Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)

Kundapur, Jan 27: Works connected with national highway expansion has been moving at snail's pace in the taluk since the last about ten years, thus giving rise to lot of problems for the road users and the general public alike. The pace of flyover work near Shastri Circle too has been agonizingly slow. A citizen from the city had written to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, drawing his attention to the fact that the general public are facing untold miseries on account of these things. In response, the person has received a letter from the office of the Prime Minister on Saturday January 25.

Vighnesh Shenoy, residing at B V S Road opposite Gandhi Maidan here had written to the Prime Minister. Shenoy says he chose to directly write to the Prime Minister, as the MP, ministers, legislators and officials, to whose attention these problems were brought, did not take the issue with the seriousness it deserves. Shenoy says he could not think of any other way but to get things done.

Vighnesh Shenoy

Vighnesh works at Santhekatte near Udupi. He had sent a detailed letter to Prime Minister's Office on December 24, 2019, giving details of various problems faced because of haphazard road work. The reply received from the PMO says that the matter has been already taken up with the secretary in the ministry of surface transport and highways.

Vighnesh Shenoy had written in his letter that highway work is in progress here since the last one decade, and the highway and service road are one and the same. He said because of the traffic jam in the morning and night, buses coming from far off places are facing problems. He also mentioned that toll collection at Hejamady and Sastan tollgates is on even though works on national highway 66 has not been completed between Suratkal and Kundapur. He had requested the Prime Minister to suspend toll collection till the road work is attended to completely.