7 months ago
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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has commissioned mentation of a elaborate task study (DPR) for the wide betterment of a 76-km agelong of Kochi-Panvel National Highway 66 betwixt Surathkal and Kundapura, successful coastal Karnataka.
Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Member of Parliament Kota Srinivas Poojary said the NHAI has responded to his repeated request for improving the road agelong that has been witnessing accrued fig of mishaps too causing terrible inconvenience to roadworthy users arsenic good arsenic pedestrians.
NHAI Karnataka Regional Officer V. P. Brahmankar wrote to Mr. Poojary connected November 25 that the Authority has appointed Dhruv Consultancy Service Private Limited and Mark Civil Engineering Services Private Limited to hole a DPR for operation of work roads successful the equilibrium stretches of the road successful the section. The consultants were besides told to suggest semipermanent measures astatine important junctions, including Kota, Brahmavra, Padubidri and Mulki, the Regional Officer informed the MP.
Mr. Poojary, successful a statement, said the Authority was asked to code repeated accidents connected the stretch, including astatine Mulki, Padubidri, Brahmavara, Kota Moorkai, Thekkatte, and Koteshwara. With the NHAI initiating the DPR process, the MP hoped that operation and betterment enactment would soon commence to alleviate people’s woes.
No due planning
Road users of the agelong blamed the NHAI for deficiency of far-sightedness portion readying widening of the road into 4 lanes betwixt Talapady successful Dakshina Kannada and Kundapura successful Udupi district.
According to a retired PWD engineer, the Authority should person anticipated postulation congestion, anticipation of accidents and menace to pedestrians, astatine important junctions on the stretch, including (from Talapady) K.C. Road, Beeri, Pavanje, Haleyangadi, Mulki-Karnad, Mulki Town, Mulki-Bappanadu, Padubidri, Uchhila, Katpady, Udyavara-Balaipade, Ambalapady, Utupi-Nittur, Udupi-Ambagilu, Kallianapura-Santhekatte, Kolalagiri Cross, Brahmavara Mahesh Hospital, Brahmavara Akashavani, Saligrama Town, Kota Moorkai and Thekkatte, portion readying the 4 lane project.
However, the NHAI executed the task without readying capable vehicular implicit passes (VoP) oregon vehicular nether passes (VuP) depending upon the location, thereby compounding the problems. Owing to nationalist unit and request from elected representatives, the Authority is present readying VuPs oregon VoPs 1 by one, including Kallianapura-Santhekatte, Ambalapady and Katpady. The Authority should person constructed work roads passim the agelong considering the information that road flanks successful the coastal districts person already go semi-urban, helium added.
