‘Govt to spend Rs 2L cr on Maha road projects’

A total of Rs 2 lakh crore will be spent on expanding as well as building new roads in Maharashtra in next five years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said here today. “At present, Rs 20,000 crore are sanctioned for various road development projects in Konkan area of the state alone,” the Transport Minister said. Gadkari performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the four-laning of Kashedi-Parshuram Ghat section of the NH-66 near Hatkhamba junction. “We not merely announce the road projects but also see to it that they get completed within stipulated period of time. We are going to complete all the road widening projects in next two years,” he said. The four-laning of the Mumbai-Goa highway would cost about Rs 3,570 crore.