The Union Cabinet will consider the Suburban Ring Road Project (STRR), which would greatly lessen traffic in Bengaluru, the nation’s capital. The project has been approved by the “Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee.”

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy has been reassured by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari that the project would soon be approved at a Cabinet meeting.

When Minister Kumaraswamy visited Nitin Gadkari at his Parliament House office, they had a crucial conversation on the project. Gadkari has already met with the minister.

The “Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee” (PPPAC) approved the proposal at Kumaraswamy’s request, and the Cabinet will now consider it. He informed HDK that the cabinet would approve the proposal.

“The Suburban Ring Road project was launched in 2013 itself,” Kumaraswamy added, expressing his satisfaction at Gadkari’s good reaction. But for a number of reasons, it was put on hold.

This project aims to link eight industrial towns in the Bengaluru area. Deve Gowda, the former prime minister, has worked very hard to see this project through to completion.

He said that Gadkari received the letter he had sent in this respect.

Bengaluru and the neighboring suburban regions of Dabaspet, Doddaballapur, Devanahalli, Sulibele, Hoskote, Anekal, Kanakapura, Ramanagara, and Magadi will be connected by this 4-6 lane project. The Bengaluru-Chennai Express Highway will also be connected by it. Additionally, it will link Tamil Nadu’s Hosur. The Bangalore-Chennai Expressway will be linked to this suburban ring road.

According to the minister, the project’s goal is to keep heavy vehicles out of Bangalore city that transport supplies for industry.

Gadkari and Kumaraswamy’s consent has salvaged the suburban outer ring road project, which had been put on hold since 2018.

The districts of Tumkur, Ramanagara, Bangalore city, and Bangalore rural would gain the most from this initiative. According to Kumaraswamy, Bangalore’s traffic congestion will mostly be lessened.

This project, which is being carried out at a cost of around Rs. 4,750 crore, will go roughly 135 kilometers across the state of Karnataka.

With four to six lanes and a completely regulated access system, this route will provide unhindered traffic amenities.

The Bangalore suburbs will be traversed by the route. According to the minister, this is expected to lessen city traffic congestion.