MoRTH speeds up ₹20,000-cr Chennai-Bengaluru e-way

In a bid to speed up the construction work for ₹20,000 crore Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway, the transport ministry has resumed the land acquisition process for the mega highway project. The project is one of the 12 expressway projects being launched by the government and it involves the construction of 262-km-long, six-lane, access-controlled Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway starting from Hoskote in Karnataka and ends at Outer Ring Road near Chennai. The land acquisition for the project, which is being implemented under the public-private partnership, has been hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic but now it is in full swing in three districts of Tamil Nadu. There is a requirement of 694 hectares of private land in Tamil Nadu. The project is likely to reduce the travel time between Chennai and Bengaluru to four hours. The award for the acquisition of land has been issued in three districts - Tirupathur, Ranipet and Vellore.