Gadkari lays foundation of highway projects worth Rs 11,595 crore in west UP

  • | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

Meerut: In his whirlwind tour weeks before elections are announced, Union minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stones of highway projects worth Rs 11,595 crore in West UP. We will bring it back and use it to our benefit.”The major projects he unveiled during his visit were 50-km-long four-laning of Garh Mukteshwar Road to Meerut worth Rs 1,500 crore. Six-laning of NH 24 from Hapur Bypass to Moradabad costing Rs 2,140 crore, broadening of Meerut-Sonipat-Baghpat Road and four-laning of Meerut to Najibabad (53.95 kms) worth Rs 1,022 crore.He also advised sugarmill owners to produce more ethanol instead of sugar. “When India was divided, six rivers were also equally divided and the water of our rivers is going into Pakistan. Make more ethanol by installing diffusers instead of building new sugarmills.” Besides, he also sanctioned three sewage treatment plants (STP) for Rs 214 crore to prevent sewage disposal into Kali River which is contributing to diseases in many villages in Meerut.

Meerut: In his whirlwind tour weeks before elections are announced, Union minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stones of highway projects worth Rs 11,595 crore in West UP. On Wednesday, Gadkari visited three districts — Moradabad, Meerut and Baghpat — to announce mega projects and promising waterways in Yamuna and Ganga apart from 12-hour journey from Delhi to Mumbai through Rs 1 lakh crore highway project passing through five states.Besides, the Union minister for road transport & highways, shipping and water resources, river development & Ganga rejuvenation, assured the completion of the much-awaited Delhi-Meerut Expressway by April end which will “reduce the travel time between Delhi and Meerut to 45 minutes.”He was accompanied by deputy CM of UP Keshav Prasad Maurya who urged the gatherings to get at least 73 seats in the forthcoming general elections.While promising waterway transport and six dams in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Gadkari touched upon Pakistan as well. “When India was divided, six rivers were also equally divided and the water of our rivers is going into Pakistan. We will bring it back and use it to our benefit.”The major projects he unveiled during his visit were 50-km-long four-laning of Garh Mukteshwar Road to Meerut worth Rs 1,500 crore. Six-laning of NH 24 from Hapur Bypass to Moradabad costing Rs 2,140 crore, broadening of Meerut-Sonipat-Baghpat Road and four-laning of Meerut to Najibabad (53.95 kms) worth Rs 1,022 crore.He also advised sugarmill owners to produce more ethanol instead of sugar. “If you make sugar you’ll go down in the dumps. Make more ethanol by installing diffusers instead of building new sugarmills.” Besides, he also sanctioned three sewage treatment plants (STP) for Rs 214 crore to prevent sewage disposal into Kali River which is contributing to diseases in many villages in Meerut.

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