₹1L-cr to be spent on highway projects in state in three years: Gadkari
Hindustan TimesThe central government will spend ₹1 lakh crore on various highway and bridge projects in Jharkhand over the next three years, said Union road, transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday. Currently, 756km long road projects worth ₹7,500 crore are under way in the state, while projects worth ₹10,000 crore will be approved by year-end.” The event was attended by the Jharkhand CM, besides members of Parliament from the state, including Union tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda. The minister also suggested the state government to provide public works department engineers on deputation to National Highways Authority of India, the nodal agency of the Union ministry of roads, to work dedicatedly on highway projects in the state. Protect elephant corridors: Soren Meanwhile, CM Hemant Soren raised concerns over loss of tree cover and loss to environment caused due to highway construction, besides demanding the minister to provide high speed corridors to connect the state from neighbouring states in order to promote industrialisation in the state.