JEYPORE: Replete with potholes, the Visakhapatnam-Raipur NH-26 stretch passing through Koraput district is a commuter’s nightmare. Base of the 23-km road stretch from Jeypore to Borrigumma has eroded owing to movement of large number of heavy vehicles.
The NH stretch was constructed 30 years back and renovated at regular intervals with just filling up of the potholes. Five years back, the top layer of the entire road was re-laid by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), considering the increasing pressure of heavy vehicles on it. Traffic on the Koraput stretch of the NH-26 has doubled in the last five years.
