New Delhi. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai met Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari at his residence today. In the meeting, the ongoing road projects in the state and increasing direct connectivity to tribal areas and Ayodhya were discussed in detail. The Chief Minister proposed new national highway projects to make road transport in the state more accessible and convenient. On this, Union Minister Gadkari gave necessary instructions to the departmental officials.
Deputy Chief Minister Arun Saw and Finance Minister OP Choudhary, Chief Minister’s Secretary P. Dayanand, Rahul Bhagat, Public Works Department Secretary Kamalpreet Singh along with other departmental officers and Government of India officials were also present in the meeting.
In the meeting, Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai proposed a new national highway for the social and economic development of the state and to connect remote tribal forest areas with main roads. The Chief Minister has demanded to declare the total 282 km route from Raigarh-Dharamjaygarh-Mainpat-Ambikapur-Uttar Pradesh border as a national highway. CM Sai said that this route passes through four districts of the state and is the main route connecting the religious city of Ayodhya to Chhattisgarh state.
The Chief Minister has also requested to declare Kawardha-Rajnandgaon-Bhanupratappur-Antagarh-Narayanpur-Gidam-Dantewada-Sukma road as a national highway. The Chief Minister said that this is a very important road of 482 km length connecting 6 national highways and 5 district headquarters of the state. With the construction of this road, the Naxal-affected area of Bastar will be connected to the main road and Naxal activities will decrease.
Apart from this, the Chief Minister has also proposed to declare Ratanpur-Lormi-Mungeli-Nandghat-Bhatapara-Balodabazar Road, Kenchi-Pendra Road-Pasan-Katghora Road, Mungeli-Nawagarh-Bemetara-Dhamdha-Durg-Jhalmala Road, Rajnandgaon-Mohla-Manpur Road, Pandaria-Bajag-Gadasarai Road as National Highway.
Chief Minister Sai has pointed out the need for four-lane widening of National Highway No. 130 from Katghora to Ambikapur and construction of grade separators at Sarona Chowk, Udyog Bhawan and Telibandha Chowk for safe traffic from Tatibandh to Telibandha on NH No. 53.
Along with this, he has proposed to make NH 30 Dhamtari to Jagdalpur and Raipur-Balodabazar-Saranggarh road four lane in NH 130B in the annual plan 2024-25 of National Highway. At the same time, approval has been requested for construction of grade separator at two junctions of Raipur-Durg NH 53, Sirsa Gate and Khursipar Junction.
The Chief Minister informed that proposals for 13 works worth Rs. 1383 crores have been sent to the Ministry under the Central Road Fund. He requested for early approval of the proposals. During the meeting, the Chief Minister also invited the Union Minister to attend the 83rd Annual Session of the Indian Road Congress to be held in Raipur in November.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has assured to take positive initiative at the earliest on various proposals to strengthen the road infrastructure in Chhattisgarh.
Met Union Road Transport Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari ji at his residence in New Delhi.
During this important meeting, there was a detailed discussion on the ongoing road projects in the state and increasing road connectivity in tribal areas. Minister Shri Gadkari ji was given the details of these projects… pic.twitter.com/j0hVqy8HNu
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Today Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai met Union Transport Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari along with Finance Minister Shri O.P. Choudhary and Deputy Chief Minister Shri Arun Sao. In this meeting, meaningful discussions were held to speed up the construction of national highways in Chhattisgarh. Shri Sai… pic.twitter.com/Eq3BeJibX0
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