Aurangabad-Jalgaon road widening work likely to get over by year end.
The work of widening the Aurangabad-Ajanta-Jalgaon
highway in Maharashtra, which has got affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic and
the resulting manpower crunch, is likely to get over by the end of this year,
an official said.
The coronavirus situation led to the delay in the work and getting clearances from various government agencies, he said.
"The delay in the work of converting the 150-km long highway into a four-lane road has impacted the tourist footfall at the world heritage site of Ajanta. Earlier, there was an issue about contractors, then the coronavirus-induced lockdown and then the restrictions delayed this four-laning work," the official said.
Due to the pandemic, the number of labourers has gone down by nearly 30 per cent, he said.
Superintendent Engineer of PWD (national highway) Prashant Auti said, "We have completed the work of 110-km long stretch of the road so far and the work of 20 km long road would be carried out without any hurdle."
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