Mysore/Mysuru, March 11 -- Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha has urged Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to approve the construction of a flyover stretching from Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Circle (Metropole Circle) in the heart of Mysuru city to Yelwal, the outskirts.

Speaking at an event at Maharaja's College Grounds here yesterday afternoon to lay foundation stones for a series of National Highway projects in the Mysuru, Mandya and Hassan regions worth over Rs. 4,000 crore, the MP reasoned that the Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Circle is one of the busiest Circles in Mysuru city and desperately needs a flyover to connect directly to National Highway 275 (NH 275).

Highlighting the significance of NH 275 from Metr...