Complete pending road works soon: Udupi DC Jagadeesh directs NH officials

Udupi: Deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha on Tuesday, June 22 held a meeting at the DC office hall on the construction of the service road near Balaipade Junction and directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officials to ensure safe and free traffic movement is achieved with the completion of the service road work

Speaking at the meeting Jagadeesha said, “The construction work of service road from Udupi to Balaipade and to Udyavara needs to begin soon There is a high density of traffic, because of the absence of service road vehicles use the wrong route to enter National Highway, which leads to accidents.”

“Complete pending road works at Karavali Junction, Katapadi, Ambagilu-Santhekatte, Shastri Circle, Kundapur, SMS College in Brahmavar, Mahesh Hospital and Barkur which were stalled due to the rain,” DC asked the NH officials.

He also directed the concerned to take measures to repair the defunct street lights which are causing road accidents on National Highway.

“Identify new accident-prone areas and mark them as accident black spots and hand over the report to the National Highway officials,” he directed the police department.

Additional DC Sadashiva Prabhu, additional SP Kumar Chandra, Kundapur assistant commissioner, K Raju, NHAI project director, Shishumohan, Arun and others were present.