Delayed foot overbridge leaves pedestrians crossing busy Bengaluru-Mysuru highway at risk
Pedestrians, including university students, are facing significant safety risks while crossing the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway due to an incomplete foot overbridge. Despite multiple fatalities and injuries, the NHAI project remains unfinished after 18 months.
Why it matters
This highlights critical infrastructure delays and the resulting human cost in high-traffic urban development zones.
Over four pedestrians have died in one and a half years, and several others have been injured on a 150- to 200-metre stretch of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway near a private university in Kaniminike, west Bengaluru, due to a lack of pedestrian infrastructure.
The report focuses on factual accounts of accidents and infrastructure delays, citing data and witness testimonies.
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