Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Chennai-Bengaluru expressway before December this year.Speaking at the valedictory session of Karnataka BJP’s State executive in Bengaluru, Gadkari highlighted that the new expressway will enable travellers to commute between Bengaluru and Chennai in just two hours, significantly reducing travel time.
The Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway, currently under construction, is a four-lane brownfield project spanning approximately 258 km. It will traverse seven districts: Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural and Kolar in Karnataka; Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh; and Vellore, Kanchipuram, and Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu.
Addressing the traffic congestion issue in Bengaluru, Gadkari also mentioned plans to expedite the Satellite Township Ring Road (STRR) project, aiming for completion by December. “I will try to complete the ₹17,000-crore ring road by December,” he said.