Ratnagiri (Maharashtra): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday dismissed the claims of getting retired from politics. The senior BJP chief made the assertion whereas referring to a media report. “I have no intention of retiring from politics,” the senior BJP chief mentioned whereas chatting with media in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri. “The media must uphold responsible journalism in their reporting on this matter,” he added.
Earlier on Thursday, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari additionally carried out an aerial inspection of the development work of the Mumbai-Goa freeway. Industries Minister of Maharashtra Uday Samant was additionally current from time to time, mentioned a press launch on Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Union Minister Gadkari mentioned that the much-awaited development work of Mumbai-Goa National Highway No 66 could be accomplished by December 2023 and the street can be open for visitors in January 2024. He additional mentioned that the Mumbai-Goa freeway has been divided into 10 packages. Out of those, two packages (P-9, P-10) within the Sindhudurg district are nearly 99 per cent full, an official launch mentioned.
There are a complete of 5 packages within the Ratnagiri district and 92 per cent and 98 per cent work of two of those packages (P-4, P-8) has been accomplished respectively. The remainder of the work is in progress. The delayed works for 2 packages (P-6, P-7) have been resumed by appointing a brand new contractor, knowledgeable the Minister. “Out of the three packages in the Raigad district, two packages (P-2, P-3) have been completed up to 93 per cent and 82 per cent respectively. More than half of the work on the package (P-1) has been completed and the remaining work will be completed soon,” he added.
The Road Transport and Highways Minister additional mentioned that land acquisition and environmental clearances for the Panvel-Indapur part had delayed the work on the Mumbai-Goa National Highway. He mentioned that now all these hurdles have been cleared and the environmental situation is being taken care of by eradicating the flyover within the Karnala sanctuary space.
The Minister knowledgeable that the development work in Goa of the Mumbai-Goa National Highway has been accomplished. The Mumbai-Goa National Highway is a freeway connecting main vacationer locations in Konkan. This will increase tourism improvement. Also, as there’s a street connecting main industrial areas, industrial improvement can even get a lift, mentioned the Minister.
The minister additionally introduced three new tasks price Rs 15 thousand crores. These embody the Rs. 1,200 crore Kalamboli Junction challenge, the Rs. 1,200 crore Pagode Junction Chowk to Greenfield Highway challenge, and the Rs. 13,000 crore Morbe – Karanjade freeway connecting Delhi by way of JNPA. The work on these tasks will begin quickly.
On Thursday morning, the Minister laid the inspiration stone of three nationwide freeway tasks price Rs. 414.68 crores and 63,900 km lengthy at Palaspe village in Raigad district. These tasks will increase financial dynamism on the two ports of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority and Dighi, whereas the concretisation of the Panvel to Kasu freeway will velocity up journey and save gas.
