mysuru the poor condition and the lack of maintenance of outer ring road orr in the city which is managed by the national highways authority of india nhai has been a pet peeve of several regular commuters taking cognisance of the situation nhai has now floated tenders for maintenance work on the orr in two separate packagessources said that the bengaluru division of nhai will execute these projects an nhai official told toi we have released rs 3822 lakh for work on the stretch of orr that connects the road to nh275 at columbia asia hospital this stretch covers hinkal and bogadion the other hand the second package includes maintenance of the stretch from bannur road t narasipura road junction and the bandipalya apmc for which nhai has earmarked rs 314 lakh there were complaints about poor maintenance on orr and we decided to address the problem said an official from nhaisources said that nhai is also eager to improve the stretch of nh275 between bantwal in dakshina kannada district and bengaluru work related to maintenance of orr will be taken up as part of the same package this includes filling up of potholes rectification of damaged shoulders longitudinal drains jungle clearance and removal of soil said an nhai official privy to these developmentson the other hand regular users of orr want the thoroughfare maintained properly throughout the year following public outcry some work was done in several areas on orr but it was patchwork and the work was not scientific we generally face problems in the rainy season instead of taking up repair work in january or february nhai must initiate these projects immediately after monsoon season said rajata kumari a regular commuternhai has meanwhile completed work on the potholes on the bengalurumysuru road except for the stretch near channapattana the whole stretch has been repaired and there are no complaints said an nhai officialnhai executive engineer shivaram told the times of india we have sent a proposal to the union ministry of road transport and highways to include straightening of ring road under the annual plan also we have sent a proposal to mysuru urban development authority muda seeking transfer of the entire stretch of orr to take up other work on the road