Summary:
The new highway running a distance of 65 km will connect Coimbatore-Karur four-way lane highway in Karur and Tiruchi-Madurai Highway in Tiruchi. more-inNational Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planned a new four-lane highway between Tiruchi and Karur in view of the rising volume of traffic on the stretch running along the Cauvery. The highway had been made into a four-lane stretch from Sukkaliyur in Karur to Mayanur. A senior official said there was no possibility of widening the existing NH 67 between Tiruchi and Karur. While NH 67 runs via Pettavaithalai, Kulithalai and Mayanur, there is another route to reach Karur from Tiruchi via Somarasampettai and Rachandarthirumalai (RT Malai)..