Bangalore–Chennai Expressway

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Bangalore–Chennai Expressway
Map Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway.svg
Route information
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Length258 km (160 mi)
ExistedMarch 2023 (expected)–present
Major junctions
West endHoskote, Bangalore Rural district, Karnataka
East endSriperumbudur, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu
Location
StatesKarnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
TownsHoskote, Malur, Bangarapet, Kolar Gold Fields, Venkatagirikota, Palamaner, Bangarupalem, Chittoor, Ranipet, Sriperumbudur
Highway system

The Bangalore–Chennai Expressway or National Expressway 7 (NE-7) is a proposed 258 km long, 4-lane wide (expandable to 8) access-controlled expressway between the cities of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka and Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. It will run from Hoskote in Bangalore Metropolitan Region to Sriperumbudur just outside Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area. It is planned to allow vehicles to reach 120 km/h (75 mph).[1] This expressway was designated as National Expressway 7 (NE-7) on January 1, 2021.[2] The total project value is expected to be around ₹18,000 crores.

Design Issues[edit]

  • Expressways currently being constructed in the India are 8-lanes, with land acquired for future expansion to 12-lanes. Land for 4-lane is allocated in the middle of the expressway for future expansion. Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, Bangalore Peripheral Ring Road and Chennai-Salem Expressways are designed to be 12-lane, with 8-lane initial construction.
  • Many of the advantages initially proposed had been lost as expressway will be 4-lane, where as existing National Highways in those stretch are already 6-lane.
  • A direct route between Venkatagirikota and Ranipet would have reduced the distance of the expressways by 60 km and travel time by 45 minutes. It would have saved lakhs of liters of imported vehicle fuel for India. But, officials did not make effort to get permission for expressway to go through Eastern Ghats. All of the Greenfield Expressways go through shortest path for reducing construction cost and save the fuels for the country.

Prospects[edit]

Realtors are secretly starting to invest in places near Walajapet (Banavaram, Keezhveeranam) as these places have been marked as the next industrial hub. Japanese investors expressed interest in this road to link harbors. Japanese real estate companies such as Nippon Expressway Limited have conducted detailed studies on areas like Panniyur and Keezhveeranam village and encouraged investors to focus on these areas.

The National Highways Development Project (NHDP) phase 6 has been established, following expectations of the new government's involvement, and before the real estate prices begin to rise along the expressways, mainly near Ranipet-Ponnapanthangal-Arakkonam[3] (Tamil Nadu).[4]

Many industrial hubs have planned to start up their next projects near Banavaram, which already has a TVS brake manufacturing unit. Mahindra, Bajaj, and Nissan groups plan to start new plants in that area.

TESLA has requested the officials to setup battery storage unit near Panniyur village for employment availability and easy access to chennai bangalore expressways

Construction[edit]

The NHAI has divided the construction work of 258 km long Bangalore–Chennai Expressway into 3 Phases with a total of 10 construction packages. It which will be executed simultaneously by 6 construction companies.

Phase-1[edit]

Sr. No Package Length in km Contractor
1. Hoskote–Malur 26.4 Dilip Buildcon[5]
2. Malur–Bangarapet 27.1 Dilip Buildcon[5]
3. Bangarapet–Bethamangala 17.5 KCC Buildcon

Phase-2[edit]

Sr. No Package Length in km Contractor
1. Bethamangala–Baireddipalle 25.0 Montecarlo Construction
2. Baireddipalle–Bangarupalem 31.0 Apco Infratech[6]
3. Bangarupalem–Gudipala 29.0 Dilip Buildcon

Phase-3[edit]

Sr. No Package Length in km Contractor
1. Gudipala–Walajapet 24.0 Montecarlo Construction
2. Walajapet–Arakkonam 24.5 KCC Buildcon
3. Arakkonam–Kanchipuram 25.5 DP Jain & Co.
4. Kanchipuram–Sriperumbudur 32.1 Ramalingam Construction Co.

Extension[edit]

The Indian National Expressway Network was proposed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The Government envisioned a Bangalore-Mangalore Greenfield Expressway.[7] A Mangalore-Chennai Expressway through Bangalore has also been proposed.[8]

Status updates[edit]

  • Aug 2018: Land acquisition was announced to start soon.[9]
  • Dec 2018: ₹1,370 crores were already spent by the Government of India on pre-construction activities of this ₹17,930 crores expressway.[10]
  • Feb 2019: More than 60% of land required for 262 km expressway was now acquired. Work was announced to begin in six months. The deadline of the Expressway was set to 2023.[11]
  • Nov 2020: Acquisition of required 2,650 hectares of land was nearly done. Tenders were invited for 3 out of total 10 packages.[12]
  • Feb 2021: The expressway was later shortened to be 4 laned instead earlier planned 8 lanes.[13] Dilip Buildcon Ltd declared lowest bidder for Package 1 (Hoskote-Malur) and Package 2 (Malur-Bangarapet).
  • Sep 2021: Dilip Buildcon Ltd receives Letter of Agreement (LoA) from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for construction of the expressway.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Project report on Chennai Expressway may get ready by March". The Hindu. 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Gazette notification dated 1 January 2021
  3. ↑ "Keezhveeranam - soul searchers - Maitreya - Dharmakshetra Real estate Project".[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ "Karnataka / Bangalore News : Chennai Expressway to be ready in three years". The Hindu. 20 June 2010. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Dilip Buildcon declared L1 bidder for projects worth Rs 2,439 crores". Business Standard. 24 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Apco will build NHAI's Bangalore-Chennai Expressway segment". Construction World. 18 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Project Report on Indian National Expressway Network
  8. ↑ Greenfield express corridor from Mangalore to Chennai on the anvil
  9. ↑ "Notice issued to get land: Notice issued to get land for highway | Chennai News - Times of India".
  10. ↑ "Expressway to reduce travel time between Bengaluru, Chennai".
  11. ↑ "Chennai-Bangalore Expressway work to start in six months: Nirmala Sitharaman".
  12. ↑ "NHAI invites tenders for Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway".
  13. ↑ "Chennai-Bengaluru expressway downgraded due to traffic, alternative road".
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