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The flyover coming up on national highway-66 at Kundapur.
UDUPI: Flyovers along NH 66 in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have proved to be bugbear for members of parliament– Nalin Kumar Kateel and Shobha Karandlaje. If his detractors trolled state BJP chief Nalin for the delay in construction of flyover at pump well, Shobha has taken her share of criticism for the delay on part of the concessionaire – Navayuga Udupi Tollway Private Ltd (NUTPL) – to finish the flyover at Shastri Circle.
The only note of comfort in this decade old saga during which the construction of this flyover has dragged on is a sense of optimism that it will be completed by the end of March this year. K Raju, assistant commissioner, Kundapur said the concessionaire has assured to complete the work by end of this fiscal. “NUTPL has deployed men and machinery to complete one small incomplete portion at Padubidri and will take work on the flyover after that,” he said.
Answer eludes why work on flyover remains incomplete
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Construction started 10 years ago, yet there has been delay without any concrete reason
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Work on Shastri Circle Flyover on National Highway 66 going on at a slow pace in Kundapur, Udupi district.
Construction started 10 years ago, yet there has been delay without any concrete reason
Remaining incomplete even a decade after its construction was taken up by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the Shastri Circle Flyover in Kundapur town in Udupi district is threatening to become a monument on National Highway 66 in the town.
“There was no reason as to why construction of this flyover, part of four-laning of NH 66 between Talapady in Dakshina Kannada and Kundapur in Udupi district, has remained incomplete even after a decade,” wondered Kishore Kumar from the Rashtreeya Heddari Horata Samithi, Kundapur. “As such, we have every reason to fear that it may become a histori