The work on the Tamil Nadu stretch of the 262-km Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway project, scheduled to be completed by August this year, is now expected to be over only by the end of the year.

According to the National Highway’s work progress report shared by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in the Lok Sabha, the 106-km greenfield expressway in Tamil Nadu is constructed in four packages: Gudipala (AP) to Walajahpet, Walajahpet to Arakkonam, Arakkonam to Kancheepuram, and Kancheepuram to Sriperumbudur. 

The physical progress of the work ranges from 90 per cent in the Walajahpet to Arakkonam stretch to 52 per cent in the Arakkonam to Kancheepuram section.

In Tamil Nadu, the work progress in the Arakkonam to Kancheepuram section is the slowest at 52 per cent due to financial constraints of the concessionaire and delay in the determination of compensation for land and crop in the extra high tension utility shifting by the district administration. 

The work is expected to be completed only by the end of this year. 

The Kancheepuram to Sriperumbudur section works will be completed by September while the Walajahpet to Arakkonam section will be completed by July.