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Odisha govt not clearing infrastructure projects: Nitin Gadkari

| Wednesday | 6th February, 2019

He also inaugurated port projects worth Rs 431 crore and laid the foundation of six projects worth Rs 3,206 crore at Paradip Port.Speaking at an intellectuals’ meet in Bhubaneswar, he added, “The Modi government has achieved in five years what Congress could not in more than 50 years.” Last month, petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan had accused chief minister Naveen Patnaik of stalling the project. We are considering all projects with due diligence.”The 451km coastal highway project — which connects Gopalpur in Odisha with Digha in West Bengal — has become a bone of contention between the state and the Centre. “We can start construction of the coastal highway in the next four months if we get clearances from the state,” he said.Industries minister Anant Das dismissed Gadkari’s allegations and said, “It is not true that the state government is not giving clearances or blocking land acquisition. State information and public relations minister Pratap Jena had said the BJP-led government at the Centre was desperate to begin the tendering process so that BJP could get money to spend in the elections.On Wednesday, Gadkari announced that a 262km waterway combining the Mahanadi and the Brahmani will be developed from Kalinganagar to Dhamra through Paradip at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore.

BHUBANESWAR/ DHENKANAL: Union minister for road transport and highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday criticized the state government for the delay in land acquisition, as well as forest and environment clearances, for infrastructure projects.“In Odisha, several projects such as the coastal highway and the second bridge over the Brahmani in Rourkela have been delayed because the state government is not giving land and forest and environment clearances,” Gadkari said after laying the foundation of three national highway projects totalling 132 km and worth Rs 2,345 crore, at Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal district on Wednesday.He urged the state to give the clearances quickly so that more projects could come up. “We can start construction of the coastal highway in the next four months if we get clearances from the state,” he said.Industries minister Anant Das dismissed Gadkari’s allegations and said, “It is not true that the state government is not giving clearances or blocking land acquisition. We are considering all projects with due diligence.”The 451km coastal highway project — which connects Gopalpur in Odisha with Digha in West Bengal — has become a bone of contention between the state and the Centre. Last month, petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan had accused chief minister Naveen Patnaik of stalling the project. State information and public relations minister Pratap Jena had said the BJP-led government at the Centre was desperate to begin the tendering process so that BJP could get money to spend in the elections.On Wednesday, Gadkari announced that a 262km waterway combining the Mahanadi and the Brahmani will be developed from Kalinganagar to Dhamra through Paradip at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore. He also inaugurated port projects worth Rs 431 crore and laid the foundation of six projects worth Rs 3,206 crore at Paradip Port.Speaking at an intellectuals’ meet in Bhubaneswar, he added, “The Modi government has achieved in five years what Congress could not in more than 50 years.”

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