•Moretakka Bridge over Narmada River is complete and load-tested, but traffic is stalled due to incomplete approach roads.
•NHAI's main contractor diverted machinery to the Omkareshwar Four-lane Project, causing a 1.5-year delay in approach road construction.
•The delay impacts the Indore-Hyderabad Corridor, affecting trade and transport between Nimad-Malwa and Maharashtra.
•Weak monitoring by NHAI's Indore unit is cited as a major reason for the project being two years behind schedule.
•One lane of the bridge might open soon, but full utilization is hampered by the missing approach road, forcing reliance on the old, dilapidated bridge.
