Highway projects on fast track! Nitin Gadkari reviews around 500 road projects worth Rs 3 lakh crore

With a view to fast track highway projects across the country, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari is reviewing several road projects in a two-day marathon meet! According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Gadkari is reviewing all on-going projects of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)/Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), worth Rs 3 lakh crore on Thursday and Friday. The review meeting is being held at Manesar near Gurugram, in Haryana and will also be attended by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, V.K. Singh.

On the first day, the minister reviewed the projects of the South Zone, which covers the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telengana, Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry as well as the Central Zone, which covers the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh. While on the second day, the minister will review the projects of Haryana,