PM Modi to inaugurate two stretches of Bengaluru Satellite Town Ring Road on March 11

The two sections are the Dobbaspet-Doddaballapur bypass section of NH-648 (42 km, constructed for Rs 1,438 crore) and the Doddaballapur bypass-Hoskote section of NH-648 (37.6 km, built for Rs 1,317 crore).

Bengaluru Satellite Town Ring Road, spanning 288 km (NH 948A), is expected to reduce traffic congestion in Bengaluru. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials, executing the Rs 17,000-crore project, said STRR will provide a bypass route for goods traffic, allowing commercial vehicles to avoid entering the core city areas of the city.

First stretch of Bengaluru’s Satellite Town Ring Road likely to be ready by Dec 2023

NHAI project director KB Jayakumara told Moneycontrol: “Toll collection for the Doddaballapur bypass-Hoskote began in November 2023, and toll collection for the Dobbaspet-Doddaballapur section will commence shortly.”

He said: “The rest of the areas along the STRR are expected to benefit commuters. We have received positive feedback from motorists on the quality of construction.”

STRR will be an alternative route to Kempegowda International Airport for those coming from Hoskote, Kolar, Chittoor, and Hosur. However, STRR westside sections from Hosur to Kanakapura, Ramanagara, Magadi, and Dobbaspet are still in the tendering stage.

Proposed in 2005, the STRR project gained momentum in 2017 when it became part of the Centre’s Bharatmala Pariyojana. PM Modi laid the foundation stone for the STRR in June 2022, and it is being executed.