Nitin Gadkari Announces Rs.50,000 Crore for UP Roads

Posted on 21st Jan 2015 02:44 pm by mohit kumar

Lucknow, Jan 20 (IANS) Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari Tuesday announced that the central government would spend Rs.50,000 crore to improve the condition of roads in Uttar Pradesh.

A major overhaul of roads is a pre-requisite for the development and progress of Uttar Pradesh, he said in Basti district, while laying the foundation stone for widening the Lumbini-Duddhi road.

Gadkari said the Bharatiya Janata Party has a good record of improving road infrastructure in the country and the amount of Rs.50,000 crore for improving the state's roads would be spent before December 2015.

He also announced that the Ram Janki road would be upgraded to a national highway and the work would begin within the next four months.

Gadkari said a peripheral ring road would be built in Basti.

He said the central government has been working on a project to open 101 new waterways across the country.

Other news

Punjab elections: BJP will fight alone with full force for the first time, the central team did not get an encouraging report

Because of the Punjab assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has sounded the election bug

People are suffering due to severe heat across the country, when will they get relief? IMD told what will be the weather like in the next 4 days

These days, there is a severe heat wave across the country. North India is burning a lot, if we t

Indian industry should donate to academia: IIT-R director

Roorkee (Uttarakhand), March 28 (IANS) IIT-Roorkee Director Pradipta Banerji said on Saturday t

Weather Update: Entire North India shivered due to severe cold, yellow alert in Delhi; This condition will remain like this for two to three days

The entire North India including Delhi-NCR is facing the brunt of severe cold these days. Cold wa

Earthquake: 'We were sleeping, suddenly the earth started shaking', tremors felt in many states including Bengal-Bihar

Several tremors of earthquake were felt in Nepal late on Thursday night. Its intensity was measur

Oppo F15 will again hit the market with new colors, this model of Motorola will compete with

New Delhi: Oppo F15 is ready to knock in the Indian mobile market once again. At the beginning of

Delhi Corona Cases: Fourth death due to coronavirus in Delhi, 47 new cases reported in 24 hours

Corona virus is spreading again across the country including the national capital Delhi. Accordin

Kochi Art Exhibition overwhelms Qatari University team

Kochi, Jan 24 (IANS) The cosmopolitanism of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2014 has fascinate

Samantha Ruth Prabhu posted after ex-husband Naga Chaitanya's second marriage, prayed for her loving partner.

The last few times have been very difficult for actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu. After her divorce f

Modi government's big decision for farmers - this year the prices of these fertilizers will not increase, also announced to increase the subsidy

Modi cabinet has taken a big decision for the farmers. The central government has decided not to