Soon, the stretch of road between Hardinge Circle and Sanskrit Pathashala Circle that bisects Dasara Exhibition Grounds and Mysuru Palace will not only be widened, but will also become a double road.
The Public Works Department (PWD), which recently took up the work to reconstruct 7.65 km of roads in the heart of Mysuru with a thick layer of concrete top, has decided to build two carriageways, each having seven metres width, separated by a median along the stretch of road between Hardinge Circle and Pathashala Circle, also known as Basaveshwara Circle.
Upgrading of the stretch into a double road with a thick layer of concrete is expected to come as a major relief to motorists as the road is in a deplorable condition.
Right now, the PWD is in the process of reconstructing Chamaraja Double Road from Ramaswamy Circle to Pathashala Circle. Eventually, the double road will continue till Hardinge Circle, a distance of 2.2 km, an official said.
The 1.1 km-long road from Hardinge Circle to Pathashala Circle will be widened by acquiring land from the Karnataka Exhibition Authority. The stretch of the road not only abuts prime tourist attractions such as the Mysuru palace and Dasara Exhibition Grounds, besides Doddakere Maidan, but also witnesses a heavy volume of traffic as it is part of the Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road used by people travelling to Ooty in Tamil Nadu and parts of Kerala.
However, the PWD, which is reconstructing the roads in the city under a Rs.100-crore project sanctioned by the State government for improvement of infrastructure, is expected to move to Nelson Mandela Road in Bannimantap before taking up the work on the stretch from Hardinge Circle to Pathashala Circle.
“After finishing Chamaraja Double Road, we will next move to Nelson Mandela Road, abutting Bannimantap grounds, and lay a concrete top on the road from Millennium Circle to Highway Circle. But, we will take up the work only by closing one side of the road instead of keeping it completely out of bounds,” a PWD official said.
