Development impossible without good roads, says Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said development is impossible without good roads and that is the reason the Centre is focusing on improving motorways in the country.

He said a new national highway, to be constructed at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore, will link Surat in western state of Gujarat to South India. The highway will pass through Nashik, Ahmednagar and Solapur districts of Maharashtra and efforts will be made to link it to Latur district and some other parts of the state’s Marathwada region, the minister said. He was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of 19 road projects, to be built at a cost of Rs 1,023 crore, at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Park in Latur.