Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for five highways in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, on 21 February 2019.

The foundation stone was for five projects on Panipat-Nagina section of NH-709A totaling Rs 4,700 crore.

These include 36 km long four-lane Panipat-Shamli section to be constructed at a cost of Rs 1,253 crore, four-lane Shamli-Muzaffarnagar section (43 km) at a cost of Rs 1,622 crore.

The foundation stone was also laid for 27 km four-lane Muzaffarnagar-Mirapur section at a cost of Rs 923 crore and 22 km Bijnor Kotwali-Nagina section to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 267 crore.
 
The Union Minister also laid the foundation stone for construction of 88 km four-lane Meerut-Budhana-Shamli-UP/Haryana border (Karnal) section at a cost of Rs 708 crore.