India, June 24 -- As the ambitious, road-widening project at Dive ghat for the Palkhi marg project gathers pace, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun taking regular traffic blocks in the ghat section to facilitate controlled blasting and crushing of rocky hill portions along the project alignment. On Monday, June 22, a two-hour traffic block was imposed from 1 pm to 3 pm during which time, vehicular movement from both sides of the ghat was stopped to ensure the safety of motorists and workers engaged in the blasting operations.

According to information shared by the NHAI, similar traffic blocks are likely to be taken on weekdays in the coming weeks as mountain-cutting and rock-crushing activities intensify. The road-...