Protest at Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway affects traffic movement

Demanding an underpass near Hanakere in Mandya taluk, the farmers and residents of the nearby villages staged a protest by blocking the Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway for more than two hours on Monday.

The highway works are nearing completion. This is for the first time that the villagers staged a big protest by blocking the expressway, expressing their outrage against the National Highway Authority of India.

They parked the tractors and bullock carts and livestock on both the sides of the road. As a result, the vehicles were seen stranded for more than two kilometres on the expressway.