Kanyakumari-Thiruvananthapuram NH to be Widened to Four-Lane
The Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan informed the Rajya Sabha today that the stretch of NH-47 from Kanyakumari to Thiruvananthapuram via Nagercoil – Kavalkinaru section of NH-47B is to be widened to four lanes. The Detailed Project Report has been prepared for implementing the project under two packages, viz. (i) 4-laning of Thiruvananthapuram – Kerala / Tamil Nadu border section of NH-47 for a length of 43.00 Km in the State of Kerala and (ii) 4-laning of Kerala / Tamil Nadu border – Kanniyakumari section of NH-47 and Nagercoil – Kavalkinaru section of NH-47B for a total length of 70.36 Km in the State of Tamil Nadu. The land acquisition for four laning has been taken up. The construction of four lane road would be taken up after acquisition of required land.
The section from Tirunelvli to Thiruvananthapuram via Nagercoil is connected with National Highway (NH) -7, NH-47 and NH-47B. Out of this, the stretch of NH-7 from Tirunelveli to Kanyakumari has already been converted into four lane carriageway.
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(Release ID :112273)