Summary
The Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown to contain its spread have delayed the four major ongoing projects under the Visakhapatnam project implementation unit (PIU) of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), it was revealed at a review meeting of the PIU.
The projects are the widening of National Highway (NH)-16 in stretches between Anakapalle to Anandapuram, Anandapuram to Ranasthalam, Ranasthalam to Narasannapeta and Narasannapeta to Icchapuram.
“Construction works were severely affected during the lockdown period and during April 19 to May 26 it came to a standstill for around a month. There was no labour availa......