The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will take up the six-laning works of the Mysuru-Nanjangud stretch of NH-766 with a change in alignment consequent to the proposed extension of the Mysuru airport runway.
Though it was originally proposed to have an underpass bisecting the extended runway and security clearance was also issued by the Director General of Civil Aviation, the concept of underpass has been disbanded and the authorities have preferred the diversion of NH-766.
At a meeting with the officials of the Airport Authority of India and the Revenue Department held here on Friday, June 2, Pratap Simha, Mysuru MP, called for expediting the land acquisition process which could take between three to six months before the actual work on six-laning of the highway could be taken up.
