Commuting on the busy national highway-48 between the Nelamangala tolls to Tumacura carries pressure prolonged delays in the expansion project, while transport overload, dust and safety risks become everyday suffering. The commuting must wait until 2027 to complete the whole project.
Tumacur’s journey is a vital corridor connecting Bengalur with the middle and northern parts of Karnataka, and therefore the delay is unpleasant thousands of daily commuting. The 44.04 km extension of the National Highway 48, from the Nelamangala toll gate to Tumacur, stopped because of long -term land acquisition problems.
Although the work continued in April this year after a six -month break, commuting remains frustrated because service roads were originally scheduled to complete by August 2025. Started in August 2022, the project includes expansion of existing four -lane roads to six lanes and built two lane roads on both sides on both sides on both sides. on the access road.
The plan was to complete the service roads first and divert traffic, allowing smoother the work on the main road. India National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to open a service road until June 2026, while the entire project for expanding the highway is now scheduled to complete by March 2027, according to Nhai officials.
In an interview with Hindu, the Traffic Police Inspector Nelamangala, Ravi S., he said that the service roads along the section are overloaded, so it is almost impossible to travel freely. He pointed out that the situation led to a sharp increase in accidents concerning the two -rounds. “After the accident, it takes anywhere between half an hour to one hour to clear the space, and in major cases the duration increases depending on the situation,” he added.
Sandeep, the President of the Karnataka Safety Safety Road Traffic Safety (AKRS), the Tumkur district, said that even minor health complications such as chest pain or breathing problems become critical for patients due to long delay in achieving hospitals. Increasing traffic overload will prove to be life -threatening patients who require immediate medical care.
“It used to take about one and a half hours to get to Jayadeva hospital in Bengalur. But now, due to traffic jam, it takes more than two hours. For patients suffering from heart attacks and other emergencies, this delay may mean.” He called on the authorities to accelerate road work and find alternative solutions to ensure that ambulances and patients can arrive immediately of hospitals.
Yogesh S., an ambulance driver, said that the diversion created along the section turned into large parties, especially during the peaks and late at night. “The ambulance counts every second, but here it takes almost 10 to 15 minutes to exceed a single diversion, the situation has become extremely demanding for patients in critical condition, because long -term delays in the achievement of hospitals often threaten their lives.
Him Kumari, a bank employee who has been traveling between Bengalur and Tumkur in the last four years, said that ongoing road construction increased massive traffic jams and often delayed her way to work by more than two hours each day. She added that weekends are even more challenging because returning home is becoming a huge task in the middle of a large overload.
The ongoing construction of roads resulted in huge traffic jams, which caused a daily delay for ordinary travelers for more than two hours. He added that the extended overload caused commuting to the public very stressful and uncomfortable, the other commuters, Siddalinge Gowda said.
Anil Kumar MP, student, said, “Every day I get stuck in operation for more than an hour, and at the time I reached, I missed my first class. It affects my studies badly,” the missing class has now become the main problem, disrupts academic routines and contributes to frustration between the student community.
Published – 29 September 2025 20:49
