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Hubballi: Road work in Deshpande Nagar is hindering traffic movement and motorists from Vijaynagar, Ashoknagar, Rajnagar and Bhavani Nagar are suffering the most.The road works are part of development works that were started a few months ago under state government grants and CRF grants. If the roads connecting Deshpande Nagar are not rectified sooner, things will only worsen,” he added.H M Krishnareddy, AEE, National Highway, Hubballi sub division, admitted that the ongoing road works have hampered traffic movement. Before initiating such works, the authorities must assess if the road has an alternative road or not, how many vehicles can move on the alternate road and other such matters. The stretch between Desai Cross and Sharada Hotel Cross is causing more traffic problems. As all works were started at the time, traffic has been hampered,” he said.“We started work on the stretch between Old Income Tax Office in Vidyanagar to Pinto Raod under CRF grants of Rs 40 crore..