4-lane roads to be built in Gorakhpur for Rs 57 billion

14 Mar 2023 CW Team

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Gorakhpur for two days beginning to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate several development projects costing billions of rupees. The CM will be present at Sansad Khel Spardha's ending ceremony at GD Inter College in Dighwa, Kaudiram. Kamlesh Paswan, a Bansgaon MP, will also be present.

The integrated steel mill in Sector-23 of GIDA, owned by Ankur Industries Ltd., would be opened on the same day and will help the area’s industrial growth. Director of Ankur Industries Ltd. Nikhil Jalan has organised everything to greet the Chief Minister with the assistance of the district government. CM Yogi Adityanath will lay the foundation stone for four-lane projects costing Rs 57 billion, and will be accompanied by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Roads and Highways. Mahant Digvijaynath Memorial Park in the Ramgarhtal region will host the NHAI's inaugural event.

The Gorakpur ring road bypass, the Jungle Kaudia-Sonouli road, the Jungle Kaudia-Jagdishpur road, the Ramjanki road, and the Maharajganj-Nichloul-Thoothibari route would all have four lanes. The CM and the Union Minister will lay the foundation for these four lane roads. Also, he will participate in a ceremony at the Shri Chitragupt Mandir Sabha in Buxipur, where he will launch a number of tourism-related development projects.

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