Nod for widening Sirsi-Kumta Road

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court dismissed a PIL filed by the United Conservation Movement Charitable and Welfare Trust challenging the widening of NH-766E from Sirsi to Kumta in Uttara Kannada district, under the Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-1.

Contending that the road passes near the northern boundary of a lion-tailed macaque sanctuary for 0.95 km, the petitioner prayed that NHAI be restrained from carrying out widening work. They also sought that NHAI be prohibited from axing trees.