Business Standard 29.03.2010
Work on Mysore truck terminal to start soon
BS Reporter / Chennai/ Mysore March 29, 2010, 0:25 IST
Work on the much-delayed truck terminal will commence soon with Karnataka transport minister R Ashok laying the foundation stone on March 31 in Mysore.
The D Devaraj Urs Truck Terminal Company Ltd has bought 16.20 acres on the Mysore-Nanjangud Road belonging to Bandipalya and Nachanahalli villages from the Mysore Urban Development Authority.
The Rs 21-crore terminal which could accommodate 150 vehicles will be built in two phases, the first phase costing Rs 12.79 crore and the second phase Rs 8.20 crore. Following the administrative approval by the state government, work has been entrusted to a private contractor through an e-tender process.
The terminal, according to a release, will have 98 plots and will be allotted to lorry owners/agents for construction of go-downs. Besides a facility to load and unload, the truck terminal will have related business facilities like spare parts, tyre marketing shops, petrol bunk, weigh-bridge, workshop and a hotel. Sites will be provided for rest rooms, Sulabh Shouchalaya, fire tenders, police outpost, water supply, electricity, post office and telephone booths. A building has also been proposed for lorry agents. In order to make the place environment-friendly, a park in the area will be an added feature.
Dormitory, toilet, vehicle washing, fuel supply, medical, bank and other infrastructural facilities for truck drivers, conductors and related staff will be created at a specified place in the terminal.
The construction of truck terminal will reduce pressure on the city roads as heavy vehicles can avoid coming to Mysore. Besides reducing environmental pollution and damage to roads, it is expected to ease traffic congestion and avoid parking on roads in an irregular manner.
