Pralhad Joshi, Dharwad MP, urged Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C.P. Joshi to consider a proposal to convert the 111-km State highway between Annigeri and Ramanagaram that passes through Navaglund, Hebasur, Sulla and Dharwad into a National Highway.
According to a release issued here, Mr. Joshi, in a letter to the Union Minister, urged him to consider the proposal under a project of developing 85,000 km of national highways under the 12th Plan, which also included converting some of the State highways into national highways.
Boosting development
Mr Joshi said that if the road was converted into a National Highway, it would allow overall development of the region.
“The road will provide connectivity to four other National Highways, NH-63 (Ankola-Gooty), NH-217 (Bijapur-Hubli), NH-4 (Pune-Bangalore) and NH-4A (Belgaum-Panaji), thereby opening up heritage centres like Hampi, Badami and Pattadakal and others for tourists.
Increasing tourism
It will also increase road connectivity to tourists spots in Goa, which in turn would boost the tourism industry in the northern parts of Karnataka”, Mr. Joshi said.
He also said he had already brought the proposal to the notice of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar during his recent visit to Hubli and appealed to the Chief Minister to urge the Union government to approve the proposal.
