30km everyday road construction work going smooth
The government today said it had set a time frame of three years to achieve the target of constructing 30 km of road everyday and steps towards that have been taken with the clearance of projects worth Rs 16,000 crore in the first 100 days of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre.
Addressing a press conference on the achievements of the Ministry of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said besides clearing the projects worth Rs 16,000 crore that he has been at the helm of the three ministries, 1,000 km roads have been constructed and 350 km strengthened which though is much below the set target.
He said that government was moving fast to clear the infrastructure projects. During the current financial year, 6,300 km have been targeted for construction in this financial year out of which 1,000 km have been constructed and 350 km strengthened so far.
This construction is very much necessary in order to deal with the problem that the transport and highway division has to face on a regular interval.
Source: The Tribune
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