PM launches ₹11,100-cr road projects in Maharashtra

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The Prime Minister has laid the foundation stones for four laning of five sections of Shri Sant Dnyaneshawar Maharaj Palkhi Marg (NH-965) and three sections of Shri Sant Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi Marg (NH-965G) involving ₹6,700 crore and ₹4,400 crore investment respectively at Pandharpur town in Maharashtra. The town is associated with Sant Tukaram and Sant Dnyaneshwar and is a pilgrimage town situated on the banks of Chandrabhaga River in the Solapur district. The project will facilitate the movement of devotees to Pandharpur where apart from the construction of National Highways there is also a plan to build walkways for 'Palkhi' to provide hassle-free and safe passage to pedestrian devotees. The four-laned highways with 'Palkhi' on either side will be about 221km of Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Palkhi Marg from Diveghat to Mohol and about 130 Km of Sant Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi Marg from Patas to Tondale – Bondale. In addition, the PM also dedicated to the nation over 223 km of completed and upgraded road projects, built an investment of ₹1,180 crore at different National Highways for improving connectivity to Pandharpur. These projects include Mhaswad - Piliv - Pandharpur (NH 548E), Kurduwadi - Pandharpur (NH 965C), Pandharpur - Sangola (NH 965C), Tembhurni-Pandharpur section of NH 561A, and Pandharpur - Mangalwedha - Umadi section of NH 561A, PIB.

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