Dream Bangalore

This blog post is about some of the roads connecting Bangalore, which I feel, should be developed as national highways by the Central Government/NHAI. The competent authorities in the government may or may not be thinking on the same lines. 1. Bangalore - Chintamani - Chelur - Kadiri - Nandyal - Atmakur Bangalore - Atmakur - Srisailam NH The highway should commence at Hoskote and continue towards Chintamani, which currently is SH 82. Hoskote, Pillagumpe, Nandagudi, and H-Cross are poised for industrial and residential development as they are a part of the Bangalore district. Kaiwara temples, Kaiwara National Park, the temples of Chintamani (Kailasagiri, Murugamalla, etc), would be along the way. From Chintamani, the highway would deviate towards Chelur (Bagepalli taluk), a border town. Chakavelu would be the last town within Karnataka. One visit to Kadiri, Nandyal, Ahobilam, and Srisailam would reveal the number of people from Karnataka visiting these temple towns. Merchants from T...

  Several buses ply between the city and Magadi and the region is poised for immense growth in the days to come, thanks to projects such as Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout and the Major Access Road (MAR). BMRCL’s plans for Magadi road to connect Hosahalli and Kadabagere Cross in phase 3, cannot produce the required results in terms of simplifying commuting on Magadi Road. It is worth noting that there is traffic on the Bangalore-Magadi and Magadi-Kunigal routes. Therefore, leveraging the Bangalore suburban rail project to put Magadi on the rail map can be of immense use to a million people in less than a decade from now. A very legitimate concern regarding such a project for the government is land acquisition. If technology is used, then the railway line can be laid with minimal acquisition of land. But how? The Arkavathi Pipeline Road!                                    ...