Belgaum is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi division and Belagavi district. The Government of Karnataka has proposed making Belgaum the second capital of Karnataka alongside Bangalore, hence a second state administrative building Suvarna Vidhana Soudha was inaugurated on 11 October 2012.
Kurnool is a city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It formerly served as the capital of Andhra State (1953–1956). The city is often referred to as "The Gateway of Rayalaseema". Kurnool is also famous for Diamond hunting as diamonds can be found in the barren land of Kurnool after the top layers of soil are washed away by the monsoon rains. It also serves as the district headquarters of its Kurnool district. As of 2011 census, it is the fifth most populous city in the state with a population of 484,327. It is located on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. Although the area has been inhabited for thousands of years, modern Kurnool was founded in the 16th century CE with the construction of the Konda Reddy Fort.
Roads in India are an important mode of transport in India. India has a network of over 6,331,791 kilometres (3,934,393 mi) of roads. This is the second-largest road network in the world, after the United States. At of roads per square kilometre of land, the quantitative density of India's road network is equal to that of Hong Kong, and substantially higher than the United States, China, Brazil and Russia. Adjusted for its large population, India has approximately 5.13 kilometres (3.19 mi) of roads per 1,000 people, which is much lower than United States 20.5 kilometres (12.7 mi) but higher than that of China 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi). India's road network carries over 71% of its freight and about 85% of passenger traffic.
Yadgiri is a city and the administrative headquarters of Yadgir district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the administrative headquarters of Yadgir Taluka, one of the six taluks of Yadgir.
Expressways are the highest class of roads in India. In July 2023, the total length of expressways in India was 5,930 km (3,680 mi), with 11,127.69 km (6,914.43 mi) under construction. These are controlled-access highways where entrance and exits are controlled by the use of cloverleaf, three-way, trumpet or grade separated interchanges that are incorporated into the design of the expressway and designed for maximum speed of 120 km/h, whereas National highways are flyover access or tolled, where entrance and exit is through the side of the flyover, at each intersection of highway with road, flyovers are provided to bypass the city/town/village traffic and these highways are designed for speed of 100 km/h. Some roads are not access-controlled expressways but are still named expressways, such as the Bagodara–Tarapur Expressway, Biju Expressway, these are actually state highways that are not declared by the central government as an Expressway, hence not an Expressway or National Highway.
Wadgera is a taluka panchayat in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, Wadgera is in the Yadgir district in Karnataka. It was created 2017 out of the southern portion of Shahapur Taluka. The administrative center is the village of Wadgera, 23 km by road south of the City of Yadgir and 39 km by road southeast of the town of Shahapur. The nearest rail station and the nearest railhead are in Yadgir.
Yergol is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Yadgir Taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka. It has a famous temple of Shri Gavisiddeshwara Samsthana Matha, Sanji Bheemaraya Devastana, Sri Ramachandra Tirtha Brindavana of Uttaradi Matha, Ramalingeshwara Devastana.
The Bengaluru–Chennai Expressway, or National Expressway 7 (NE-7), is an under construction 258 km (160 mi) long, 4-lane wide access-controlled expressway between the cities of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka and Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. It will run from Hoskote in Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority to Sriperumbudur in Chennai Metropolitan Area. It is planned to allow vehicles to reach 120 km/h (75 mph). The road was designated as a National Expressway on 1 January 2021. The total project value is ₹17,930 crore. The Expressway is expected to be completed before the end of 2025, despite earlier dates announced by the national Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari.
Marnal (Maranal) is a panchayat village in Shorapur taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka state, India. Marnal is 4 km southwest of Bardevanhal. The nearest railhead is in Yadgir.
Paspool is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, it is under Yadgir taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka. Paspool is twenty kilometres by road from the city of Yadgir. The nearest railhead is in Yadgir.
Halgera is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, Halgera is under Yadgir Taluka of Yadgir District in Karnataka. The village of Halgera is 14 km by road southeast of the town of Yadgir and 6 km by road northeast of the village of Zinkera. The nearest railhead is in Yadgir.
Saidapur is a census town and panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, Saidapur is under Yadgir Taluka of Yadgir District in Karnataka. The village of Saidapur is 14 km by road west of the village of Badepalli, and 33 km by road south of the town of Yadgir. Saidapur has its own railway station which comes on Bangalore-Mumbai and Mumbai-Chennai main corridor.
Bendebembli, is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, Bendebembli is under the Wadgera, Taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka. It lies on the left (east) bank of the Krishna River. Bendebembli is 10 km by road southeast of the village of Tumkur and 40 km by road south of the town of Yadgir. The nearest rail station is Chegunda Station and the nearest railhead is in Yadgir.
Gonal is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively since 2017, Gonal has been under the Wadgera Taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka. It lies on the left (east) bank of the Krishna River. Gonal is nine kilometers by road southeast of the village of Bendebembli and thirteen kiolmeters by road southwest of the village of Badiyal. The nearest rail station is Chegunda Station and the nearest railhead is in Yadgir.
Tumkur is a gram panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, it is under Wadgera Taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka. It lies on the left (east) bank of the Krishna River. Tumkur is 10 km by road northwest of the village of Bendebembli and 31 km by road south of the town of Yadgir. The nearest rail station is Chegunda Station and the nearest railhead is in Yadgir. As a gram panchayat it oversees the villages of Itga Simt Wadgera and Habshihal.
Gonal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, Gonal is under Aldal gram panchayat, Shorapur Taluka of Yadgir District in Karnataka. It lies on the left (north) bank of the Devapura Nala, a tributary of the Krishna River. The village of Gonal is 2.6 km by road east of the village of Aldhal and 15 km by road southeast of the town of Shorapur. The nearest railhead is in Yadgir.
Sugur is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, Sugur is under Shorapur Taluqa of Yadgir District in Karnataka. Sugur lies on the left (north) bank of the Krishna River. The village of Sugur is 3 km by road southwest of the village of Adwadgi and 15 km by road east of the village of Devapur. The nearest railhead is in Yadgir.
National Highway 66, commonly referred to as NH 66, is a mostly 4 lane 1640 km long busy National Highway that runs roughly north–south along the western coast of India, parallel to the Western Ghats. It connects Panvel, a city east of Mumbai (Bombay) to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari), passing through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
National Highway 48 is a major National Highway of India that starts at Delhi and terminates at Chennai traversing through seven states of India. It has a total length of 2807 km. NH 48 passes through the states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The stretch between Pune and Bengaluru was known as P.B. Road in olden days.
Surat–Chennai Expressway is an under-construction, 1,271 km (790 mi) long, 4/6-lane access-controlled expressway, which will connect the second largest city of Gujarat, Surat, with the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, in India. It will pass through six states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It will be operated and maintained by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and will reduce both travel time and distance from around 35 hours to around 18 hours, and from approximately 1,570 km (980 mi) to 1,271 km (790 mi). It is being built at a cost of ₹ 45,000 crore (~US$5.5 billion), which was earlier slated at ₹ 50,000 crore. It will be the second longest expressway in India, after the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway.
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