A breakthrough beneath the Himalayas has brought India closer to uninterrupted access to Ladakh. The tunnel's impact could extend from tourism and trade to military readiness in one of the country's most sensitive border regions.
Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari chaired a high-level meeting to review the quality and maintenance of 3,748 kilometres of national highways across West Bengal
The announcement follows a recent meeting between Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, during which several major infrastructure proposals for Delhi-NCR were reviewed.
The Chief Minister further said that the Bhawanigarh-Kot Shamir road, Malerkotla-Barnala road and the Barnala-Bajakhana road corridor would be upgraded into four-lane highways to improve connectivity and facilitate smoother transportation across the region.
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.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has emphasised the need to shift towards technology-driven and sustainable agriculture.
The corridor runs through several sparsely populated areas of Kutch and is expected to play a significant role in improving mobility and transport infrastructure in the district.
“Road accidents kill more people than any war,” Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari told Parliament, noting that 485 lives were lost every day on Indian roads, leaving 1,268 people injured or disabled, in 2024.
The panel met under the chairmanship of Gadkari here on Thursday to address the critical issue of road safety. Harsh Malhotra and Ajay Tamta, Ministers of State for Road Transport and Highways, were also present in the meeting.
Gadkari addressed a function at Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, where he laid the foundation stones for new road projects and inaugurated others worth thousands of crores of rupees.
