The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) recently told the Bombay High Court that the final completion of widening work on the Mumbai-Goa National Highway is possible by March 2022, if more than Rs 200 crore additional amount is arranged by the lenders of the project, including SBI, at the earliest.
The authority further conceded that while the project highway was in ‘motorable condition’ before the ongoing monsoon season, due to heavy rainfall and heavy vehicular traffic, some ‘potholes, patches and water stagnation’ developed in certain sections.
The NHAI filed an affidavit before a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni, which has been hearing a public interest litigation (PIL)
