
PM also laid the foundation stone of multiple road sector projects of ₹8,700 crore including four laning of 85 km Moradabad-Kashipur Road to be built at a cost of over ₹4,000 crore; two laning of 22 Km stretch of Gadarpur-Dineshpur-Madkota-Haldwani road (SH-5) and 18 km stretch of Kiccha to Pantnagar (SH-44); construction of 8 km long Khatima bypass in Udham Singh Nagar; construction of four-lane National Highway (NH109D) being built at a cost of over ₹175 crore. These road projects will improve connectivity of Garhwal, Kumaon and Terai region and also between Uttarakhand and Nepal.