Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will be visiting Shivamogga on February 22, Thursday, to inaugurate roads and lay foundation stones for works involving a total expense of ₹6,168.41 crores.
Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra, in a press conference in Shivamogga on Monday, said the programme would be held at Nehru Stadium in the city. The Union Minister would lay the foundation stones and inaugurate 18 works pertaining to a 296.92-km-long highway, spread over seven districts of the south zone. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will also attend the programme.
The works to be inaugurated include seven minor bridges on the Byndoor – Ranebennur highway built at a cost of ₹19.77 crore (NH 766), railway over bridge at Vidya Nagar in Shivamogga at a cost of ₹43.90 crore (NH 13), by-pass road bridge across Tunga River in Shivamogga built at a cost of ₹20.12 crore (NH 206) and a bridge across the Tunga River at Tirthahalli constructed by spending ₹55.62 crores (NH 169A).
