Ministerial review calls for accelerating project planning and execution
Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has discussed several key highway development projects including six-laning of the Nagpur–Bhandara section, four-laning of the Taloda–Burhanpur section, Durg–Gadchiroli–Mancherial corridor, Gadchiroli–Kanker (Raipur–Vizag) corridor, Gwalior–Nagpur corridor, Nagpur–Hyderabad corridor, six-laning of the Bhandara–Raipur section, Lakhnadon–Durg–Raipur corridor, six-laning of the Nagpur–Amravati section, the Madhya Pradesh–Maharashtra Border–Nagpur Bypass–Borkhedi stretch on NH-44, and six-laning of the Pune–Satara section.
The projects were discussed during a review of proposed High-Speed Corridors, High-Density Corridors and other important National Highway corridors in Maharashtra.
The review meeting also included discussions on nine State BOT projects covering a total length of 527 km on National Highway stretches in Maharashtra. These projects include Shirur–Ahilyanagar (4-lane), Ahilyanagar–Wadala (4-lane), Wadala–Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (4-lane), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar–Jalna (4-lane), Jalna–Watur (4-lane), Nanded–Narsi–Deglur (4-lane & 2-lane), Jam–Warora (4-lane), Warora–Chandrapur–Bamni (4-lane), and Malkapur–Chikhli (2-lane) corridors.
The review focused on accelerating project planning and execution to strengthen road connectivity and support economic development in the region, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said on 4 May. Fiinews.com
