Mangalore: Flyover Construction near Nantoor to be Shelved?
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SB)
Mangalore, Apr 27: The National High Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to drop the construction of flyover near Nantoor and temporarily shelve the construction works due to the unsolved land acquisition problem.
The NHAI had taken up construction of seven flyovers as part of the Suratkal – B C Road four-lane project. The flyover on national highway – 17 near Nantoor was the most important. However, now NHAI has decided to complete only six flyovers.
The problems of land acquisition and non-shifting of Mescom electric lines are the major roadblock faced by the NHAI for the project completion. All the necessary arrangements for flyover construction are in place, said NHAI project director P Gawasane. He clarified that the move to suspend the flyover is only temporary. “If the required land is handed over and electric lines are shifted, we would definitely take up the onstuction works of the flyover, he said.
Moreover, the necessity of dropping the flyover works has occurred as the contract period of Ircon to take up and finish the works is all set to end and the problems with regard to land acquisition seem to be unending. The construction is facing a similar roadblock at Brahmarakutlu near B C Road, wherein the construction on the 700metre stretch is still pending and if unresolved may remain a two lane, said NHAI sources.
Barring few flyover works, roads will be completed by June end. The other pending works will be completed in another one year, the extension period granted to the contractors, added sources.