Mani flyover on Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway will be ready by April-end, says NHAI official

No issues on land acquisition related to B.C. Road- Adda Hole project are pending, he said.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will complete the flyover being built at Mani on National Highway 75 as part of B. C. Road-Adda Hole four-lane project by April-end, according to Abdulla Javed Azmi, Director, Mangaluru Project Office of the NHAI.

At the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting presided over by Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament, Dakshina Kannada, on February 14, he informed that of the 63 km stretch between B. C. Road and Adda Hole, a 31 km stretch has been upgraded to four lanes. The entire project will be over by February 2025.

Mr. Azmi said that of the 15 km stretch between Adda Hole and Periyashanthi (Package I), a 11 km four-lane stretch is ready. This entire stretch will be ready by this April-end.

Of the 48 km stretch between Periyashanthi and B. C. Road (Package II), 20 km has been expanded to four lanes.

Another 12 km stretch of four lanes will be ready by May-end.

Thus, 32 km long four-lane road will be ready before this monsoon.

Referring to the flyover at Kalladka, the Project Director said that storm water drains for the service roads are now being built. The service roads will be ready before this monsoon. As per the target, the parallel bridge being built across the Netravathi in B.C. Road should be completed by March 15. The Melkar-Panemangaluru overpass is expected to be ready by February-end.