The lack of service lanes along the National Highway-48 between Nelamangala and Tumakuru has become a source of misery for people living in the surrounding villages and towns, farmers and workers commuting to nearby industries.
The 62-km Bengaluru-Tumakuru leg of the highway was converted into a tolled road in 2010 but by this time, many industries had come up in Dobbspet, a small town located along the highway in Nelamangala taluk. Many industries from Bengaluru either shifted base to Dobbspet or expanded their operations by opening new plants and branches in Dobbspet. Together with Peenya, Dobbspet employs a large number of industrial workers from villages and towns along the highway. But along with employment came commuting problems for these workers because of a lack of service lanes for local traffic.
