New tunnels, expressways and more! In five years, India’s infra to be no less than US, Europe, claims Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that a new India is in the making with infrastructure which will be no less than that in the United States and Europe in five years. In the last five-year period, a solid foundation has already been laid with more than Rs 17 lakh crore worth of projects, he was quoted saying in a PTI report. According to Gadkari, the development of backward regions, the northeast as well as border areas remains one of the topmost priorities of the Modi government. A network of green expressway corridors is being laid, including the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway worth Rs 1 lakh crore, he said.