Centre incorporates MP’s Atal Progress-Way in highways sector project
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Thursday approved inclusion of the ambitious Atal Progress-Way project of Madhya Pradesh in the Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP) phase 1, a state government official said.
The new expressway will be 404km in length in Madhya Pradesh and pass through Bhind, Morena and Sheopur districts of the Chambal region and connect Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) in the east and Kota (Rajasthan) in the west, MP Public Works Department Principal Secretary Neeraj Mandloi said. The Rs 7,000-crore expressway is expected to boost development of Gwalior and Chambal divisions of the state. The Bharatmala Pariyojana is a new umbrella programme of the Centre for the highways sector.
