6-666: Girinagar (formerly known as Writer's Colony) is a residential area in South West Bengaluru, very close to Mysore Road . This medium-sized locality is surrounded by Nayandahalli in the west, Byatarayanapura and Deepanjali Nagar in the north, Srinagar in the east and Hosakerehalli in the south. Girinagar was named after the former President of India V. V. Giri and also because of the Hirannayya Gudda (Hill). Giri in Sanskrit means hill. Girinagar lies in
12-513: Is dual carriageway and passes over the Kaveri river. The 15 km stretch from Bangalore Central to Kengeri NICE Road Junction is known as Mysore Road . The 62 kilometres (39 mi) Bangalore- Maddur section was upgraded under build-operate-transfer ( Annuity ) basis by a consortium of NCC Infra and Maytas Infra. The 49 kilometres (30 mi) Maddur -Mysore stretch was upgraded by Soma under an EPC contract . Bengaluru-Mysore highway
18-627: The Bengaluru South parliamentary constituency. The incumbent Member of Parliament of Bengaluru South is Shri. Tejasvi surya ( BJP ). Most of Girinagar lies in the Basavanagudi assembly constituency. The incumbent Member of Legislative assembly is Shri. Ravi Subramanya (BJP), who resides in Girinagar. However the part of Girinagar north of 50 Feet Road viz. Avalahalli, 3rd Phase, Muneshwara Block and Ganapathi Nagar sub localities lies in
24-578: The Vijayanagar assembly constituency. The current sitting Member of Legislative assembly is Shri. M. Krishnappa ( INC ). Girinagar is also a ward in the Bengaluru South zone of the BBMP (ward no. 162). It ranges from Nagendra Block in the east to Hosakerehalli Road in the west, from 50 Feet Road in the north to ORR in the south. and spans 1.77 km. The ward has been reserved for women and
30-517: The cities of Bangalore and Mysore in the south Indian state of Karnataka. The highway has a total length of 149 kilometres (93 mi). It was built and maintained by the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited and inaugurated in 2003. The highway passes through the towns of Ramanagara , Channapatna , Maddur , Mandya and Srirangapatna (Seringapattinam), before entering Mysore. The road
36-555: The current corporator is Smt. H.S. Lalitha (BJP). However the northernmost part of Girinagar (north of 50 Feet road) lies in the Deepanjali Nagar ward (ward no. 158), also in the Bengaluru South Zone and spans 2.09 km. This ward is also reserved for women and the current corporator is Smt. Malathi (BJP). State Highway 17 (Karnataka) State Highway 17 ( SH-17 ) is a state highway connecting
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