The death of eight persons in the accident on the Hubballi-Dharwad Bypass (NH4) has once again brought to light the delay in the widening of the around 30-km two-lane stretch which has almost become a “death trap”.
It was in January that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) floated the tender to convert the 31-km long two-lane bypass between Hubballi and Dhawad into a six-lane expressway and for two-lane service road on each side.
Subsequently, on February 28, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for the work and heaped praises on Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi for finding a solution for the complicated road-widening project.
