National Highway Projects: With the aim of streamlining traffic, a plan to build 8 high-speed road corridors of 936 km length has been approved.
National Highway Projects: With the aim of strengthening the infrastructure and streamlining traffic in India, the plan to build 8 new national highways has been approved. In fact, this important project has been given the green signal in the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to the information, this project provides for the construction of 8 high-speed road corridors of 936 km length, with an estimated cost of Rs 50,655 crore.
In fact, Union Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told in the press conference that the main goal of these projects is to ensure better connectivity across the country, make logistics more effective and reduce traffic congestion. At the same time, he also told that efforts will be made to link these projects to brownfield sites, so that land acquisition can be minimized and construction work can be completed faster.
Land Acquisition Plan
At the same time, the government has tried to keep land acquisition for these projects to a minimum. For this, wherever land is already available, it will be used on priority. This policy will also reduce the cost and problems in land acquisition.
Major Projects
-Agra-Gwalior 6 lane road
-Kharagpur-Moregram Corridor
-Kanpur Ring Road
-Guwahati Ring Road
-Ring Road at Lucknow International Airport
-Ring Road in Ayodhya
-Pune-Nashik 8-lane elevated flyover corridor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tweet
TRANSFORMATIVE boost to India’s infrastructure landscape!
The Cabinet’s approval of 8️⃣ National High-Speed Road Corridor Projects at an expenditure of over Rs. 50,000 crore will have a MULTIPLIER EFFECT on our economic GROWTH and boost EMPLOYMENT opportunities.
It also… pic.twitter.com/fim8aNP2Tr
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 2, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave information about this important project through his tweet. He said that this project will take India’s infrastructure to a new height and will accelerate the development of the country.
