More than 60 per cent of the ongoing vehicular underpass on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 44), which is maintained by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Vellore has been completed with rest of the work on the fast track.
The NHAI officials said that the subway is being built at Perumugai, a border village on the highway connecting Vellore with Ranipet district, at a cost of ₹18 crore. Perumugai village is one of the ‘black spots’ identified by NHAI on the highway. These black spots are accident prone spots that are based on periodical reports given by the district police to the Collector. “Currently, work on the elevated portion of the underpass is being done on the highway. The underpass will be ready by year-end,” said a NHAI official.
