The Centre has agreed to bear the entire cost of building a ring road around Dehradun provided the Uttarakhand government provides 1,100 acre of land along the highway for a logistics park, a fruit and vegetables park and a wholesale 'mandi' which are to be developed as part of the project.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has asked to carry out a feasibility study on the Dehradun ring road project.
Apart from this, 889 km-long all-weather road is being built at an estimated cost of Rs 12,000 crore. Nineteen works related to the project have been completed and work is in progress on 22 others.
Moreover, approval was accorded for 42.50 km Najibabad-Afjalgarh bypass which will reduce the distance between Kumaon and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand by 20 km and travel time by 45 minutes.
Approval was also given for the construction of a four-lane road from Majhaula to Khatima.