Special vehicles to restore NH 67

The Union governmnet has decided to set up Special purpose vehicles to restore the National Highway reaches of NJ-34 and NH-66, in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively, affected by heavy rainfall and landslides.

In a meeting between Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, T R Baalu and senior officials of Department of Road Transport & Highways and the National Highways Authority of India today, it was decided that the vehicle would be set up in co-ordination with concerned state governments, a press release said.

This step would take care of suitable timely remedial measures and ensure that work of emergent repairs could be taken up immediately, the release added.

Large scale damages have been reported in both highways due to incessant rains in the past two months.

In Tamil Nadu alone, the stretches along the Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Ooty-Karnataka border on NH 67 extensions and the Tindivanam-Pondicherry stretch of NH 66, were badly damaged due to rains while heavy landslides in Mettupalayam had resulted in diversion of vehicular traffic, the release said.



Source: Chennai Online