The stretch, located just 600 metres from the Kaniminike Toll Plaza, is used by over a thousand students of the private university every day.
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Over four pedestrians have died in one and a half years, and several others have been injured on a 150- to 200-metre stretch of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway near a private university in Kaniminike, west Bengaluru, due to a lack of pedestrian infrastructure.The stretch, located just 600 metres from the Kaniminike Toll Plaza, is used by over a thousand students of the private university every day. The fencing on either side of the highway has been cut open so that pedestrians, including students, can move from one side to the other.The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) took up work to construct a foot overbridge at the location about 18 months ago, but the project has remained incomplete.According to Bengaluru Traffic Police data, over four fatal accidents occurred on the stretch between January 2025 and May 2026. During the same period, over six non-fatal accidents were reported. However, the number of non-fatal accidents could be much higher, as several go unreported.As Prashanth, a student at the university, put it, “It’s always a gamble when crossing the highway, and so many people feel anxious while crossing.”
