Bangalore Chennai Expressway

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{{short description|Indian expressway connecting Bangalore and Chennai}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}

{{infobox road
| country = IND
| type = Expressway
| name = Bangalore–Chennai Expressway
| map =
| map_notes =
| image = Map Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway.svg
| length_km = 258
| direction_a = West
| direction_b = East
| terminus_a = [[Hoskote]], [[Bangalore Rural district]], Karnataka
| terminus_b = [[Sriperumbudur]], [[Kanchipuram district]], Tamil Nadu
| junction =
| formed =
| established = March 2023 (expected)
| history =
| states = [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| towns = [[Hoskote]], [[Malur]], [[Bangarapet]], [[Kolar Gold Fields]], [[Venkatagirikota]], [[Palamaner]], [[Bangarupalem]], [[Chittoor]], [[Ranipet]], [[Sriperumbudur]]
| maint = [[National Highways Authority of India]] (NHAI)
}}

The '''Bangalore–Chennai Expressway''' or '''National Expressway 7''' (NE-7) is a proposed 258 km long, 4-[[lane]] wide (expandable to 8) [[Limited-access road|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 Development Authority|Bangalore Metropolitan Region]] to [[Sriperumbudur]] just outside [[Chennai metropolitan area|Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area]]. It is planned to allow vehicles to reach {{convert|120|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2557950.ece |title=Project report on Chennai Expressway may get ready by March |date=21 October 2011 |accessdate=16 August 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502054001/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2557950.ece |archive-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> This expressway was designated as National Expressway 7 (NE-7) on January 1, 2021.<ref>[http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2021/224170.pdf Gazette notification dated 1 January 2021]</ref> The total project value is expected to be around ₹18,000 [[crore]]s.

== Design Issues ==

* 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, Tamil Nadu|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 ==
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]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soulsearchers.co.in/dharmakshetra-project.htm |title=Keezhveeranam - soul searchers - Maitreya - Dharmakshetra Real estate Project }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ([[Tamil Nadu]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/20/stories/2010062061820400.htm |title=Karnataka / Bangalore News : Chennai Expressway to be ready in three years |work=The Hindu |date=20 June 2010 |accessdate=13 November 2010 |archive-date=24 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624104352/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/20/stories/2010062061820400.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Many industrial hubs have planned to start up their next projects near Banavaram, which already has a [[TVS Motor Company|TVS]] brake manufacturing unit. [[Mahindra & Mahindra|Mahindra]], [[Bajaj Auto|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 ==
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===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=50%
!Sr. No
!Package
!Length in [[km]]
!Contractor
|-
| 1.
| [[Hoskote]]–[[Malur]]
| style="text-align:center;"|26.4
| [[Dilip Buildcon]]<ref name="package 1 & 2">{{cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/dilip-buildcon-declares-l-1-bidder-for-rs-2-349-cr-road-projects-stk-up-4-121022400579_1.html |title=Dilip Buildcon declared L1 bidder for projects worth Rs 2,439 crores |work=Business Standard |date=24 February 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| 2.
| [[Malur]]–[[Bangarapet]]
| style="text-align:center;"|27.1
| [[Dilip Buildcon]]<ref name="package 1 & 2" />
|-
| 3.
| [[Bangarapet]]–[[Bethamangala]]
| style="text-align:center;"|17.5
| KCC Buildcon
|}

===Phase-2===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=50%
!Sr. No
!Package
!Length in [[km]]
!Contractor
|-
| 1.
| [[Bethamangala]]–[[Baireddipalle]]
| style="text-align:center;"|25.0
| Montecarlo Construction
|-
| 2.
| [[Baireddipalle]]–[[Bangarupalem]]
| style="text-align:center;"|31.0
| Apco Infratech<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.constructionworld.in/transport-infrastructure/highways-and-roads-infrastructure/-apco-will-build-nhai-s-b---luru-chennai-expressway-segment/26197 |title=Apco will build NHAI's Bangalore-Chennai Expressway segment |work=Construction World |date=18 March 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| 3.
| [[Bangarupalem]]–[[Gudipala]]
| style="text-align:center;"|29.0
| [[Dilip Buildcon]]
|}

===Phase-3===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=50%
!Sr. No
!Package
!Length in [[km]]
!Contractor
|-
| 1.
| [[Gudipala]]–[[Walajapet]]
| style="text-align:center;"|24.0
| Montecarlo Construction
|-
| 2.
| [[Walajapet]]–[[Arakkonam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|24.5
| KCC Buildcon
|-
| 3.
| [[Arakkonam]]–[[Kanchipuram]]
| style="text-align:center;"|25.5
| DP Jain & Co.
|-
| 4.
| [[Kanchipuram]]–[[Sriperumbudur]]
| style="text-align:center;"|32.1
| Ramalingam Construction Co.
|}

== Extension ==
The Indian National Expressway Network was proposed by the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]]. The [[Government of India|Government]] envisioned a Bangalore-[[Mangalore]] Greenfield Expressway.<ref>[http://morth.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=44&sublinkid=17&lang=1 Project Report on Indian National Expressway Network]</ref> A Mangalore-Chennai Expressway through Bangalore has also been proposed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130708125927/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-26/mangalore/40205907_1_oscar-fernandes-road-construction-ministry Greenfield express corridor from Mangalore to Chennai on the anvil]</ref>

==Status updates==
* '''Aug 2018:''' Land acquisition was announced to start soon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/notice-issued-to-get-land-for-highway/articleshow/65603347.cms|title=Notice issued to get land: Notice issued to get land for highway | Chennai News - Times of India}}</ref>
* '''Dec 2018:''' ₹1,370 crores were already spent by the [[Government of India]] on pre-construction activities of this ₹17,930 crores expressway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/dec/18/expressway-to-reduce-travel-time-between-bengaluru-chennai-1913089.html|title=Expressway to reduce travel time between Bengaluru, Chennai}}</ref>
* '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2020/feb/02/chennai-bangalore-expressway-work-to-start-in-six-months-nirmala-sitharaman-2097828.html|title = Chennai-Bangalore Expressway work to start in six months: Nirmala Sitharaman}}</ref>
* '''Nov 2020:''' Acquisition of required 2,650 hectares of land was nearly done. Tenders were invited for 3 out of total 10 packages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/nhai-invites-tenders-for-bengaluru-chennai-expressway/articleshow/79010077.cms|title = NHAI invites tenders for Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway}}</ref>
* '''Feb 2021:''' The expressway was later shortened to be 4 laned instead earlier planned 8 lanes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/feb/03/chennai-bluru-expressway-downgraded-due-to-traffic-alternative-road-2258761.html|title = Chennai-Bengaluru expressway downgraded due to traffic, alternative road}}</ref> [[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==
* [[Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor]]
* [[Expressways of India|Expressways in India]]
* [[National Highways Development Project]]
* [[Delhi–Mumbai Expressway]]

==References==
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