NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for three National Highway projects during his visit to Chhattisgarh on July 7.
A key component in the development of these National Highway projects is a 6-lane tunnel of 2.8 kilometre length with 27 animal passes and 17 monkey canopies for unrestricted wildlife movement in the Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary area.
Noting this, official sources said the development of such dedicated infrastructure for the safe passage of wildlife and their habitation while building national highways and expressways has been a frequent feature of highway development under the Modi government.
“It has been the vision of Prime Minister Modi to minimise the impact of highway development on wildlife,” an official said.
