Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, on Monday, reviewed the proposed high-speed and high-density corridors, and other important National Highway corridors in Maharashtra.
During the review meeting in New Delhi, Gadkari discussed several key highway development projects including six-laning of the Nagpur–Bhandara section, four-laning of the Taloda–Burhanpur section, Durg-Gadchiroli-Mancherial corridor, Gadchiroli–Kanker (Raipur–Vizag) corridor, Gwalior-Nagpur corridor, Nagpur-Hyderabad corridor, six-laning of the Bhandara-Raipur section, Lakhnadon-Durg-Raipur corridor, six-laning of the Nagpur-Amravati section, the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra Border-Nagpur Bypass-Borkhedi stretch on NH-44, and six-laning of the Pune-Satara section.
The review meeting also included discussions on nine state BOT projects covering a total length of 527 km on National Highway stretches in Maharashtra.
These projects include Shirur–Ahilyanagar (4-lane), Ahilyanagar-Wadala (4-lane), Wadala-Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (4-lane), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna (4-lane), Jalna–Watur (4-lane), Nanded-Narsi-Deglur (4-lane & 2-lane), Jam-Warora (4-lane), Warora–Chandrapur-Bamni (4-lane), and Malkapur–Chikhli (2-lane) corridors.
The review focused on accelerating project planning and execution to strengthen road connectivity and support economic development in the region.