Tamil Nadu receives a major infrastructural boost for seamless road connectivity! Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stones for as many as five national highways projects worth Rs 2995 crore in Kanyakumari today. PM Modi launched a road safety park and transport museum as well, according to a recent PIB press release. These developmental projects will provide a much-needed connectivity enhancement for the coastal town of Kanykumari and also prove to be economically beneficial across the southern state of the country.
According to the details of the press release, the Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, the two/four laning of the Madurai-Ramanathapuram section of National Highway (NH)-87 (which is the old NH-49) falling in the Madurai, Sivaganga, and Ramanathapuram districts, a flyover at Marthandam and Parvathipuram junctions of NH-47 falling in the Kanyakumari district, four laning from Panagudi to Kanyakumari section of NH-44 (which is the old NH-7) and the Narikulam Tank portion in Kanyakumari district. PM also laid the foundation stone for the four-laning of Madurai-Chettikulam-Natham section of NH-785 in the Madurai and Dindigul districts.
