Shiradi Ghat highway to get new 'permanent' coating for Rs. 96 cr.

The much-beleaguered Shiradi Ghat stretch of Mangalore-Bangalore highway (NH 75) will get a new coating from March, which will be a 'permanent solution' for the road that is battered during the monsoon, said Minister for Public Works Department H.C. Mahadevappa recently.

Addressing presspersons at Gundia after a visit to Shiradi Ghat, the Minister said 47-km of the road would be redone at an estimated cost of Rs. 95.54 crore. The project had received the approval of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and the process of calling tenders had begun, he said.

Of the expenditure, Rs. 49.1 crore would be spent on reconstructing 33.3 km of asphalt road, while Rs. 46.43 would be spent on concretising 13.6 km at the core portion of the ghat, said Mr. Mahadevappa.

THE HINDU