Nitin Gadkari approves road projects worth over Rs 1000 cr

New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has approved four-laning of NH-753L passing through Jalgaon in Maharashtra and Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh under Bharatmala project worth Rs 784.35 crore.

The minister, on Tuesday, said the project route is geographically located in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh and Jalgaon district of Maharashtra.

The existing 2-lane carriageway road is a part of NH-753L which starts from the junction with NH-753F near Pahur which connects Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh including Jamner, Bodwad, Muktainagar in Maharashtra and NH-347B near Khandwa ends at the junction with a provision of bypass at necessary places in Dapora, Ichhapur and Muktainagar in the project route.

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Gadkari said after the four-laning of the entire road from Boregaon Buzurg to Muktai Nagar, the traffic going from Indore to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad) will be diverted through this route.

Upgradation and rehabilitation work of NH-25

The minister approved the upgradation and rehabilitation work of NH-25 in Barmer, Rajasthan worth Rs.235.15 crore.

In a series of tweets, he informed that the upgradation and rehabilitation work of NH-25 Extension to 2-lane with paved shoulder of Ghagaria-Munabao section of District Barmer in Rajasthan has been approved under EPC mode at a cost of Rs.235.15 crore.

He said the project passes through backward districts of Rajasthan, improvement of the project route will lead to economic development of the region and congestion free traffic movement.

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The project will improve connectivity to NH-68 (Jaisalmer-Barmer-Sanchor), NH-25 (Jodhpur-Pachpadra-Barmer) and NH-925 (Bakasar-Gagadiya), he added.

Gadkari said NH-25 (Ext.) provides link to Bharatmala road network running parallel to International Border connecting Munabao-Dhanana-Tanot (NH-70). It also connects Munabao to Barmer district headquarters where several military bases are located.

He said this national highway is very important from strategic point of view to provide logistics to Munabao (International Border) which is currently single lane.

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