Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Oct 5: "Process of land acquisition of land for widening of national highway 169 between Malpe an Thirthahalli is in progress. A notification for the same had been issued in the gazette on May 31 this year. The notification contains all the information about village-wise details, jurisdictions of police stations on the way etc," said Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP, Shobha Karandlaje.

The MP further explained that all preparations have been made to publish a detailed notification containing survey numbers of each of the villages which would be required to be acquired for the widening of the highway and that same would be published in the central gazette soon. "Once this is done, the process of land acquisition will gain momentum," she explained.

Shobha said that she is aware of the pathetic condition of the road between Syndicate Circle in Manipal and BEM School at Parkala. She added that she had met union minister for surface transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, on September 25 and urged him to release special grant of Rs 100 crore for undertaking emergency repair of this road by pooling funds from various sources like natural calamity fund, and that the minister had positively responded to her request. She said that repairs of the road would have been undertaken by now but because of heavy rain in the region, it has been delayed.