Bengaluru, Jul 7: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to complete its ongoing projects of a length of 4,000 km of national highway in Karnataka within one year.
His directions came after the review of NH projects in the State, taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 37,000 crore. While he noted that the progress of highway work had slowed down, a press release said he had directed officials to hold review meetings chaired by Chief Secretary every month and complete all the projects in a time-bound manner.
He also directed Deputy Commissioners and chief executive officers of respective districts to speed up land acquisition process and hand it over to NHAI, besides replacing electric poles and water pipes among other things, the note said.
Public Works Minister H.D. Revanna, who was present at the meeting, said there is a proposal to develop 1,959 km of roads with an investment of Rs. 27,000 crore by NHAI during 2018-19.






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