Krishnagiri - Walajahpet Highway stretch ranks among nation’s top 20
The Hindu
The 148.3 km-long Krishnagiri-Walajahpet stretch of the Chennai-Bengaluru Road has been chosen one among the top 20 National Highways stretches in the country. It came sixth in terms of the total scor
The 148.3 km-long Krishnagiri-Walajahpet stretch of the Chennai-Bengaluru Road has been chosen one among the top 20 National Highways stretches in the country. It came sixth in terms of the total score obtained. It got 87.15 points under three heads — user services, highway efficiency and highway safety. The 142.87 km stretch — running through four districts Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Vellore and Ranipet — witnesses around 37,000 vehicles daily. “We have divided the stretch into three portions and have individual accident response teams with ambulances and cranes. Apart from this we have emergency calling booths every 2 km through which people can call our control room,” said a source in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The toll road, which is maintained by L&T Infrastructure, has lighting facilities in all urban stretches, enough signages that tell you where ATMs and pharmacies are located, toilets and drinking water facilities at both toll plazas. “We still have to widen two stretches for a length of 5 km at Ambur and also one near Palar river. These will be taken up by May and work will be completed in a year. Our attempt is to provide quality services to road users,” explained the official.More Related News