Ongoing road work makes Bengaluru-Mysuru highway an accident-prone stretch, say motorists

There are complaints of trucks overspeeding and taking sudden turns

Motorists, who reguarly use the busy Bengaluru-Mysuru hHghway, say that navigating the stretch is a nightmare. On January 10, six people were killed when a speeding truck carrying crushed stones, hit a median and toppled over two cars and a bike on the highway, was an accident waiting to happen.

The stretch is currently being widened to a 10-lane national highway, work for which is underway in several areas. On each side, lanes have been blocked. “The stretch is like an obstacle course or a ghat section with zig-zags.,” siad one motorist. But that is not the only problem. “To top this, trucks deployed for ongoing road work are usually speeding, which only adds to our dread of the commute,” said another motorist. On Monday too, one such truck while traversing an under-construction patch took a sharp turn, hit the median and fell over vehicles on the adjoining lane killing six.