Work of Vilholi underpass to commence within a month

December 6, 2013

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Santosh Sonawane, TNN

NASHIK: The construction work of the underpass at Vilholi is likely to start within a month as the work on the service road on either side of the highway has already begun.

An PNG Tollways official said that the work of the underpass will begin in a month’s time after completion of work on the service roads. As of now, the work of shifting electrical poles on the highway has commenced. The construction company said that work of the underpass has been approved by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) head office and is likely to be completed in the next six months.

There was a rising demand for the underpass to be constructed ever since the road from Gonde to Pimpalgaon was widened by the NHAI. Once the work of the service road is completed, the construction of the underpass will begin. The highway traffic will then be redirected to the service roads. Villagers said that an underpass was necessary ever since the highway was converted into four lanes. Villagers find it extremely difficult to cross the entire stretch of the four-laned because of the speed of the commuting vehicles.

Police constable Anil Dhumse of the Nashik Taluka police station who is posted at Vilholi said, “Petty accidents happen almost on a regular basis. Villagers cross the four-lane highway looking onto one side of the road. In some cases, cars and trucks have run off the road and turned turtle in a bid to save someone crossing the road. In March, a young girl was killed while she was crossing the road. The underpass will be of great help to motorists as well as pedestrians in crossing the highway.”

On March 20, an 18-year-old girl Sonal Gaikwad was crushed to death after a speeding car hit her near Vilholi. Sonal, a resident of the Sangharsh Nagar slum by the highway was crossing the road to get drinking water on the other side of the highway when the incident occurred.Nashik :

The much awaited work of the underpass at Vilholi is likely to get underway within a month as the work of the service road on either side of the highway has been taken up.

Officials of PNG Tollways said that the actual work of the underpass will get underway within a month’s time after the completion service roads. As of now the work of shifting the electrical poles has been taken up on the highway. The construction company said that the work of the underpass has already been approved by the head office of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and is likely to be wrapped up within the next six months.

There was a rising demand of the underpass ever since the road widening between Gonde to Pimpalgaon was taken up by NHAI, given the villages on either side of the highway at Vilholi. Once the work of the service road is over the traffic on the highway will be shifted on the service road to take the work of the underpass. Villagers said that the need of the underpass was always felt ever since the highway was converted into four lanes. Villagers, but mostly the elderly people find it extremely difficult to cross the entire stretch of the four-laned highway and are not able to gauge the speed of the vehicles.

Motorists too find it difficult to control their speeding vehicles when they find a person suddenly crossing the highway. Police constable Anil Dhumse of the Nashik Taluka police station who is posted at Vilholi said, “Petty accidents happen almost on a regular basis. Villagers cross the four-lane highway looking at only one-side of the road. In most of the cases, cars and trucks have run off the road and turned turtle in a bid to save someone crossing the road. In March, however, a young girl was killed while she was crossing the road. The underpass will be of great help to motorists as well as pedestrians in crossing the highway.

Incidentally, on March 20, an 18-year-old girl Sonal Gaikwad was crushed to death by a speeding car near Vilholi. Resident of the Sangharsh Nagar slum by the highway, near Vilholi, Sonal Bhaurao Gaikwad was on her regular course to get drinking water on the other side of the highway when she was hit by the speeding car.

Source-http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com