Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially unveil and lay the cornerstones for 112 national highway projects around the nation, totaling one lakh crore at a ceremony in Gurugram today.
Today is an important day for connectivity across India. At around 12 noon today, 112 National Highways, spread across different states, will be dedicated to the nation or their foundation stones would be laid. The Haryana Section of Dwarka Expressway will be inaugurated. These… pic.twitter.com/7uS1ETc8lj
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The historic Dwarka Expressway‘s Haryana segment will be officially opened by the prime minister, according to an official release. This would help reduce traffic congestion on National Highway-48 between Delhi and Gurugram.
At an approximate cost of Rs 4,100 crore, the 19-km Haryana segment of the eight-lane Dwarka Expressway was constructed. It consists of two sections: the 10.2-km Delhi-Haryana Border to Basai Rail-over-Bridge (ROB) and the 8.7-km Basai ROB to Kherki Daula. It will also give direct connectivity to the IGI Airport in Delhi and Gurugram Bypass.
The prime minister will also unveil three packages of the Lucknow Ring Road, which were developed at an estimated cost of Rs 4,600 crore in Uttar Pradesh, the 9.6 km long, six-lane Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II)-Package 3, which connects Delhi’s Nangloi-Najafgarh Road to Sector 24 Dwarka section, and the Anandapuram-Pendurthi-Anakapalli section of NH-16, which was developed at an estimated cost of Rs 2,950 crore in Andhra Pradesh.
He will also officially open 42 additional projects totaling Rs 20,500 crore in various states around the nation, as well as the two packages of the NH-21 Kiratpur-to-Nerchowk segment in Himachal Pradesh and the two packages of the Dobaspet-Heskote portion in Karnataka.
Additionally, PM Modi will lay the groundwork for numerous national highway projects around the nation.
The major projects for which the foundation stones will be laid are: the Rs 14,000 crore Bengaluru-Kadappa-Vijayawada Expressway in Andhra Pradesh; the Rs 8,000 crore Belgaum-Hungund-Raichur Section of NH-748A in Karnataka; the Rs 4,900 crore Shamli-Ambala Highway in Haryana; and the Rs 3,800 crore Amritsar-Bathinda corridor in Punjab.
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