National Highway 49 (India, old numbering)

Government of India has recently announced that the destroyed stretch will be rebuilt at a cost of INR 250 million.

Union minister for road transport and shipping Nitin Gadkari participated in the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the Rs 1,387-crore project in Madurai on 17 July 2015.

Falling under the NH-49, this project is one of the largest to be implemented in Tamil Nadu by the NHAI in the recent times.

Kerala: Kochi Metropolitan Area(Kundannoor, Thripunithura, Thiruvankulam, Puthencruz), Kolenchery, Muvattupuzha, Kothamangalam, Neriamangalam, Adimali, Pallivasal, Munnar, Devikulam and Poopara.

Tamil Nadu:Bodimettu, Bodinayakkanur, Theni, Andipatti, Usilampatti, Madurai, Tiruppuvanam, Manamadurai, Parthibanur, Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram, Mandapam, Pamban, Rameswaram, Mukundarayar Chathiram And Dhanushkodi.