MANDYA:Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday announced that the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway will be developed into a six-lane road with the additional two lanes being concretised. The two cities are connected by an asphalted four-lane road.
After inaugurating work on State Highway-84, connecting Yediyur and Mandya, he said that the process of widening the roads has started and Rs 2,200 crore has been set aside for land acquistion. Completion of six-lane road will give a new shape to Mandya city.
Siddaramaiah said the land acquistion process for SH-84 has started and 80 per cent of the compensation has been released to those who lost their land. The remaining will be paid in December.
Referring to opposition criticism and allegations of under-development, he said that these projects would give a befitting reply as the government was spending Rs 9,000 crore for the development of roads.