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Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stones of road projects in Jharkhand

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The minister said the Ranchi to Jamshedpur Inter Corridor will improve connectivity to West Bengal and Odisha.

Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stones of road projects in Jharkhand
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (in red) in Ranchi on Thursday

Ranchi: During his visit to Jharkhand, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 21 national highways projects of 532 km at a cost of more than Rs 9,400 crore, at Dhurva in Ranchi.

Gadkari said, “With the construction of the 260 km 4-lane inter-corridor (highway) from Ranchi to Varanasi at a cost of Rs 7,000 crore, Varanasi can be reached in 5 hours from Ranchi.” He added that the 635 km 4-lane Raipur-Dhanbad Economic Corridor will facilitate transportation of coal, steel, cement and other minerals.

In a separate event in Jamshedpur, Gadkari inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 10 National Highway projects of 220 km at a cost of Rs 3,843 crore, at Bishtupur in Jamshedpur.

Gadkari said, “With the construction of Jharkhand’s first 4-lane double-decker elevated road from Kali Mandir to Baliguma on the Ranchi-Jamshedpur road at a cost of Rs 1,876 crore, the journey of 45 minutes will be covered in 5 minutes.”

The minister said the Ranchi to Jamshedpur Inter Corridor will improve connectivity to West Bengal and Odisha. This corridor will bypass Ranchi city and connect the Delhi-Kolkata Highway (NH-2) and East-West Corridor (NH-6), providing direct connectivity between Jamshedpur and Kolkata.

He said this route from Hatgamaria to Bokna Hathichowk (NH-320G) in West Singhbhum district will provide better connectivity to Naxal-affected areas and aspirational districts with the construction of the Kolavira Road.

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