Union Minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 11 national highway projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore in Haryana.
The minister said on the occasion. that in the ongoing term of the government, highway projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore will be developed in the State. In all, a total of 11 projects with a cumulative length of 669 km were kickstarted in a virtual meeting where Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was also present.
These projects are part of the new economic corridor in Haryana.
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) present at the occasion said, sharing details of ongoing that in Haryana four major corridors are being developed in which two brownfield projects of Jind-Gohana-Sonipat and UP/Haryana Border-Rohna-Jhajjar are included.
The other two are greenfield projects – Ambala-Kotputli 304 km and Gurugram Rewari-Narnaul-Rajasthan Border 132 km.
Sandhu further added that in 2014, the total NH length in Haryana was 2050 kilometer, which has now been brought up to 3237 kilometers.
Gadkari also said that states like Haryana and Punjab will play a key role in fuelling the ethanol economy in the country, making it a Rs 1 lakh crore market. He said that the government was working on “revolutionary” ideas to adopt cleaner fuel in the country, and state governments must work together with the Centre on this.
