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The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has responded positively to a request for widening and reconstruction of a important agelong of National Highway 150A connecting parts of Kalyana Karnataka. It has included the Hattigudur-Tinthini Bridge-Lingsugur conception successful its yearly program for 2026-27, Raichur MP G. Kumar Naik has said.
In a statement, the MP said that helium wrote to Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary V. Umashankar connected April 15, 2026 urging the Ministry to instantly instrumentality up widening and reconstruction of the Shahapur-Hattigudur-Lingsugur agelong of NH 150A which falls wrong the Raichur Lok Sabha Constituency.
Mr. Naik pointed retired that NH 150A is 1 of the cardinal routes connecting Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir and Raichur districts with Bengaluru and is utilized regular by thousands of commercialized and rider vehicles.
“However, the Hattigudur-Lingsugur conception has lone a 5.5 m wide roadworthy causing terrible inconvenience to commuters and motorists. The constrictive roadworthy has besides witnessed predominant superior accidents resulting successful nonaccomplishment of lives,” helium said successful his practice to the Centre.
Following the MP’s request, the Ministry and the National Highways Authority person present included the widening and reconstruction of the Hattigudur-Tinthini Bridge-Lingsugur conception successful Yadgir territory nether the 2026-27 yearly plan.
The authorities person informed that a Detailed Project Report (DPR) volition beryllium prepared soon and the enactment volition beryllium taken up thereafter.
Mr. Naik said that the projected roadworthy improvement works volition importantly boost the societal and economical improvement of Yadgir and Raichur districts, which are among the backward and aspirational districts of Karnataka, too fulfilling a long-pending request of the public.
