Rajasthan fast tracks ₹721-cr highway project

The state government has fast-tracked the Beawar-Gomti NH - 8 to be developed from double-lane to four-lane highway as the project has already been approved by the Union Transport Ministry, said an official spokesperson, adding that National Highway with a length of about 100 km will be completed in two packages. In the first package, about 50 km length will be developed by spending ₹380.29 crore and in the second package, the remaining 50 km length will be built at a cost of ₹341.33 crore. Under this project, 40 small bridges including 6 flyovers will also be constructed, and once it is commissioned the chances of road accidents on this route will be reduced to a greater extent. There were many black spots on this route where accidents were caused due to the wrong overtaking of vehicles. Currently, this road is of six-lane from Jaipur to Beawar and four-lane from Gomti to Udaipur. After the four-lane road from Beawar to Gomti, traffic from Delhi to Jaipur, Ajmer, Beawar, Udaipur and Ahmedabad will become more streamlined.