Somanna urges Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to speed up STRR project around Bengaluru, upgrade NH in Tumakuru
MoS (Railways & Jal Shakti) V Somanna on Thursday met Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to expedite the payment of compensation to landowners in about 150 villages to complete the 144-km Dobbaspet- Magadi- Ramanagara- Kanakapura- Mudagadapalli stretch of the satellite town ring road (STRR) project.
The Centre designed the 288-km STRR project under the Bharat Mala project to prevent highway traffic from going through Bengaluru city as well as to connect important towns around Bengaluru. The Centre has already completed the 143-km Dobbaspet- Doddaballapura- Hoskote stretch at a cost of Rs 13,139 crore, the MoS (railways) said in a press statement.
