Justin D’Silva
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (EP)
Udupi, Jun 1: The union government has approved a grant of Rs 369 crore for the overall development of national highways at Udupi–Chikkamagaluru, stated BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje.
The ministry of road transport and highways approved Rs 350 crore for the acquisition of land to construct a 29.1 km long NH169A Hebri-Parkala four-lane road. The remaining Rs 19 crore has been sanctioned to set right the problems being faced on NH169A during the monsoons which include the construction of a breakwall and increasing the height of a breakwall near Nemmar, NH169.
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The Udupi–Chikkamagaluru MP thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari for sanctioning works worth Rs 369 crores despite financial constraints faced by the government amid coronavirus.