Open Eastern Peripheral Expressway, don’t say PM not there: Supreme Court

Delhi | Friday | 11th May, 2018

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Meanwhile, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari tweeted, “PM Narendra Modi had given twice dates for inauguration of Eastern Peripheral Expressway. Agreeing to this, Justice Lokur told the NHAI counsel, “Why don’t you open it and inaugurate it later. The Eastern and the Western Peripheral Expressways were planned in 2006, following the Supreme Court order. The expressway will be inaugurated once the RoB is completed.”B S Singla, NHAI chief general manager, said, “The eastern expressway will be completed in the next 15 days. The NHAI counsel then submitted that the Expressway will be inaugurated by May 29..