Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Dec 5: Mangaluru Taluk Nagarika Samiti had proposed to the office of the Prime Minister (PM) to lay separate bypass road between Surathkal and the city in order to reduce the vehicular density on national highway 66. President of the Samiti, Subhaschandra Shetty, said that the PM's office has positively responded to the proposal and sought a detailed report on the proposal from the National Highways Authority of India.

"The problem of density of traffic is getting worse day by day on national highway 66 between the city and Surathkal. Heavy vehicles going to mega industries are mainly responsible for this situation. The Samiti has been striving to solve this issue. It had taken up the issue through the local people's representatives many a time during the last three years, but there was no progress. Therefore, we had written to the Prime Minister. The PM's office, on November 12, asked the highways department to take necessary steps," he stated.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

He said that the proposal of the committee involves bypass road from national highway 66 via NITK, Madhya, Bala, Bajpe and Polali arch to reach the highway 75 to Bengaluru. All the industrial vehicles should be diverted from this bypass road towards Udupi, Mumbai and Bengaluru as well as Kerala. This will ease traffic congestion on the highway between Suratkal and the city and the road will not be damaged, he said, adding that these things had been informed to the PM through the letter. He added that the highway department has informed the PM's office that Greenfield survey for the bypass project has been started and in progress.

Shetty warned that the Samiti will resort to the route of confrontation if the highways authority fails to properly respond to the bypass proposal.