Announcing a major road infrastructure to the Himalayan belt, the transport ministry recently has decided to award 70 road projects entailing a staggering investment worth Rs 50,000 crore and all these projects are being awarded before 2019, transport minister Nitin Gadkari said elaborating that the ministry has also reviewed the progress of the all weather road projects, Namami Gange program and other national highway projects. The new and upcoming projects included the all weather chardham road projects and five projects cleared under the Bharatmala plan and that 5 border road projects worth Rs 9,700 crore covering a distance of 570 km have been cleared for the state under Bharatmala project and the NHIBCL has been asked to finish the construction of these roads in six months. The centre is currently working actively on the approximately Rs. 12,000 crore all weather road projects which interlinks the four famous Himalayan shrines located in the state. Works for 400 km out of a total of 900 km of the all weather road projects have already been awarded and awarding works for the remaining 500 km of roads under the program is being taken up on war footing.
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15 January 2018
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