NHAI has approved the long pending demand of expanding the existing two-lane road from Paramakudi to Ramanathapuram to a four-lane.

The highways department floated tenders as two packages for expanding the road at a cost of over Rs 700 crore and Rs 800 crore respectively. 

Trade experts opined that the project would develop the movement of logistics throughout the district.

Sources said thousands of tourists and logistics ply through the Madurai-Ramanathapuram national highway daily. Though the road is four-lane from Madurai to Paramakudi, the section after Paramakudi is two-lane.

Considering the number of vehicles, the particular two-lane road witnesses frequent accidents and periodic traffic snarls. Conversion of the section of NH into a four-lane road has been one of the major demands of various stakeholders in Ramanathapuram.

Accordingly, the NHAI initiated special projects to expand the existing two-lane road from Paramakudi to Ramanathapuram to be expanded into four-lane roads. The project is to be carried out in two packages at a total estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore.