New Delhi, August 3
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved eight major national high-speed road corridor projects of 936 km length to be built at a total capital cost of Rs 50,655 crore.
A six-lane Agra-Gwalior high-speed corridor costing Rs 4,613 crore would reduce travel time between Agra and Gwalior by half. A four-lane Kharagpur-Moregram corridor of 231 km is expected to transform the economies of West Bengal and North-East.
“The six-lane Kanpur Ring Road, a 47-km access-controlled section, will decongest Kanpur, while a 137 km four-lane section between Pathalgaon and Gumla of the Raipur-Ranchi corridor will unlock the growth potential of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. “The projects will generate about 4 crore jobs,” he said.
A new corridor between Tharad and Ahmedabad in Gujarat will ensure seamless port connectivity and reduce logistics costs. The Cabinet also cleared a 68-km four-lane access-controlled Ayodhya Ring Road at a total capital cost of Rs 3,935 crore and an eight-lane elevated flyover corridor section between Pune and Nashik that will eliminate logistics nightmare.