Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of 35 major road projects totaling 1,530 km in Madhya Pradesh on 16 September 2021.
These projects will entail an investment of around Rs 11,311 crore. Indore and neighbouring districts have Rs 3,500 crore worth of these projects.
The mega event is being organised jointly by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Madhya Pradesh PWD.
Among the major projects are four-lane road widening of Bhopal-Biaora block (Mubarakpur-Biaora), Gwalior-Jhansi block, Mohgan-Khawasa block, Jhansi-Khajuraho block, Bamidha-Satna block two-lane and construction of Shujalpur-Ashta block two-lane road with paved shoulder.
The Minister will inaugurate strengthening of seven road projects, some 452 km long and costing Rs 579 crore. The Obaidullaganj-Nagpur block (NH-69) is unique among them, having been built with plastic waste as a pilot project.
He will lay the foundation stones of 21 road projects, including four-lane road widening of Dewas-Ujjain block, Balwara-Dhanganv along with construction of a bridge on Narmada river, Dhangaon-Borgaon block, Rewa-Bela block, Sagar-Mohari block, Bamidha-Khajrao along with four-lane road widening of the remaining part of Nauradehi Sanctuary, Machaliya Ghat, Madhav National Park and construction of two-lane with paved shoulder on Ujjain-Jhalawar block and Satna-Maihar block.
The foundation stone will also be laid for a two km long flyover from Bhopal Square to Indira Gandhi Square and construction of 104 km-long AtarGhat-SabalgarhTentra- Dhovani (Govardhan)-Mohana Road along with strengthening of total 244 km-long eight road projects costing Rs 145 crore.
He will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government to develop a multi-model logistics hub in Indore’s Betma tehsil. In a move to develop the project, 150 acre of land has been made available and later, a similar amount of land will be acquired to meet future demands while the proposed multi-mode logistics hub will also be connected with rail transport by laying a railway line from nearby station.
The Union Minister will inspect the under-construction eight-lane Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway in Ratlam.
The project worth Rs 8,437 crore, which will pass through Mandsaur (over 102km), Ratlam (90km) and Jhabua (52km) covering a total distance of nearly 245 km in Madhya Pradesh, is scheduled for completion in November 2022.