Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and CM Dr. Mohan Yadav inaugurated and announced road projects worth Rs 42.5 thousand crore in Madhya Pradesh. These include Damoh Naka flyover, Greenfield Highway, Tiger Reserve Connectivity Road and new expressways.
Bhopal: Saturday was a historic day for Madhya Pradesh. Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 174km long 9 road projects costing more than 4250 crores. These include the country’s largest Damoh Naka-Ranital-Medical Road Fly over. In a program organized in Mahanadda of Jabalpur, Gadkari also announced various road projects costing more than 60 thousand crores for Madhya Pradesh.
Central Road fund of Rs 1200 crore sanctioned for the first time in the country for Rani Durgavati fly over of Jabalpur
Gadkari said that work is going on with the resolve to make the country powerful and world guru by 2047. India is currently importing fuel worth Rs 22 lakh crore. Hydrogen is the fuel of our future. We will export energy on the strength of hydrogen. Our grain will be energy -productive and rich. Not only smart cities in the country, smart villages will also be formed.
The youth of the village should get employment in the village, this is our dream. Madhya Pradesh is an agricultural state. 2000 Amrit lakes have been built in the country, out of which 109 are from Madhya Pradesh. The soils emanating from these are being used in the construction of roads and the structures made from soil extract are being used as a pond to increase the ground water level of the surrounding areas. He informed that a CRF (Central Road Fund) of Rs 1200 crore has been approved for the first time in the country for the Rani Durgavati fly over built in Jabalpur.
Gwalior will reach Delhi in 4 and a half hours
Gadkari said that road projects worth Rs 3 lakh crore have been sanctioned for Madhya Pradesh. Out of these, 75 thousand crore works have been completed and 65 thousand crore works are in progress. In the coming time, about 2500km works have been kept for DPR at a cost of Rs 1.5 lakh crore. 5 Green Field Economic Corridor is being constructed in Madhya Pradesh at a cost of Rs 33 thousand crore. A grand bridge has been constructed on the Narmada River near Omkareshwar on Indore to Hyderabad Corridor. It will be inaugurated soon. The 15-hour journey will be completed in 8 hours on the formation of Ujjain-garroth 4 lane Green Field Expressway, Bhopal to Kanpur 440 km long 440 km long Economic Corridor. Bhumi Pujan of Agra-Gwalior Expressway will also be soon. Will reach Delhi from Gwalior in 4 and a half hours. The expressway being built between Delhi and Mumbai has been completed as a 245 km part in Madhya Pradesh. Work in Mumbai is also in the final stages.
Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Panna and Pench Tiger Reserve will join the same road
Gadkari said that road projects costing Rs 15,000 crore are being announced from Jabalpur today. The work of widening a 6 lane of 150km of 2.5 thousand crore rupees from Jabalpur to Mandla and Chhattisgarh border will be done. Work will be completed in 6 months. The work of Seoni-Chhindwara-Savner 4 lane widening will be started in the next 6 months at a cost of 2.5 thousand crores.
The work of 108km 4 lane widening of Khargone-Deshgaon-Julwania road will be done with Rs 2300 crore. The Betul-Paraswara 2-lane route to Maharashtra border has also been approved. The road will be built for better contact between Balaghat to Mandla. A tiger corridor will be built in Madhya Pradesh. Under this, 4 lane roads were to be built from Jabalpur to Bandhavgarh at a cost of Rs 4600 crore, which has now been increased to Rs 5500 crore. This road will connect Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Panna and Pench Tiger Reserve. This will increase tourism, economic development and employment opportunities of Madhya Pradesh.
New road and fly over will be built in Ujjain at a cost of Rs 510 crore
Gadkari told Chief Minister Dr. Yadav that the Government of India is keen to start a driving center soon to the district level in the state. Proposals for this should be sent soon by the state government. These will be given immediate approval by the Center. Development works worth Rs 1500 crore are being announced from CRF funds in the state. This will make new fly overs in Ujjain, Jabalpur and Rewa. New roads and fly overs will be built in Ujjain at a cost of Rs 510 crore. The road will be built between Ashoknagar to Vidisha at a cost of Rs 96 crore. A bridge will be built to increase the connectivity of the Kalabhairav temple in Ujjain.
Union Minister Shri Gadkari said that a 255km long new green field highway will be built between Bhopal to Jabalpur, which will cost Rs 15,000 crore. The DPR for this will be completed by December. On completion of the land acquisition process, the work of highway construction will be started from April-May 2026. The 220km long 4 lane high speed corridor between Lakhnadoun to Raipur will be built at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore. This will be connected to the Raipur-Visakhapatnam Corridor. Thus Madhya Pradesh will be directly connected to Visakhapatnam port. Indore to Bhopal 160 km Green Field Corridor is being approved. Its cost will be 12 thousand crores.
Announcement of road development projects costing more than 60 thousand crore rupees
Gadkari said that road development projects costing more than 60 thousand crores have been announced for Madhya Pradesh today. These are …
- Satna-Chitrakoot 4 lane, Rewa-Sidhi 4 lane, Gwalior-Bhind 4 Lane Road
- Ujjain-Jhalawar Marg
- Badnavar-Timarni route
- Bamitha-Patna-Satna 4 lanes, it will connect Khajuraho and Banghwagad national parks
- Khandwa-Betul 4 lanes
- Indore 6 lane Eastern Bypass
- Jabalpur-Damoh and Sandalpur-Nasrullaganj-Budhni-Shahganj road
- Jabalpur-Dindori 4 lane 200km
- Indore to Harda 4 lanes
- Gwalior-Western bypass
Passenger transport service will be made smooth
Gadkari said that work will be done by the Central and State Government for the urban development of Jabalpur. He said that passenger transport service will be made smooth. Flash charging buses will be run in future. He informed that flash charging state -of -the -art buses have been started in Nagpur. The bus hostess will also be employed in this 160 seater AC bus. The bus fare will be 30 percent less than the diesel bus, the capacity and facilities of the buses will be similar to the metro.
The fate of the country changes on the basis of roads: Chief Minister Dr. Yadav
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav has said that the fate of the country changes on the basis of roads. It is our good fortune that Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is handling the responsibility of construction and expansion of road infrastructure in the country under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Gadkari does not allow lack of money for road and infrastructure construction. The power of the country is formed by the alert and hard work of the farmer on the border of the country and the farmer in the field. Better road networks are the basis of activism and strength of both. The Chief Minister said that our government is constantly active for the construction of an upgraded infrastructure with the commitment to fulfill the pledge to ensure smooth contact, rapid development, better security and prosperity of all.
Ganga of development is flowing to fulfill the resolution of developed India: Minister Rakesh Singh
Public Works Minister Rakesh Singh said that the Ganges of development is flowing to fulfill the resolution of India developed under the leadership of Union Minister Gadkari. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav, new records of investment in Madhya Pradesh are being made. PM Modi has said that the 21st century infrastructure is developing in India. On the initiative of Gadkari, hydrogen buses are being run in Nagpur for the first time in the country. He suggested to create a tiger circuit and Tiger Expressway.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Prahlad Patel appreciated the vision and behavior in Gadkari’s road infrastructure development and said that he gave Damoh the national highway. Also approved 27 overbridges to end the accident affected area between Lakhnadoun to Lalitpur. MP Jabalpur Ashish Dubey said that innovation under the leadership of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in the city of Jabalpur of Veerangana Durgavati has landed on the ground as a miracle. He requested to further improve the road connectivity from Jabalpur to Bandhavgarh in view of immense possibilities of tourism existing around Jabalpur.