days back, turned into a lake after heavy rain lashed Ramanagara, leading to a few bumper-to-bumper accidents and crawling traffic on the highway.

The highway that aimed to reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru to 75 mins from 3 hours, have now become the reason of woe for many commuters ...

Multiple bumper-to-bumper accidents also took place on the expressway following the rain and flooding.

Amit Shah Invites Tollywood Star Chiranjeevi To Join BJP Light rains on Friday night have r…— ANI (@ANI) The expressway was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a few days ago.

The Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in Karnataka, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi six days ago, was inundated after heavy rains in the Ramanagara ...

They would have cleared the waterlogging in 10 minutes if the PM were to arrive, he said. PM Modi inaugurated the highway, did he even check with his road and transport ministry whether the road was ready for inauguration? "My Maruti Swift car was half submerged in the waterlogged underbridge.

However, commuters were disappointed after a minor spell of rain in the Bengaluru-Ramanagara region left many spots on the expressway waterlogged.

and then there were a series of bumper-to-bumper accidents involving seven to eight vehicles," a commuter told NDTV. Another person said that his vehicle was submerged in the water, and he had to turn off the engine. However, commuters were disappointed after a minor spell of rain in the Bengaluru-Ramanagara region left many spots on the expressway waterlogged.

As per reports, several vehicles got stuck on the road due to waterlogging, causing bumper-to-bumper accidents.

According to reports, a stretch of the expressway got flooded after a minor spell of rain. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 118-km-long Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway project only on Sunday (March 12). "Bangalore-Mysore Expressway is a nightmare. The Rs 8,480 crore project involved the six-laning of the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta-Mysuru section of NH-275 and is expected to act as a catalyst for socio-economic development in the region. Ramnagar and Mandya districts have come to a standstill due to this flooded highway," DK Suresh said. Rs 8,500 crore has been spent on this road.

Less than a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway during a visit to poll-bound Karnataka, commuters on ...

[Dailymotion ](https://www.dailymotion.com/DeccanHerald) [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/deccanherald/) [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/DeccanHerald) We are clearing it and the road will be open as usual,” NHAI project director B T Sridhar was quoted as saying by IE. There is literally no point doing all this for elections. and then there were a series of bumper-to-bumper accidents involving seven to eight vehicles,” an agitated commuter “Soon after water started filling the underbridge, multiple accidents were reported. [March 18, 2023] However, commuters couldn’t reap this benefit on Saturday as overnight summer rains led to waterlogging in some areas, causing traffic snarls and delays. Please don't harm people for votes Every political party is lowkey superficial, WE KNOW.

The newly inaugurated 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway saw intense waterlogging in the early hours of Saturday due to the night-long thundershowers.

By 7am Saturday, the carriageway was free of rainwater, although the entire stretch remained wet," said a villager. While large vehicles were able to navigate through the flooded water, cars and other passenger vehicles were stranded due to the high water levels," explained Ramesh Gowda, a resident of a nearby village.'How will e-way be affected by heavy rain?' We came out near the bridge and saw that the road was flooded.