|  | Fraud or Freeway? Press clippings on the BMIC story. This page provides a consolidation of press clippings on the 
				controversial Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMIC).
 
   
		
		2002
		State Comfort letters for revised 2-lane BMIC highway, DH, Nov 5
		RBI studying ICICI’s funding of BMIC project, DH News Service, Sept 28
		Growing demand to 
		shelve BMIC, The Hindu, July 18
		
		MLAs prefer 
		alternatives to BMIC, Deccan Herald, July 15, 2002
	
		Infrastructure corridor in jeopardy, Times of India, June 11, 2002
		State Govt may cancel clearance, Deccan Herald, June 11, 2002.
		A virtual reality, India Currents, March-April 2002
		Roadblocks to an expressway, Frontline, Jan.19 - Feb.01, 2002
		Expressway: State govt sets deadline,
		Deccan Herald, Bangalore, Jan 10, 2002
		Decks cleared for widening of NH 4 near Belgaum, DH News Service, New Delhi, Jan 1, 2002 [Read last para]
		2001
		Mysore Corridor project to begin 
		in Nov, Times of India, Bangalore, Oct 13, 2001
		Mandya bundh against BMIC partial, Deccan Herald, Oct 7, 2001 
		
		State asked to probe human rights violation in Mysore corridor project, Explocity.com, Bangalore, Oct 4, 2001.
		NHRC fiat to chief secy, Deccan Herald, Sept 27, 2001
		Mandya bundh on Oct 6 against BMIC project, Deccan Herald, Sep 26, 2001. 
		
		Centre has washed its hands off Bangalore-Mysore corridor, Explocity.com, Aug 14, 2001.	
		B’lore-Mysore infrastructure corridor gets green signal, New Indian Express, Aug  16, 2001.
		BMIC project gets eco-clearance, Times of India, Aug 14, 2001.
		Bangalore-Mysore corridor back to square one, Sowmya Aji Mehu, Times of India, June 4, 2001.
		
		$360m World Bank loan to improve State roads, Deccan Herald, May 27, 2001.
		Controversy shrouds BMIC again, Deccan Herald, April 29, 2001.
		Bangalore-Mysore highway to be upgraded, S.Rajendran, The Hindu, Feb 22, 2001.
		2000
		
		Louder Please, Down to Earth, Center for Science and Environment publication, Oct 15, 2000.
											
		Core sector project depends on real estate, Business Standard, January 10, 2000.
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