Lok Sabha hears words of Nitin Gadkari on funding of 1.30 lakh crores for road development

NewsBharati    19-Jul-2018
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New Delhi, July 19: Today, Lok Sabha and the whole nation heard and came to know that what our government is doing in order to keep the roadways transportation good and maintained properly. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that banks have assured funding to the tune of Rs 1.30 lakh crore for highways construction.


 

He said 403 projects worth Rs 3.85 lakh crore were stalled during the UPA regime. The present NDA government, after assuming power in May 2014, has put on track Rs 3 lakh crore worth stalled projects. Gadkari said he has held meetings with banks, RBI Governor and Union Finance Minister regarding funding to the road sector.

Gadkari further added, "Banks have informed me in writing that they are ready to give Rs 1.30 lakh crore for funding of highway projects built in EPC (Engineering Procurement Construction) mode," Gadkari said during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha. He said till May 2014 the length of National Highways in the country was 91,000 km, which was insufficient to support growing number of vehicles as the auto industry has recorded an annual growth of 22 percent.

The present government has doubled that length to 1.80 lakh km. Of this, up to 1.30 lakh km is under the Centre and the remaining 50,000 km is 'Principal National Highway' which is to be managed by states. During April-June Rs 87,663 crore was allocated to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) of which Rs 20743 crore has been released, he said.
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