Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday inaugurated a major national highway project in Nagaland and laid the foundation stone for 14 others entailing a total cost of about Rs 4,127 crore, the government said.
The Road, Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister said 55 highway projects worth Rs 11,711 crore were approved for the state in the last six years.
“Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari virtually inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 15 National Highways projects in Nagaland on Friday…These NH Projects has (have) a length of about 266 km involving the cost of about Rs 4,127 crore,” Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
