Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said that the Union government had given in-principle approval for the ₹300 crore flyover project between Old Bus Station and Bidnal in Hubballi and the State government had agreed to release ₹50 lakh for preparing the Detailed Project Report (DPR).
Chairing the progress review meeting of various development projects in Hubballi on Saturday, Mr. Joshi informed the meeting about the in-principle approval from Centre and asked the officials of National Highway and Public Works Department to hold high-level meeting in 15 days in Bengaluru to prepare the DPR. It might be recalled that due to cost factor, this stretch of the flyover project was left out from the Kittur Chennamma Circle flyover project in Hubballi.
The Minister said that the Ramanagar-Alnavar-Dharwad-Kusugal