Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, declared that road projects in Uttar Pradesh totaling Rs. 5 lakh crore will be finished by 2024. He also announced that he would return to Lucknow in October of this year to officially launch the 104-km outer ring project.
Gadkari made this announcement while launching development projects worth more than Rs. 3,300 crores for the state on Monday in Lucknow.
In the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, whom he credited with giving the state and its capital city a development boost, Gadkari made this announcement while launching development projects worth more than Rs. 3,300 crores for the state on Monday in Lucknow.
A four-lane elevated corridor at the intersection of Madison and IIM and another four-lane part of the Aligarh-Kanpur segment from Naviganj to Mitrasenpur were among the projects presented by the three leaders. They also dedicated 164 development projects totaling Rs. 475 Crore for Lucknow, Rajnath’s Lok Sabha district, and laid the cornerstone for them.
One of Rajnath Singh’s dream initiatives is the outer ring road. The road would ease traffic once it was ready.
One of Rajnath Singh’s dream initiatives is the outer ring road. The road would ease traffic once it was ready. Gadkari said that a contractor who had since been replaced was to blame for the delay in finishing the outer ring road project. In order to reduce traffic congestion, he also disclosed a new flyover at the Engineering College junction.
In order to reduce traffic congestion, he also disclosed a new flyover at the Engineering College junction.
I observe a significant shift in the development strategy both nationally and in the state of Uttar Pradesh under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath. In a state where the road network has greatly improved, he continued, “By the end of 2024, we would have finished road projects worth approximately Rs. 5 lakh crore and started some new projects.”
