NHAI would spend Rs 2 lakh crore on new roads in Haryana in next 2 years: Gadkari
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Tuesday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of various projects as part of a new economic corridor worth Rs 20,027 crore in Haryana. On the occasion, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar also sought Gadkari’s intervention in resolving the long-pending SYL issue with Punjab so that Haryana could get its legitimate share of river water.
Gadkari inaugurated three big road projects worth Rs 2,240 crore. These included 35.45-km four-lane Rohna/Hasangarh to Jhajjar section of NH 334B costing Rs 1,183 crore, the 70-km four-laning of Punjab-Haryana Border to Jind section of NH 71 costing Rs 857 crore, and the 85.36-km two-lane with paved shoulders Jind-Karnal Highway on NH 709 costing Rs 200 crore.
