The stalemate between the Geology and Mining Department and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to excavate soil from a Perumkadavila quarry in the district, to fill the remaining sections of the Mukkola-Karode (NH) 66 bypass route, has ended. probably to delay the commissioning of the road.

The NHAI had promised that the road would be inaugurated earlier in August. The delay of the geology department can Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is withdrawing from the construction work as before in the Kanyakumari district. Only 1.2 km of the 16.3 km section is left for construction.