NEW DELHI: India’s Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for 138.5 km of highways projects worth Rs 873.5 crores in Shimoga district in Karnataka today .
Gadkari is on a two day official tour of the state where he will lay the foundation stone for over 500 km of highways projects worth over Rs 3700 crores in the districts of Shimoga, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur and Hubli. The project details are as follows :
Shimoga
| Name of the work | Length (km) | cost | Date of completion |
| Widening to four lane divided carriageway with paved shoulder of NH 206, Tumkur-Honnavara Section & widening to two lane with paved shoulders of NH-13, sholapur-mangalore section in Shimoga | 17.8 Km | 95.82 Cr | February, 2019 |
| Improvements and Re Construction to Two lane with Paved Shoulders of NH-234 Huliyar to Sira Section on EPC Mode | 46.76 Km | 255.28 Cr | January, 2019 |
| Widening to two lane with paved shoulder of Mudigere-Kadur section of NH 173 on EPC mode | 45.46 Km | 297.3 Cr | Under Tendering |
| Construction of Bridge across Manu Halla, bridge across Nethravathi river & Bridge across Charmudi Halla at NH4 | 91.07 Cr | Under Tendering | |
| Construction of 2L+PS from of NH 169A | 13.98 Km | 85.36 Cr | Under Tendering |
| widening to two lane with paved shoulders from kottigehara to Mudigere hand post of NH 73 | 14.51 Km | 48.7 Cr | Under Tendering |
| Total | 138.51 | 873.53 |
Bidar
| Name of the work | Length | Cost | Date of completion |
| Widening to two lane with paved shoulders from Bidar to Humnabad section of NH-50 through EPC mode. | 47.03 Km | 367.44 Cr | January, 2019 |
| Widening to two lane with paved shoulders from Maharashtra border Chitapur Cross to Yadgiri section of NH-150 through EPC mode | 36.90 Km | 314.90 Cr | February, 2019 |
| idening to to lane with paved shoulders of NH-150 excluding Yadgir bypass (End of Yadgir bypass to Andhra border section) through EPC mode | 38.82 Km | 329.01 Cr | January, 2019 |
| Widening to two lane with paved shoulders from Maharashtra border to Bidar section of NH-50 on EPC mode | 54.37 Km | 396.96 Cr | June, 2019 |
| Construction of proposed 4 lane ROB and its approaches in lieu of existing level crossing No.48/E on NH 50 (Railway chainage 96/6-7) near NAUBAD | ROB | 91.07 Cr | Under Tendering |
| Total | 177.12 | 1499.38 |
Bellary
| Name of the work | Length | Cost | Date of completion |
| Widening to Two lane with Paved Shoulders of NH-167 Hagari to Jadacherla Section on EPC Mode | 30.17 Km | 175.2 Cr | January, 2019 |
| Construction of Major Bridge across river Krishna on NH 167 Hagari Jadcherla section | Bridge | 157.32 cr | Under Tendering |
| Strengthening from of NH-150A Jewargi-Chamarajanagara section | 54.08 Km | 41.12 Cr | Under Tendering |
| Total | 84.25 | 373.64 |
Hubli
| Name of the work | Length | Cost | Date of completion |
| Widening to two lane to four lane of NH-63 Ankola Gooty section passing through Hubballi city | 13.4 Km | 172 Cr | |
| Construction of 2L+PS of NH-367 from Banapur to Bagalkote section | 18.42 Km | 96.88 Cr | NA |
| Koppal city limits of NH 63, Ankola-Gooty Section | 6.86 Km | 83.95 Cr | May, 2018 |
| Construction of Major Bridge near Talbal and Nitali on NH-367 | Bridge | 29.42 Cr | NA |
| Construction of Major Bridge on NH-218 | Bridge | 37.02 Cr | Complete |
| Construction of bypass to Hubli city connecting NH 218 & NH-63 | 3.8 Km | 68.1 Cr | November, 2018 |
| Improvements to road from Jubli circle of NH-4 to Narendra bypass on old NH-4 in Dharwad city | 5.6 Km | 71.09 Cr | May, 2018 |
| Improvements to road from chennamma circle to Bankapur chowk on old NH4 in Hubballi city | 3 Km | 39.08 Cr | May, 2018 |
| Widening from two lane to four lane of NH 63 Ankola Gooty section passing through Kalghatagi city | 4 Km | 50.24 Cr | May, 2018 |
| Total | 55.08 | 647.78 |
Bijapur
| Name of the work | Length (km) | Cost | Date of completion |
| Widening to 2L+PS of NH 218 Bijapur-Hubli Section | 51.955 Km | 291.49 Cr | July, 2019 |
| Construction of 4 lane ROB and its approaches in lieu of existing level crossing 75 on NH 218 | ROB | 58.13 Cr | Under Tendering |
| Total | 51.96 | 349.6 |
Speaking at an event in Shimoga today Shri Gadkari announced that the Centre has plans to invest approximately an amount of Rs 1,44,922 cr in the Karnataka in the next two years. The investments would include :
| Sl.No | Project | Length | Cost |
| 1
|
Widening of declared 73 NH with 2lane+paved shoulders/4 lane |
6,433 km |
38,598 Cr |
| 2 | 41 nos of works under Bharatmala program | 3,726 km | 85,000 Cr |
| 3 | 99 no’s works under progress | 2,597 km | 19,421 Cr |
| 4 | 25 no’s works to be awarded | 408 km | 1,903 Cr |
| Total | 1,44,922 Cr |
The Minister informed that 6805 Km of National Highways have been declared in Karnataka between 2014-2017, as against only 6760 km upto 2014. With this the total length of national highways in the state has gone upto 13565 Km, including 6433 km declared in principle. He said, while there are 105 ongoing projects of length 2795 km worth Rs 19,638 Crores, another 19 projects of length 230 km and cost Rs 1676 crore will soon be awarded. 34 projects of length 4000 km and costing Rs 25000 crores have already been tendered while DPR is being prepared for 34 more projects. The LINK at the end give the list of these projects with their status .
