Haryana gets 11 highway projects worth Rs 20K crore

While expressing gratitude to the Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs, Nitin Gadkari, for dedicating various highway projects as part of a new economic corridor worth Rs. 20,027 crore in the state, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has also sought his intervention in resolving the longpending issue with Punjab regarding Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal so that Haryana could get its legitimate share of river water.

The CM spoke after Gadkari laid the foundation stone of 11 highway projects through a web-based function, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. He urged Gadkari to intervene and raise the SYL issue before the Centre for early resolution of this long-pending issue in the interest of Haryana.

Earlier Gadkari inaugurated three big road projects worth Rs. 2,240 crore. These included 35.45 km fourlane Rohna/Hasangarh to Jhajjar section of NH 334B costing Rs. 1,183 crore, the 70 km four-laning of Punjab-Haryana border to Jind section of NH 71 costing Rs. 857 crore, and the 85.36 km two-lane with paved shoulders Jind-Karnal Highway on NH 709 costing Rs. 200 crore.

Gadkari also laid the foundation stone of eight road projects costing Rs. 17,787 crore. These included 227 km six-lane access controlled Greenfield Expressway from Ismailpur to Narnaul on NH 152D in 8 packages costing Rs. 8,650 crore, the 46.11 km four-lane Gurugram Pataudi-Rewari section of NH 352W costing Rs. 1,524 crore, and the 14.4 km four-lane Rewari Bypass costing Rs. 928 crore.