Shiradi Ghat will not be made four-lane: Minister.

A 26-km stretch of Shiradi Ghat on Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway (NH 75), which is being reconstructed with concrete, is unlikely to be made a four-lane road, as the Union government has approved construction of a 18.5-km green bypass to avoid the Ghat stretch.

In a written reply in the Legislative Council to Ivan D'Souza recently, Minister for Public Works H.C. Mahadevappa said the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had approved the proposal for the green bypass to be constructed in association with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

THE HINDU