The Prime Minister, who has already held four rallies, will address public meetings at Chimur, Solapur and Pune while Home Minister Amit Shah will address rallies at Ghatkopar in North East Mumbai and Kandivali in North Mumbai.
Chhattisgarh is set to witness a transformative overhaul in its road infrastructure, with Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announcing ambitious plans that aim to elevate the state’s road network to match the quality of American highways within two years.
Road safety cannot be achieved without integrating advanced engineering solutions, enforcement of laws, and the adoption of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said on Thursday.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday called on Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to discuss various roads, bridges and ropeways projects.
Addressing the 12th edition of the Traffic InfraTech Expo here, Gadkari underscored the alarming statistics of road accidents in India, noting that the country experiences around 5 lakh accidents each year, resulting in numerous fatalities.
Nitin Gadkari, who has given high priority to reducing road accidents apart from his efforts at boosting road infrastructure, has said the government is spending about Rs 40,000 crore for removing "black spots" on roads.
Gadkari said the total length of National Highways was 91,287 km in 2013-14, which has now increased to 145,240 km in 2022-23.
The Minister said under the NHAI's INVIT model, a bond issue was launched which garnered a tremendous response. Within the first day of its availability on the Mumbai Stock Exchange, the bond witnessed seven times oversubscription.
The Union road transport and highways minister said of the 100 his ministry is working on, 51 of 2,200 kilometers (km) worth Rs 47,000 crore have been completed and 30 of 830 km worth Rs 35,000 crore are in progress.
Gadkari called the book a step in the right direction to make people aware of the contribution made by the driver community to India.
