Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddarmaiah and Information Minister Roshan Baig on Wednesday met a delegation of officials from Shandong International, a Chinese infrastructure firm. The firm briefed CM about the projects undertaken by the firm in China.
Speaking after the meeting Roshan Baig said “We have invited them to participate in the Global Investors Meet to be held later this year and hold further talks,”

The company is keen on executing the planned six- lane project between Mysuru and Bengaluru which is estimated to cost 6,000 crore and will have two service lanes. The team was led by Project Manager Sun Yechang, Project Coordinators Sophy Yang and Antony Wang and J Kannabiran who made a presentation.

The six-lane project is in the feasibility report stage and the delegation will reportedly meet with Principal Secretary Public Works, Ports and Inland Water Transport Department M R Kamble to discuss the matter.

At the meeting, a proposal for three express elevated roadways connecting Hebbal to Silk Board, KR Puram to Goraguntepalya and Jnana Bharati to Whitefield were also discussed. These roadways will cover distances of 16 km, 21 km and 27 km respectively.

The Bengaluru-Mysuru high speed rail link and the problem of curvature in the path that the trains would take was also discussed in the meeting.