Several important State highways (SH), including the busy Bangalore-Mysore and Kodagu-Mangalore routes, will soon become National Highways (NH), if the State Government has its way.
The State Public Works Department (PWD) has recently proposed to the Centre to declare 21 SHs as NHs, covering 4,031 km. If the Union Ministry of Road Transport accepts the State’s proposal, then the total length of NH in the State will almost double. Presently, the State has 15 NHs covering 4,490 km.
Sources in the PWD said the condition of roads will improve substantially if the proposed SHs are declared NHs. Once declared, these roads will be upgraded to NH standards. Besides, the Centre will fund their maintenance and upkeep. The National Highway division of the State PWD maintains NHs in the State, utilising the funds from the Centre.
Of the proposed 21 roads the Centre is likely to declare at least 15 of them, covering 2,000 km, as NHs. B’lore-Mysore, Kodagu-Mangalore, B’lore-Hindupura and Bidar-Srirangapatna are among of the busiest State highways.
Proposed roads
* Mysore-Channarayanapatna-Arasikere loop between Channarayapatna and Sakaleshpura via Holenarasipura
* Bangalore-Outer Ring Road - Dobbespet-Solur-Magadi-Ramanagara-Kanakapura-Anekal-Attibele-Sarjapura
n Bangalore-Ramanagara-Channapatna-Mandya-Mysore-Kodagu-Mangalore (to join NH- 17)
* Koratagere-Tumkur-Kunigal-Huliyurdurga-Maddur-Malavalli Road
* Belgaum-Bagalkot-Raichur-Mehaboobnagar-Andhra Pradesh border
* Malavalli-Bannur-Mysore Road linking NH209 and NH 212
* Hubsur-Dharwad-Ramanagaram (Londa)-Anmod-Panaji Road (to join NH-17)
* Bangalore (Yelahanka) to Hindupura (Andhra Pradesh) to join NH-7 (Somandevanapalli) via Doddaballapur, Gowribidanur, Vidhurashawatha up to State border
* Manadavady-HD Kote-Jaipura-Kadakola-Suttur-T Narasipura-Kollegal-M M Hills-Salem Road
* Doddaballapur-Kolar Road via Nandi, Vijayapura, Vemagal.
* NH-48-Hassan-Gorur-Arakalgud-Ramanathapura-Bettadapura-Periyapatna-Gundulpet Road
* Belgaum-Bijapur-Gulbarga-Humnabad (to join NH-9)
* Kumta-Sirsi-Mandagudu-Thadasa-Hubli Road
* Kumta-Sirsi-Haveri-Hadagali-Harapanahalli-Kudligi
* Tadas-Mundagod-Hangal-Anavatti-Shiralkoppa-Shikaripur-Shimoga
* Kumta-Sirsi-Haveri-Kudligi-Molakalmuru-Ananthpur
* Nanjangudu-Chamarajnagar
* Bidar-Humnabad-Gulbarga-Siruguppa-Bellary, Hiriyur-Huliyar-Chikkanayakanahalli-Nagamangala-Srirangapatna
* Adavi Somapura to Jagalur joining NH-13 via Mundargi-Huvinahadagali-Ujjaini
* Kalpetta-Mananthavadi-Kutta-Gonikoppal-Hunsur-Mysore
* Devanahalli-Vijayapura-H Cross-Vemagal-Kolar-KGF-Kempapura