C.Balasubramanian, President, The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore (ICCIC) welcomed the Indian Government’s approval to widen the NH 948, and also appealed to Tamil Nadu Minister for Municipal Administration S.P.Velumani to provide support towards land acquisition process in connection with the project.
Along with this widening plans, the Govt has plans to lay a four-lane road from Kurumbapalayam in Coimbatore District to Sathyamangalam in Erode District, from where two-lane road will be upgraded till Bannari. With the support of District Administrations in Coimbatore and Erode, the National Highways Authority of India would acquire 731 acres of land for the four-lane road project.
In a press release, ICCIC President conveyed that the two-lane Coimbatore -Sathyamangalam Road has been witnessing heavy traffic during the peak hours and in some places, the road is very narrow and accidents are also common on the stretch.
Though the Union Government had decided to expand this road a few years ago, for some reasons the project did not take off. Now the Highways Authority has taken up the project to lay four-lane road from Kurumbapalayam to Sathyamangalam. If this project is completed people can travel to Karnataka from Coimbatore without any major traffic.
ICCIC requested Minister S.P.Velumani to use his good offices to speed up the land acquisition process and other formalities so that the project could be completed on time, and benefit public.