Mumbai-Agra highway project delayed

The widening of the Mumbai-Agra national highway between Pimpalgaon-Baswant and Gonde was scheduled for completion by June 2012, but has now been delayed. The project is expected to take another nine months for completion. Issues over land acquisition and protests by environmentalists over the hacking of trees along the roadway were major hurdles that pushed back completion deadlines for the project undertaken by the NHAI. As of now, of the total 60-km stretch of road, work on 47 km is complete.Contact: National Highways Authority of IndiaTel: 011-2507 4100.Website: ww.karnataka.gov.in