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Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta has urged the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to instantly conception missing work roadworthy nexus of astir 700 m astatine Bannadka betwixt Moodbidri and Karkala connected Mangaluru-Solapur National Highway 169.
The MP was nether onslaught from his constituents for his alleged soundlessness implicit repeated accidents and nonaccomplishment of beingness owed to ‘unscientific’ execution of the four-lane enactment by the NHAI astatine respective stretches, including Bannadka. In a missive to Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari connected Saturday (May 16, 2026), the MP said the NHAI was executing the 45 km Bikarnakatte (Mangaluru)-Sanoor (Karkala) four-lane project. Bannadka, Capt. Chowta said, has seen respective accidents, including a caller mishap that claimed the beingness of a section resident.
In a gathering with the residents and roadworthy users, it was highlighted that discontinuation of the work roadworthy for astir 650-700 m astatine this determination was the crushed for predominant mishaps. Because of the missing link, regular commuters and section postulation were forced to thrust successful the incorrect absorption and dangerously transverse the main high-speed carriageway, starring to recurring and avoidable accidents.
Consultation with NHAI officials has revealed that the work roadworthy was completed from Km 697+400 to Km 702+210 and again from Km 702+850 to Km 704+000 connected some sides. The intermediate agelong betwixt Km 702+210 and Km 702+850 was near untouched, the MP said.
He urged Mr. Gadkari to nonstop NHAI to instantly conception the work roadworthy connected the missing nexus thereby ensuring nationalist information and preventing avoidable accidents by streamlining the section traffic.
