Poojary hopes Forest Department facilitates widening of key highway stretch
Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary expressed optimism about the Forest Department's role in facilitating the widening of a key highway stretch. The 29 km Mala Ghat stretch of the Mangaluru-Solapur National Highway is currently a single lane, causing difficulties for heavy vehicles. Poojary plans to meet with the Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner to discuss land exchange issues that could expedite the project.
- ▪The highway stretch between Mala Gate and Tanikodu is crucial for connectivity between the coast and hinterlands.
- ▪The proposal to widen the highway to two lanes is estimated to cost ₹550 crore and is pending approval from the Union Road Transport Ministry.
- ▪Poojary mentioned that the widening project has been stalled since 1999 due to land exchange issues with the Forest Department.
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Kota Srinivas Poojary, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP, on Friday, expressed the confidence that the Forest Department will facilitate the widening of the 29 km Mala Ghat stretch of Mangaluru-Solapur National Highway 169 between Mala Gate in Karkala taluk, Udupi district, and Tanikodu Forest Check Post in Sringeri taluk, Chikkamagaluru district.The MP spoke while inspecting the stretch that passes through the Kudremukh National Park via S.K. Border, along with officials from the Forest Department and the National Highways Division of the Public Works Department. The highway has been widened to two lanes with paved shoulders between Shivamogga and Tanikodu Check Post via Tirthahalli, and was in the process of being widened to four lanes between Karkala and Mala Gate.Mr.
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