New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of Rs 11,595-crore highway projects in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, the government said.
In addition, the minister will also lay the foundation stone of several projects under the Namami Gange programme, accompanied by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Gadkari will inaugurate in Moradabad the 146-km Aligarh-Moradabad stretch on NH-93 built at Rs 950 crore, and will lay the foundation stone of the 100-km long six-lane Hapur Bypass-Moradabad section of NH-24 to be constructed at a cost of Rs 3,441 crore, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said.
