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“Acquiring 1.5 metres land including footpath apart from the existing road would suffice the road widening requirement,” they said. On similar lines, Gadkari also asked the NMC to develop Budhwar Bazaar in Sakkardara.Railway station road developmentTo convince the railway station flyover shopkeepers, MahaMetro has displayed the redevelopment model. To this, Gadkari said the road should be constructed keeping the future requirement in sight so that it does not lead to accidents. Gadkari expressed anguish when the collector’s office, state’s public works department and Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s town planning department blamed each other over land acquisition status of 2.40 hectare required for the project. The state government has already provided Rs600 crore for land acquisition for all these road widening projects, Gadkari said.He also expressed anguish over slow progress of 20 road projects including seven railway underbridges under Central Road Fund for which the central government has provided Rs1,882 crore..