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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has invited tenders for consultation services to hole a elaborate feasibility survey for widening the two-lane Agumbe Ghat agelong of National Highway 169A successful Karnataka. The elaborate task study volition see an appraisal of the feasibility of a passageway connected the stretch, said Shivamogga Lok Sabha subordinate B.Y. Raghavendra.
On February 11, Mr. Raghavendra said that the inclusion of a proviso to survey the feasibility of a passageway roadworthy emphasised the value of the task for the agelong that needed upgrading. “For respective decades, travellers connected the agelong person faced galore hurdles. The tender process is the archetypal measurement towards a imperishable solution to the problems faced by regular commuters connected the stretch,” helium said.
The ministry has invited tenders to hole a elaborate task study astatine a outgo of ₹2.33 crore. “This task volition amended connectivity betwixt the Malnad and coastal regions. The upgraded roadworthy volition heighten transportation, and boost the tourism assemblage arsenic well,” helium said, thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari for taking up the initiative.
Opposition to tunnel
Environmentalists person opposed a passageway successful the Agumbe stretch, stating that it would impact the forests and interaction the lives of flora and fauna successful the region.
Nagaraj Koove, an environmentalist based successful Chikkamagaluru, said the authorities should wantonness the thought of a two-lane roadworthy and the passageway roadworthy task successful Agumbe. “The Agumbe ghat is portion of the Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, and the roadworthy passes done a heavy forest. This country is location to the king cobra and lion-tailed macaque, among different uncommon biodiversity. The rivulets and streams successful the country are lifelines for galore rivers downstream. The projected task would harm the situation and severely interaction farmers successful the coming days,” helium said.
L.K. Sripathi, a retired prof of an engineering assemblage and an environmentalist, who has been opposing the Sharavati Pumped Storage Project, stated that helium is besides opposed to the passageway roadworthy task successful the Agumbe stretch. He added that the task would adversely interaction the wood and wildlife.
