Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari inaugurated various new economic corridor projects and laid foundation stones for worth over Rs 20000 crore in Haryana on Tuesday through video conferencing along with Chief Minister Manohar Lal.
The projects which have been inaugrated, include the 35.45 km 4-lane Rohna/Hasangarh to Jhajjar section of NH 334B costing Rs 1183 crore, the 70 km 4-laning of Punjab-Haryana Border to Jind section of NH 71 costing Rs 857 crore, and the 85.36 km 2-lane with paved shoulders Jind-Karnal Highway on NH 709 costing Rs 200 crore.
The Minister also laid foundation stone for 227 km 6-lane access controlled Greenfield expressway from Ismailpur to Narnaul on NH 152D in 8 packages costing Rs 8650 crore, the 46 km 4-lane Gurugram Pataudi-Rewari section of NH 352W costing Rs 1524 crore, the 14.4 km 4-lane Rewari Byepass costing Rs 928 crore, the 30.45 km 4-lane Rewari-Ateli Mandi section of NH 11 costing Rs 1057 crore, the 40.8 km 6-lane Narnaul Byepass on NH 148B, NH 11 and Narnaul to Ateli Mandi section of NH 11 costing 1380 crore, the 40.6 km 4-lane Jind-Gohana (Pkg 1, Greenfield alignment) of NH 352A costing Rs 1207 crore, the 38.23 km 4-lane Gohana-Sonipat section of NH 352A costing Rs 1502 crore, and the 40.47 km 4-lane UP-Haryana Border to Roha on NH 334B costing Rs 1509 crore.
These projects are set to improve connectivity within Haryana as well as between the states of Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. It will cut fuel expenses and travel time and boost in the development of poorer regions.
He said that the building of infrastructure will catapult India to become a $ 5 trillion dollar economy and said that these projects are part of the National Infrastructure Pipeline worth ₹100 lakh crore.
A thrust on infrastructure will help boost economic activity by generating more employment at a time when the economy has been hit by COVID19.
Minister Gadkari said that the government will complete projects worth ₹2 trillion by 2021.