JOIN USUnion Minister for Corporate Affairs and Power M Veerappa Moily said that the work on four-laning of National Highway from Surthkal to Kundapur and Nanthoor to Talapady is likely to be completed by next May.
Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a programme, he said about 60 per cent of the work on four-laning has been completed. The Agumbe Ghat road would be widened to 40 metres. This will not require forest land as the British government had itself planned a 40 metre road the Agumbe Ghat even before the independence.
He said the proposal to develop NH-13 covering Sholapur-Theerthahalli-Sringeri and Karkala-Moodbidri-Mangalore is being considered. However, there are many hurdles in the entire stretch.
So the NH officials have come up with alternatives favouring two-lanes and four- lanes depending upon the geography of the area.
Moily said although 3,000 acre of land had been reserved for SEZ in Udupi district, there had been no progress despite holding talks with the district administration.
The minister said that he is contemplating to introduce a national policy supporting the idea of 24 hours power supply to the entire taluk where the power project is situated.
He urged the State government to withdraw the income ceiling for students of backward classes to claim reimbursement of fees.
“The Congress will not destabilise the State government. Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will pull out the oxygen pipe of the State government shortly. The state government is counting its days as though it is on life supporting system. The Congress will never get into such a dirty politics,” he said.
He criticized the state government for not implementing the recommendations made by Justice Santosh Hegde on mining.