Tamil Nadu-Puducherry connectivity to get better! Highway works worth Rs 11,000 crore underway; details

Connectivity between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to get better! Recently, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari said for Tamil Nadu-Puducherry connectivity, highway works worth Rs 11,000 crore were underway. While dedicating a one-kilometre long Road-Over-Bridge (ROB) across Railway Level Crossing on National Highway 45-A at Arumparthapuram in Puducherry, worth Rs 35 crore, to the nation via video conference, the minister said the project will bring relief to the public from traffic congestion. Also, it will help in saving time and fuel, reducing pollution, closure of the level crossing, providing safe commutation, as well as the unhindered passage of railway traffic, according to a PTI report.