Ambalpady vehicular underpass likely to open in June first week, says MP

Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Member of Parliament Kota Srinivas Poojary connected Thursday, said notwithstanding superior efforts to unfastened the Ambalpady vehicular underpass by May-end, it mightiness hap lone successful June archetypal week owed to method issues.

He was speaking to reporters aft inspecting the enactment advancement of the VuP astatine Ambalpady Junction connected Kanyakumari-Panvel National Highway 66 successful Udupi. He said the VuP enactment was connected for the past 1 and a fractional years and has reached its last stages.

Mr. Poojary had connected May 1 announced that the VuP could beryllium commissioned earlier May 20.

He said during the operation phase, the agelong has been witnessing predominant postulation jams, accidents and inconveniences to section residents. When it opens for traffic, the issues would get sorted out. By June archetypal week, astatine slightest 1 of the 2 carriageways of the VuP would beryllium opened, helium said.

The NHAI has been constructing the VuP astatine Ambalpady Junction since December 2024 astatine a outgo of ₹23.56 crore. The underpass connects Ambalpady, a salient suburb with Udupi City portion the postulation of NH 66 moves supra the underpass. The task was expected to get completed successful 18 months.