Residents demand new road from Hebasur to Sulla village

Hubballi: A 14 km stretch of road from Hebasur to Sulla village has become a headache for residents who have to negotiate numerous bumps and potholes.
Hundreds of vehicles move on this road daily. For the past four years, villagers have demanded repairs but nothing has been done.
Villager Ashok Gunjal said that students from the surrounding villages need to go to Dharwad for higher education.The students had protested several times, demanding repairs.
Now, accidents are frequent. The road from Hebasur to Sulla should be repaired and replaced with a good road to avoid accidents, Gunjal said.
HG Gundalli, the PWD assistant executive engineer at Hubballi, said the road was completely damaged and “we need to build a new road. Temporary repairs are being done for the sake of smooth movement of vehicles. Rs 10 crore has been sanctioned for a new road of 7 km,” he said.
“To take up construction of the remaining stretch, a proposal has been sent to the government seeking funds. The district minister Shankar Patil Munenakoppa has assured us to sanction Rs 10 crore to build the rest of the road,” he said.