Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to inspect Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway on March 9
The Hindu
The former Chief Minister explained why credit for the 10-lane expressway between Bengaluru and Mysuru should go to the Congress party
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has scheduled an inspection of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway on March 9.
Speaking to reporters in Mysuru on March 6, Mr Siddaramaiah said he would be visiting Mysuru again on March 9. He had scheduled an inspection of the expressway on the same day as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to inaugurate the road on March 12.
Mr Siddaramaiah’s inspection of the expressway comes ahead of its formal inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 12.
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The former Chief Minister claimed that credit for the 10-lane expressway between Bengaluru and Mysuru should go to the Congress party. The highway, which was no more than a State highway, was upgraded to a National Highway when he was the Chief Minister and H.C. Mahadevappa was the Minister for Public Works in his Cabinet. Late Oscar Fernandes, who was the Union Minister for Road Transport in the then Congress-led Union Government, not only upgraded the State highway to a National Highway, but also approved a proposal to widen the highway into a 10-lane road.
He claimed to have travelled to Delhi, along with Mr Mahadevappa, to secure approval for widening of the road after it was upgraded to a National Highway.
He claimed that Mysuru MP Pratap Simha had no role to play in widening of the road. Except for a few kilometres from Mysuru till Kalasthavadi on its outskirts, which fall in Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency, the rest of the highway falls in the jurisdiction of other Lok Sabha constituencies, including Mandya and Bengaluru Rural, he said.
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