Road Upgrading
NH 67 runs along the southern banks of Kaveri river between Trichy and Karur. The road between Karur and Coimbatore for a distance of 114.4 km (71.1 mi) is being widened into two/four lanes expressway and the project will be complete by August 2009. The 67 km (42 mi) distance between Thanjavur and Trichy is widened by Madhucon Projects Ltd. The 79.7 km (49.5 mi) distance between Trichy and Karur is widened by Reliance Infrastructure. The Coonoor-Mettupalayam section was shut in 2010 due to landslides caused by heavy rains in the region. Subsequently, the National Highways Authority of India had the road re-laid which got eroded, again due to rains. In 2012, the Highways Department decided to initiate criminal proceedings against the NHAI, under Section 133 of Criminal Penal Code, dealing with acts endangering human life, due to non maintenance of the road.
The Coimbatore-Karur section is 10 metres wide, with one-metre hard way on either side, while 30 km of the road, covering important towns, is four-lane, and the remaining two-lane till Karur.
The Karur-Trichy section is being upgraded by Reliance Infrastructure on BOT basis.
The Trichy-Thanjavur section is being upgraded by Madhucon on a BOT basis.
In 2010, the State Government sent a proposal to the centre for upgrading the Thanjavur-Nagapattinam section of the highway.
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