This project aims to enhance road connectivity between Kodagu and Mysuru. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has already demarcated the land needed for the expansion, and construction of a bypass near Bylakuppe is also in progress to link the Guddehosur-Siddapur State Highway.

A significant bridge is being constructed over the Cauvery River near Theppadakandi, and all necessary land acquisitions have been completed, NHAI officials confirmed. (TOI)