October 26th, 2009 by admin
Location: Near KR Puram bus stand.
Distance: Around 8 km from MG road.
How to reach there: All BMTC buses for KR puram and Hoskote, by two wheeler or 4 wheeler.
Where to eat: Food is available inside the park. Outside food not allowed inside.
KR Puram lake on left hand side when you are going towards Hoskote. This lake was uncared for a long time and was covered with water haycinth. But recently the BBMP (the local body) handed over the lake to a private party who developed the lake and maintains it. They named it Fantasy Lagoon.
Entry fee: Rs 30 per person, for children Rs 15/head
Camera: Rs 50
Timmings: 11 am – 7 pm
The side of the lake is barricaded and they have created a jogging track along the side of the lake. Ample sitting arrangements have been made with sheds. There are two gates for entrance – gate 1 from KR Puram side and gate 2 from TC Palya side. They have introduced various boat rides like speed boar, scooter boat, padel boat etc. A typical round of the lake costs Rs 40. Padel boat for half an hour cost Rs 40 and thereafter every 15 min cost Rs 10. They have also introduced many fishes. You can also see fishes swimming on the shores of the lake. With the sapling of many trees, KR Puram lake has developed into a good eco system. Lots of birds throng the lake for fishes. They have a made a artificial island in the lake. A few ducks were also introduced.
Though the price is little high but you will be satisfied to spend time there. Even on a Sunday afternoon there was hardly any people. It is a lovers paradise. You can see mostly couples. During evening, there will be crowd.
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October 25th, 2009 by admin
The NICE peripheral road is available to public over one year now. It has been developed by NICE Ltd (Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Ltd). This is a tolled road connecting all important highways going our of Bangalore at particular intersections. This is a huge project (you can read more about it at their website). What we have now is the outer Peripheral road linking Hosur road and Tumkur road.
On Tumkur road, the NICE road starts near BIEC (Bangalore International Exhibition Center) – has a intersecting at Magdi road, Mysore road, Bannerghatta road and Kanakapura road. Though this 41 km road is a tolled road, it has helped many people to avoid Bangalore’s traffic mess. It also keeps trucks away from the city roads. But the solitary 6 lane one way road is hugely popular with bikers and car drivers. Earlier youngsters used to go there for drag racing but cops seems have put a ban now. Regular Hoysala police jeeps patrol the road announcing on mike no stopping, no raching.
I have never rode on NICE road untill then. The only time I travelled on NICE was on a bus (the stretch between Mysore road and Bannerghatta road). This time I was on a two wheeler (Scooty Teenz). We decided to enter from Tumkur road side. As we rode towards BIEC, we found the NICE road was closed for a cyclothon till 1 pm. By the time we reached there it was around 12.30 pm. So we decided to go to BIEC and watch the cycle rally and once the road opens we will enter NICE road. Soon the road opened and we were on NICE road. At the toll gate shelled out Rs 13 from Tumkur road – Mysore road. The road is indeed nice but the road quality is not that good. This is a completely signal free road and minimum speed on the first lane is 60 km/hr. Slow vehicles are advised to go in the extreme left hand side. We stopped in between to take a few pictures and encountered a Hoysala jeep on one occassion. We finally exited at Mysore road.
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Visit the following links for more info:
1. http://bikeszone.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2073
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