The Prime Minister of our country, Narendra Modi, is currently visiting Gurugram in Haryana. There, he is slated to inaugurate as well as lay foundation stones for a total of 112 National Highway Projects in the country. These projects have a combined worth of a whopping ₹1 lakh crore! Dwarka Expressway, among others, are included in this. Here are all of the other important details that you would need to know about this event.
PM Modi To Inaugurate Of 112 National Highway Projects Today
According to an article which was recently published by ANI, the Haryana section of the Dwarka Expressway will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi. This is being done with the aim of reducing traffic congestion on the NH-48 between Gurugram and Delhi.
This particular project has been built at a cost of ₹4,100 crores. It also includes two packages. One stretches across 10.2 kilometres from the Delhi-Haryana border to Basai ROB. The other package stretches across 8.7 kilometres from Basai ROB to Kherki Daula.
The Dwarka Expressway will also provide connectivity to the Indira Gandhi International Airport or IGIA as well as the Gurugram Bypass. This is just one of the National Highway projects inaugurated by the PM.
Other Important Details About This Event That Happened Today
As per the official release cited in the ANI article, other projects include Package 3 of Urban Extension Road, Package 3 of Nangloi-Najafgarh Road to Dwarka’s Section 24. In addition to this, three packages of Lucknow Ring Road will also be inaugurated.
These packages are developed at a total cost of ₹4,600 crores. The Anandapuram-Pendurthi-Anakapalli section of NH-16 in Andhra Pradesh has been developed at a cost of ₹2,950 crores. Himachal Pradesh’s Kiratpur-Nerchowk Section of NH-21 was developed at a cost of ₹3,400 crores.
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