The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will construct a railway over bridge (foreground) to prevent vehicles turning right at Baikampady Junction towards Baikampady Industrial Area. | Photo credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will construct an underpass under the existing railway bridge at Baikampady to facilitate vehicular movement between National Highway 66 and Baikampady Industrial Area, NHAI Mangaluru Project Director Abdulla Javed Azmi said on Thursday.
Addressing a meeting of the District Road Safety Committee here, Mr. Azmi said the NHAI headquarters had approved the proposal and the tender process was underway. According to him, earlier approved works at the site have lapsed due to delays in starting work. The underpass contains two concrete boxes that would be built using the box push method, he said.
He also informed that work on six-lane Kulur Bridge over Phalguni (Gurupura) river is progressing rapidly and soon part of the bridge will be completed. The Kulur-Baikampady section of NH 66 should be six-lane with service roads, he added.
Deputy Commissioner HV Darshan chaired a meeting of the District Road Safety Committee in Mangaluru on Thursday. | Photo credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Deputy Commissioner HV Darshan, presiding over the meeting, said as many as 24 works, including widening of roads, construction of bypasses and flyovers, have been identified to be carried out under NHAI’s jurisdiction to avoid accidents. However, the execution was delayed citing traffic management as a problem. The NHAI should complete these works by the end of March with proper assistance from the traffic police, the DC said. He also directed Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) to install street lights on NH 66 in Kulur section.
Meanwhile, while discussing the traffic jams at Kallapu, Mahakalipadpu-Jeppinamogaru Junction and Jeppinamogaru Junction, Mr. Darshan directed the authority to install traffic lights in consultation with the traffic police. The meeting was informed that construction of a truck terminal by New Mangalore Port Authority was underway at Tannirbhavi and Baikampady.
Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police K Arun, Mangaluru Deputy Commissioner Meenakshi Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) K Ravi Shankar and others were present.
Published – 05 Feb 2026 22:08 IST
