Madhya Pradesh Government will send a proposal to Centre to convert 2000 km roads of the State into National Highway. It may be noted that currently MP has 4,771 kms 20 national highways. An amount of `1,640 crore has been received for strengthening these NHs from the Centre.
With an aim to strengthen road network in the State, Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to send a proposal to the Centre to convert seven new over 2,000 kilometers roads into national highways.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed officials on Friday in a high level meeting to complete formalities as required by the Central Government with regards to converting the existing roads into national highways, an official of Public Relation department said Saturday.
“Chouhan said the inclusion of new national highways will accelerate the pace of development in the State,” the official said. The proposed roads include 264 kms road from Chapda to Nimdi, 376 kms Chhindwara to Khimlasa, 529 kms Sagar to Bargawan, 289 kms Jabalpur to Kalinjar at Uttar Pradesh (UP) border, 249 kms Kukshi to Jaora, 205 kms Chabi to Jaisinghnagar and 195 kms Dabra to Goras road.
It may be noted that currently MP has 4,771 kms 20 national highways. An amount of `1,640 crore has been received for strengthening these NHs from
the Centre.
State Chief Secretary BP Singh, Principal Secretary Public Works Pramod Agarwal, Principal Secretary to CM Ashok Varnval, Managing Director Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation Manish Rastogi, Secretary to CM Hariranjan Rao and other senior officers were present in the meeting.