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Cabinet Decision: The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a total of Rs 20,000 crore. Eight 936 km long National Highway Corridor projects worth Rs 50,655 crore were approved. This information was given in the official statement issued after the cabinet meeting. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav gave information about the decision taken in the cabinet in a press conference.
Eight high-speed road corridors of 936 km will be built at a cost of Rs 50 thousand crore
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the project of eight important national high-speed road corridors of 936 km has been approved at a cost of more than 50 thousand crores. . Then this National High-Speed Corridor will prove more useful in reducing congestion and increasing connectivity along with improving logistics efficiency across the country.
8 benefits of the new National High-Speed Road Corridor project
The Railway Minister further said that the construction of the 6-lane Agra-Gwalior National High-Speed Road Corridor will reduce travel time between Agra and Gwalior by 50 per cent. While the Kanpur-Shrigram Corridor will transform the economy of West Bengal and the Northeast. Along with this, the Kanpur Ring Road will reduce congestion on the highways around Kanpur. The completion of the Raipur-Ranchi corridor will pave the way for the development of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Apart from this, construction of high speed road network for seamless port connectivity in Gujarat and new corridor will be constructed between Tharad and Ahmedabad to reduce logistics costs.
High-speed road corridor will also be built in Gujarat
The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of eight national high-speed road corridors in the country. Gujarat has also got a big gift in this announcement of the Center. High speed road corridor will also be built in Gujarat. National High Speed Corridor will be built between Tharad-Disa-Mehsana-Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
High speed road corridors will be built at these 8 places in the country
- 6-lane Agra-Gwalior National High Speed Corridor
- 4-lane Kharapur-Moregram National High Speed Corridor
- 6-lane Tharad-Disa-Mehsana-Ahmedabad National High Speed Corridor
- 4-lane Ayodhya Ring Road
- 4-lane Pathalgaon and Gumla Raipur-Ranchi National High Speed Corridor
- 6-lane Kanpur Ring Road
- 4-lane North Guwahati Bypass and widening of existing Guwahati Bypass.
- 8-lane elevated Nashik Phata-Khed corridor near Pune
Highlights of Tharad-Ahmedabad Six Lane Highway
A total of 214 km long National High Speed Road Corridor will be built between Tharad and Ahmedabad. According to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, the total cost of this highway will be Rs 10,534 crore. Disa, Palanpur, Mehsana will benefit from the high speed road corridor. SEZ areas, pharma and electronic clusters will have good connectivity. The government claims that after the construction of the corridor, the time taken to transport goods will be reduced from five to six hours to three to three and a half hours. Not only this, the people of North Gujarat will get good connectivity with Mumbai.
Will help in reducing congestion and connectivity
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that today i.e. on August 2, 2024, the Cabinet has approved a total of Rs 2 crore. 8 important National High-Speed Road Corridor projects of 936 km have been approved at a cost of more than Rs 50,000 crore.
The Guwahati Ring Road is expected to generate over 4 crore jobs and
This will provide easy access to the North East. While travelling to Ayodhya will be faster. The construction of an 8-lane elevated flyover corridor between Pune and Nashik will reduce the problem of logistics cost. The employees and labourers working under this project are expected to generate a total direct and indirect employment of about 4.42 crores.
