HUBBALLI: District in-charge minister Jagadish Shettar said that the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation has been instructed to immediately take up works to repair damaged roads.
After inaugurating road development works worth Rs. 40 lakh at Siddeshwar Nagar near Unkal here on Tuesday, he told media persons that contractors have been asked to speed up road development works, which were slowed down due to the lockdown.
I have instructed to complete the CC road which is being built near DRM office and open for traffic movement. The station road work which is being carried out under Smart City Project will be completed in 10 days, he said.
The new bypass road from Vijayapur Road to Gadag Road is ready, and the stretch from Gadag Road to Bengaluru Road would be completed fast. This would reduce the traffic congestion inside the City, he added.
Former mayor Ashwini Majjagi, BJP leaders Tippanna Majjagi, Rajanna Koravi, and others were present.