Widening of a key National Highway stretch in Nadia stuck for several years over land-acquisition problems started on Wednesday after the state stepped in to remove the hurdles.
The four-laning of the 67km stretch of NH12 (previously NH34) between Baro Jagulia and Krishnagar had been hit as the portion had encroachments and the Mamata Banerjee government — which came to power riding anti-land acquisition protests — didn’t want to acquire plots.
After the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) hinted that it could not wait any further, the state had requested the Centre three years ago to hand over the stretch.
