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The Union authorities has constituted a Joint Working Group (JWG) to measure the feasibility of gathering an integrated obstruction and roadworthy passageway successful the Shiradi Ghat conception of the Western Ghats of Karnataka.
The JWG comprises officials from the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Railways, and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
In a missive dated October 29, 2025, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari communicated this to Captain Brijesh Chowta, Member of Parliament, Dakshina Kannada.
Posting the missive connected X connected November 7, Capt. Chowta wrote, “Delighted to stock that our petition to code the Mangaluru–Bengaluru connectivity contented has been considered by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari ji. It has been our relentless pursuit to resoluteness the bottleneck on the Shiradi Ghat agelong betwixt Mangaluru and Bengaluru to guarantee faster, safer, and all-weather connectivity ... We look guardant to each agencies moving unneurotic astatine the earliest to guarantee our larboard metropolis is amended connected to the State’s capital, enabling a full epoch of maturation towards realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginativeness of Viksit Bharat.”
In his July 5, 2025 missive to Mr. Gadkari, the MP had requested that an adept committee beryllium constituted to undertake a associated survey of the Shiradi Ghat agelong successful coordination with the Ministry of Railways and to oversee the mentation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR).
Highlighting the ecological sensitivity and engineering complexity of the Western Ghats, Capt. Chowta had emphasised that a joint, expert-led attack would guarantee optimal alignment, sustainability, and semipermanent resilience of the passageway project.
“This determination is simply a important measurement towards realising the projected Mangaluru–Bengaluru High-Speed Corridor, for which the Detailed Project Report (DPR) is already nether mode and is expected to beryllium completed soon,” Capt. Chowta said successful a merchandise connected Friday.
