Subba Rao, a frequent traveller to Mysuru said, “Travelling to Mysuru was definitely a challenge earlier as one would get stuck for a longer time during peak hours. Now, travelling is a breeze. Earlier, Mandya was a bottleneck as the work at the bow string girder was delayed. Now, thankfully, the bypass is open to traffic.”
The issue was once again in the spotlight after a video of a school bus driver traversing on the wrong side of the Bengaluru-Mysure Expressway went viral on Thursday. Police have arrested the driver after the video was seen and ADGP Alok Kumar ordered the police to take immediate action against him. It is known that the Kumbalgodu police conducted a search and finally arrested the school bus driver and took the bus into custody.
Kengeri’s tanker terror
Residents of Kengeri file a
complaint against
Vrishabhavathi river on the
Kumbalgodu stretch
Madhuri Mandava a 43-year-old resident of Good Earth Malhar Footprints, in Kengeri is an environmentalist and an active member of the
Bangalore Environment Trust. Mandava with the help of the Trust filed a complaint with the Kumbalgodu police on April 3.
They had approached the Karnataka State Pollution Board (KSPB) too, stating that a pervasive chemical smell resulting from toxic discharges via tankers would cause headaches and nausea and keep the residents up at night.
“The residents can hear the tankers pull up and dump chemicals at night between 12 am to 1 am. This has been going on for years. This resumed again a few weeks back and we could smell the chemical while being dumped in the river. We would stay alert every night and inform the police as soon as we heard these tankers pulling up.