Thiruvananthapuram: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has reassured Kerala officials that the land acquisition process for road widening will continue and tenders will be issued on completion of the process, but the NHAI order placing Kerala on the second High Priority II list cannot be revoked.
However, PWD secretary G. Kamalavardhana Rao, who is in New Delhi, has told NHAI chief N.N. Sinha that the State expected an order in “black and white”, restoring Kerala projects on High Priority in keeping with Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari’s assurance to Chief Minister Pinarayai Vijayan on resuming NH 66 development.
