Nitin Gadkari said, our Kashmir is many times better than Switzerland, if there is tourism then no one will be poor

Posted on 22nd Mar 2022 by rohit kumar

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in Lok Sabha that the Srinagar-Jammu road will have a connection to connect with the upcoming Katra-Amritsar-Delhi road, allowing seamless connectivity. He said that the journey from Srinagar to Mumbai will be done by this road in 20 hours. Gadkari said that I am trying to get it done by the end of the year. During the discussion in the house, he said that our Kashmir is many times better than Switzerland, if there is tourism then no one will be poor here.

 

 

There will be only one toll collection within a distance of 60 km.

 

Also, the Union Minister announced that more than one toll plaza falling within a 60 km radius on National Highways will be closed in the next three months. Replying to a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the allocation of roads and highways to the budget for the financial year beginning April 1, the minister said there would be only one toll collection within a distance of 60 km. Regarding new roads, he said that Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway is being prepared. The Delhi-Amritsar section will be ready by the end of this year and the distance will be covered in four hours.

 

Jaipur and Dehradun can be reached from Delhi in two hours

 

He said that the Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Mumbai, and Delhi-Dehradun expressways would be built by the end of the year. Jaipur and Dehradun can be reached in two hours each, while the distance between Delhi-Mumbai will be covered in 12 hours by car. The minister said that he has set a target to open the tunnel under Joji La, an 11,650 feet high pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway, by 2024. On the roads connecting the religious circuit, Gadkari said that the route to Mansarovar (in Tibet) via Uttarakhand would be ready by the end of 2023.

 

On-road safety, the minister said that it is now mandatory that all cars have six airbags. Including the best global road planners for road engineering.

 

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