Focus on critical infrastructure building through an integrated approach, right from a number of strategic tunnels and bridges to 22 green expressways, is bound to place India in the league of advanced nations like the US, UK and Australia in the coming two years, union minister Nitin Gadkari has said.
Apart from a number of strategic tunnels and bridges being built across the length and breadth of the country, 22 green expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 3.10 lakh crore comprising 7,500 km are planned to be executed in the next couple of years, the road transport minister said.
He further said that talks are in advanced stage for building Rs 8,250 crore Chambal Expressway in Madhya Pradesh, a first of its kind in collaboration of the state government.
“To take India’s infrastructure to the next level it has been decided to work on it in an integrated manner as per Prime Minister Narendera Modi’s vision. Plans are afoot to tap full potential while building newer highways by laying optic fibre, transmission line and gas pipe lines,” Gadkari told PTI in an interview.
