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CABINET APPROVES 8 ROAD PROJECTS; COST RS 50,655 CR
The Daily Guardian
|August 03, 2024
Land acquisition for the national highways will be minimum; 4.42 crore man-days of direct and indirect employment expected to be created
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The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the development of eight access-controlled national highway projects with a total length of 936 km.
These eight highway projects would cost Rs 50,655 crore, the government said.
The government said it will ensure land acquisition needs are least. As far as possible, the projects will be aligned brownfield, Union Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a press briefing.
The government believes implementation of these eight projects will generate an estimated 4.42 crore man-days of direct and indirect employment.
The eight projects are 6-Lane Agra-Gwalior highway, 4-Lane Kharagpur Moregram, 6-Lane Tharad - Deesa - Mehsana - Ahmedabad, 6-Lane Tharad - Deesa - Mehsana - Ahmedabad, 4-Lane Section between Pathalgaon and Gumla of Raipur-Ranchi, 6-Lane Kanpur Ring Road, 4-Lane Northern Guwahati Bypass and Widening/Improvement of Existing Guwahati Bypass, and 8-Lane Elevated Nashik Phata - Khed Corridor near Pune.
This story is from the August 03, 2024 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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