The following are the important highways projects in the state of Karnataka
Bangalore Ring Road (STRR)
NHAI has taken up the work of balance portion of STRR for Bangalore (West side) to Hosur in Tamil Nadu (connecting NH-4 to NH-7) under Bharatmala.
This Ring Road stretch connects Hosur, Anekal, Kanakapura, Ramanagara, Magadi, Dobaspet.
The total length of this ring road is about 140 km in Karnataka State and 45 km in Tamil Nadu with a tentative cost of Rs. 10,000 crores.
Shiradi Ghat Tunnel:
The work of construction of Tunnel for Shiradi Ghat for a length of 23.60 km with a tentative cost of Rs. 10,000 crores.
The project consists of 6 No. of tunnels with a total length of 12.60 kms.
The tunnel also connects with bridges having a longest bridge of 1.50 km with highest peer of 100 mtr.
The tunnel consists of 2 driving lane with one emergency lane for each tube i.e. 10.50 m carriage way width
Ring Road to Belgaum:
The construction of 4/6 laning of Belgaum bypass on western side with eastern side by connecting NH-4A to NH-4 having a total length of 55 km.
The tentative cost for this bypass will be around Rs. 1500 crores.
This bypass will ease the traffic congestion and to facilitate the through traffic in the city,
Six laning of Access Control of Bangalore – Mysore Section of Bangalore – Mallapuram economic corridor
This project is a part of economic corridor of Bangalore – Mallapuram.
Total length is 117 kms with an estimated cost of Rs. 7000 crores
This project consists of about 8 km elevated corridors, 9 major bridges and 4 ROBs.
The entire project has been provided with Access Controlled Service Road.
DPR has already been completed and bids have been received and are under evaluation.
Chennai- Bangalore Expressway:
Bangalore – Chennai Expressway is on a new alignment which will connected Bangalore with Chennai which is an import/export hub due to existence of sea port.
This project is identified as one of the priority projects under Chennai – Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC).
It will provide connectivity to the proposed Multimodal Logistic Park at Dobaspet which can be accessed through NH-207 or Bangalore Ring Road from BCE.
This expressway passes through three states namely 76 kms in Karnataka, 91 kms in Andhra Pradesh & 94 km in Tamil Nadu with a tentative cost of Rs. 16,000 crores.
Land acquisition is in advance stage in Karnataka State.
Amaravati – Bengaluru section:
The connectivity between Bangalore and Amaravathi is through two routes – via Ananthapuramu and via Tirupathi.
Bengaluru to Amaravathi via Ananthapuramu passess through NH-7 – has already been completed with 4 lane Elevated Highway of 4.50 km enroute to Bengaluru International Airport (BIA).
The road from Bangalore to Amaravathi via Tirupathi passess through NH-4 and has already been completed to 4/6 lane (Bangalore – Kolar – Mulbagal –KNT/AP border).
Hyderabad – Bangalore section:
The connectivity between two Capital Cities i.e. Bangalore and Hyderabad via Ananthapuramu through NH-7 has already been developed with 4 lane Elevated Highway of 4.50 km enroute to Bengaluru International Airport (BIA).
Bharat Mala Project details for Karnataka
41 nos of works aggregating to 3,726 Km amounting to Rs. 85,000 Cr are approved under Bharat Mala Programme.
13nos of projects for a length of 1,435 Km amounting to Rs.20,000Cr is under implementation.
12nos of projects for a length of 645 Km amounting to Rs.15,000 Cr is under bidding stage.
16nos of projects for a length of 1646Km amounting to Rs.50,000 Cr is under DPR stage.
Sethu Bharatam Project Details for Karnataka
07 ROBs aggregating to Rs.473Cr are under tendering.
Out of 7 Nos, 1 No. of ROB included under the 4 laning of Ballari – Hiriyur section under Bharatmala Pariyojana is being implemented.