NHAI unveils Kanniyakumari-Nagapattinam NH upgrades

The National Highways Authority of India has planned to upgrade the existing 2-lane highway stretch between Kanniyakumari and Nagapattinam into four-lane. The move will benefit road users in general and especially the trading community of this coastal town as sending consignments to Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai will become a smooth affair. Currently, NHAI is focusing on the first phase of the project and the remaining section between Nagapattinam and Chennai will also become a four-lane highway. This new lane will considerably reduce the traffic between Kanniyakumari and Chennai via Madurai and Tiruchi. The travelling time between Kanniyakumari and the Velankanni will come down as the proposed thoroughfare will provide hassle-free passage for vehicles, now encountering a dozen of speed-breakers while crossing the villages' en-route. The existing two-lane East Coast Road would become the four-lane highway to get the number National Highways 32.