Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: The controversial Mumbai-Goa highway, specifically the 84-kilometre stretch between Panvel and Indapur, is expected to be completed in full by December-end, The Indian Express reported citing an NHAI official.
As per the official, the whole project is likely to be finished by December this year. Meanwhile, the contractor is keeping the road in good condition, on portions that have been completed to ensure smooth traffic flow. Pre-monsoon works are currently underway, with necessary precautions in place to ensure smooth traffic flow during the upcoming monsoon season.
The Mumbai-Goa highway is 555-kilometre long, out of which 460 kilometres lies in Maharashtra till Patradevi in Sindhudurg district. The NHAI is constructing 84 kilometre of the highway out of the 460 kilometres within Maharashtra and the remaining 376 kilometres has been taken up by the state Public Works Department (PWD).
Mumbai-Goa highway: 84-kilometre stretch
The 84-kilometre-long stretch of the highway has been divided into two packages. Package one, spanning 42.3 km from Panvel to Kasu, has achieved over 85% physical progress. According to the NHAI official, approximately 39 km of the 40 km of road concreting has been completed. Furthermore, about 9 km of the 23.7 km of parallel service road concreting is finished. Additionally, work on the vehicular underpass at Gadab in Pen taluka is also progressing.
Package two, covering 42.3 km from Kasu to Indapur, had 26.67 km of four-lane work completed by the previous contractor. The remaining work was awarded to Kalyan Toll Infra Pvt Ltd. Currently, around 45% of the physical work in this package has been completed.
