NHAI starts 51-km Sinnar-Shirdi road widening project

People travelling on the Sinnar-Shirdi highway to visit the holy Shirdi temple can expect a smoother ride as the NHAI has started widening the Sinnar-Shirdi section of the highway on HAM model. Director, NHAI Nashik, Dileep Patil informed that work on the 51-km long highway has been taken up on a fast-track basis and will take two years for completion. The narrow road has claimed many lives in road accidents, including devotees who travel by foot to Shirdi. The road-building agency would also be constructing two Bhakta Niwas roads along the highway, since a large number of devotees travel with palkhis or on foot to Shirdi shrine around the year. The Bhakta Niwas, which would be completed with all the amenities, would help devotees take a break during the walk to Shirdi.