Nitin Gadkari announces funds for national highway projects in poll-bound Karnataka
Union minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Wednesday announced grants for a slew of national highway projects for Karnataka, which goes to polls before May this year.
Taking it to Twitter, Gadkari sanctioned Rs 196.05 crore for widening the two lanes of the Kanamadi- Bijjaragi-Tikota section (Maharashtra-Karnataka border) of NH-166E on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model.
Gadkari also announced Rs 957.09 crore for the widening to two lanes with paved shoulder of NH-548B Murrum (Maharashtra border) to IB circle (Vijayapura) section in Kalaburgi and Vijayapura district on the EPC model.
