senior Samajwadi Party leader Prof Sudheer Panwar, who led the protest, explained that several important national highways including Delhi-Saharanpur, Karnal-Meerut, Dehradun-Delhi, Panipat-Khatima and Ambala-Gorakhpur passed through Shamli and to connect these highways, Shamli bypass of 30.5 km was under construction as part of Bharatmala project. He said the NHAI had not provided any flyovers and passes for safe passage to five crossings of existing roads and accidents occurred when the bypass was opened for testing.
Twelve MNS activists were detained in Navi Mumbai for protesting the delay in completing the Mumbai-Goa highway. The NHAI says the project is nearing completion.