Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be in Haryana on Thursday to lay the foundation stone of 341 kms long three highway projects costing `13,802 crore at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Rai, in Sonipat district.
These projects include Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway and eight-laning of Highway Section from Mukarba Chowk (Delhi) to Panipat.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday said that about 136 kms long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway, also known as Western Peripheral Expressway, project will provide high-speed link to northern Haryana with its southern districts like Gurgaon, Faridabad and Palwal.
He said that the project spanning five districts of Sonipat, Jhajjar, Gurgaon, Mewat and Palwal would be completed at a total cost of Rs 4,000 crore and would help in de-congestion of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi as the traffic from the northern parts of the country destined to other regions would not need to pass through this area, thus reducing pollution tremendously.
Notably, the work of KMP expressway was awarded in January 2006 and was scheduled to be completed by July 2009. However, the previous agency did not complete the work and his contract was terminated on March 19, 2015.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Birender Singh, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Science Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh, Union Minister of State for Planning and Defence Rao Inderjit Singh among other dignitaries would be present during the inauguration of the projects.
The Prime Minister would also address a rally at Sonipat, which is being seen as a show of strength by the BJP as part of the one-year celebrations of the formation of its first Government in Haryana.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister said that industrial development in the state has been our top priority. He said that his government’s aim is to facilitate State GDP growth rate in excess of eight per cent, employment generation for four lakh persons, investments in the State to the tune of Rs one lakh crore, increase contribution of secondary sector in the State GDP from 27 per cent to 32 per cent in tandem with the Government of India's National Manufacturing Policy and 'Make in India’ initiative and promote balanced regional development through geographical dispersal of industry.
Manohar lal added that the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) has launched its Estate Management Procedure-2015 in line with the recently-launched ‘New Enterprise Promotion Policy-2015’ to facilitate the entrepreneurs, bring in transparency in the system and take another step towards ‘Digital Haryana’ and ‘Ease of Doing Business’.