New Highway Through Mountains in MP to Ease Travel to Hyderabad: Officials
Indore: The ambitious highway construction on the corridor connecting Madhya Pradesh’s financial capital Indore to Hyderabad will be completed by December this year, with work involving three tunnels carved through the mountains, officials said.
They said that these tunnels will save drivers from steep, narrow and risky roads and provide safe and trouble-free traffic on the highway. Opening the four-lane highway on the busy interstate route will also reduce traffic accidents and congestion and shorten travel time, officials said.
The Indore-Ichhapur National Highway, which is being built in Madhya Pradesh, will be completed by December this year, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) regional officer Shravan Kumar Singh told reporters after inspecting the construction work on Monday.
He said the four-lane highway will facilitate travel between Indore and Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga. “This expressway will also facilitate vehicle movement between Indore and Hyderabad via Jalgaon in Maharashtra,” Singh added.
According to officials, the construction of the 33.40-km highway between Tejaji Nagar in Indore and Balwada in Khargone district is challenging as it passes through rugged rugged terrain and steep ghats.
Three tunnels, including the 575-metre-long Bherughat tunnel, 550-metre-long Choral Ghat tunnel and the 480-metre-long Baigram tunnel, have been constructed using modern electronic blasting technology to eliminate the ghat section and improve road safety.
