<p>Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B Y Raghavendra on Wednesday urged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to construct a four-lane highway between Shivamogga-Honnali-Malebennur -Harihara-Mariyammanahalli to ease traffic congestion by upgrading existing state highway-25. </p>.<p>At present, the state highway-25 has two carriageways and due to this, the 182-km road is witnessing huge traffic congestion and accidents. Though in 2015, the Union Road Transport Ministry had given in-principle approval for the upgradation of the state highway to a national highway, the work for widening has not started, Raghavendra said in a letter to the Minister.</p>.<p>Raghavendra, who met Gadkari here, also said that this road is important to connect neighbouring states Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. </p>.<p>He also requested Gadkari to approve an alignment plan for a 16-km bypass road in the Northern part of Shivamogga city. The Karnataka government had agreed to release Rs 100 crore as 50 per cent cost-sharing of land acquisition cost earlier. Early building of the bypass would help decongest the city, he said in a memorandum.<br /> </p>
<p>Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B Y Raghavendra on Wednesday urged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to construct a four-lane highway between Shivamogga-Honnali-Malebennur -Harihara-Mariyammanahalli to ease traffic congestion by upgrading existing state highway-25. </p>.<p>At present, the state highway-25 has two carriageways and due to this, the 182-km road is witnessing huge traffic congestion and accidents. Though in 2015, the Union Road Transport Ministry had given in-principle approval for the upgradation of the state highway to a national highway, the work for widening has not started, Raghavendra said in a letter to the Minister.</p>.<p>Raghavendra, who met Gadkari here, also said that this road is important to connect neighbouring states Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. </p>.<p>He also requested Gadkari to approve an alignment plan for a 16-km bypass road in the Northern part of Shivamogga city. The Karnataka government had agreed to release Rs 100 crore as 50 per cent cost-sharing of land acquisition cost earlier. Early building of the bypass would help decongest the city, he said in a memorandum.<br /> </p>
