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The Kerala authorities has decided to name geotechnical experts to analyse and urge remedial measures for issues related to the operation of nationalist highways successful the State.
Public Works section (PWD) Minister P.K. Basheer, who chaired a high-level gathering present connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026), said the determination was aimed astatine addressing issues that person arisen successful transportation with operation of nationalist road and the concerns subsequently raised by the public.
Officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), who attended the meeting, informed the Minister that 8 geotechnical agencies had been appointed astatine assorted locations on National Highway 66. Technical experts, including G. V. Rao and T. K. Subhash, volition pb the inspections conducted by these agencies.
Of the full 642 km of National Highway 66, the enactment connected 519 km (81%) has been completed. The Minister besides directed that the remaining enactment beryllium completed wrong a year. Mr. Basheer besides said that helium volition soon conscionable Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari seeking allocation of much nationalist road projects to Kerala.
The Minister further directed that onshore acquisition cases beryllium resolved successful a time-bound mode and that the District Collectors name dedicated full-time teams for this purpose. National Highways Regional Officer A. K. Janbaz, PWD Secretary Adeela Abdulla, Public Works Additional Secretary V. R. Vinod, District Collectors from crossed the State, NHAI Project Directors, Chief Engineer of National Highways, and different elder officials attended the meeting.
