MoRTH lays foundation stones for 11 NH projects at Rs 5,722 cr

25 Feb 2022 CW Team

The Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Nitin Gadkari, laid foundation stones for 11 National Highways (NHs) projects of 534 km worth Rs 5,722 crore in Madhya Pradesh.

Other Ministers, including the Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India, General V K Singh, Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan, and Former Lok Sabha Speaker and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Sumitra Mahajan, were also present.

Gadkari said that these NHs projects would ease transportation facilities to the pilgrims and tourists places. Moreover, it will provide better connectivity from agricultural markets near Ujjain.

He said that the Ujjain-Dewas Industrial Corridor would provide new employment opportunities. Besides, the entire Malwa-Nimar region would be developed, along with the border areas as storage centres, fuel and time will be saved, and travelling would be safer.

Gadkari added that the government is implementing various steps to build next-generation infrastructure with a commitment to ensure smooth connectivity, faster development, better security and prosperity for everyone.

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