PC hails sanctioning of highway 4- laning
Srinagar, July 1: Senior Peoples Conference (PC) leader Raja Aijaz Ali has expressed his gratitude to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari for sanctioning four laning of Srinagar-Baramulla-Uri section of the National highway in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement here, Aijaz said,”The upgradation of the road project to four-lane would go a long way in giving further impetus to the overall economic development of the region, besides harnessing its tourism potential and giving infrastructural boost to the region.”
He added that the four laning of all national highways in the country was proposed by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led government in 1998. “However it has taken more than 24 years for sanctioning it for the Srinagar-Baramulla-Uri highway.
