Mysuru: The road widening works taken up from Fountain Circle near Jeelani Petrol Bunk up to the Old Toll Gate near Columbia Asia Hospital is going on in a snail’s pace and the construction of road dividers near Tipu Circle is unscientific and has been stopped halfway, inviting accidents.
The highway from Mysore- Bengaluru Outer Ring Road junction till the Old Toll Gate is developed into a six-lane track and the Public Works Department (PWD) has taken up the works of developing the road from the Old Toll Gate to the Fountain Circle into a six-lane stretch at a cost of Rs. 14.7 crore. The works were taken up in 2017. Of this, Rs. 5.50 crore is being spent on electrification and though a year has passed, the works are not completed. The delay in works has drawn flak from the public.
