mysore a decade ago the authorities had conceived a plan to build the outer ring road orr it was aimed at extending the citys boundary and to provide an alternative road for the motorists heading towards tamil nadu kerala and madikeri without entering the city major portion of the project work taken up in 2009 is yet to be completed though the 4150 km stretch was planned to be a sixlane carriageway the mysore urban development authority muda used the asian development bank funds to build a twolane initially now the upgradation to a sixlane is taking years the 93 km stretch work between nanjangud road junction and bannur road junction has been delayed due to the land acquisition problem the remaining 32 plus km stretch upgradation work was taken up under the centres jawaharlal nehru national urban renewal mission jnnurm funds in 2009 but there is no sign of the work being completed due to the contractors laxity the 32 plus km work was taken up under four packages the package 4 works between mysorebangalore road junction and bannur road junction are almost complete while 1020 work is pending in packages 1 and 2 the major delay in executing the work is in package 3 from hinkal road junction to ooty road junction in the west of mysore only 53 work is complete here an official said the motorists heading to the citys it belt are facing problems due to the delay in the project former muda commissioner c g beturmath had cancelled the tender of the contractors following delay in executing the remaining work and called for fresh tenders according to muda officials the centre had insisted on a service road for approving the upgradation work so muda offered to take up the service road project on its own and later the centre approved the project the cost of the project without the service road was estimated at rs 214 cr subsequently the cost was revised to rs 284 cr the remaining cost for service road will be borne by muda another hurdle is the railway under bridge work to be taken up by muda at four different locations but now the railway authorities are asking muda to hand over the under bridge works and the matter is under consideration said an official the orr project has however helped the citys real estate sector to boom cashing in on this muda in its latest budget has resolved to levy a betterment tax on property owners within a 500 metre radius from the ring roadstatistics orr total length 4154 km missing link 933 km total width of orr 45 metres main carriageway sixlane service road 55 metres footpath 31 metres on either side bus bays every 2 km distance on either side all along orr other features interlocking paver blocks steel railings at junctions and intersections all along the roadquote hangers daily i travel nearly 18km on orr from my home to work place from one direction of which