Mysuru, July 18 -- Former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha, who played a key role in the implementation of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway project, said that the project's success should not be measured merely by the over Rs. 1,000 crore collected through tolls, but by the 55,000 vehicles that use the highway every day.

Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Simha said that the project remained stalled under the earlier agreement with Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) and gathered pace only after it was entrusted to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in 2016 during the Modi government.

Prathap Simha said the original design prepared by a third-party consultant had significant shortcomings, including the absence of ad...