Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari during visit to New Delhi today. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was specially present. Chouhan discussed in detail with Gadkari about various works including bypass, ring road construction in Bharatmala project in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Sagar.
Chouhan thanked the Union Minister Gadkari from his heart for the cooperation being extended for Madhya Pradesh. Continuous approvals are being received for various works in Madhya Pradesh. Many obstacles in the works related to Atal Expressway have also been removed, which will make it easier to complete all the construction works. The economic activities of the state will get a new impetus.
The Chief Minister said that establishing a strong infrastructure in the state is the first priority of the state government. Chouhan said that today there was a discussion with Union Minister Gadkari about strengthening and building internal roads in 56 cities of the state and the bypass / ring road in remaining parts of five big cities Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior Sagar at a cost of Rs 750 crore under first phase of Bharatmala project. This will reduce the traffic pressure in the cities. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari gave his consent for this. For this, Chief Minister Chouhan has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gadkari.
Chouhan, after meeting Union Minister Gadkari, said that the 404-km-long Atal Pragati Path (Express-way) passing through Gwalior Chambal region will speed up the development of Madhya Pradesh. This path will prove to be important in the direction of overall development of Chambal and Gwalior region. There will be a positive change in the economy of all the cities, towns and small and big villages of the region. Chouhan said that the problems of land acquisition have been removed for this way. Successful efforts are being made in removing the obstacles.
The Chief Minister said that it is necessary to get the missing stretches of Ring Roads of 5 important cities of Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Sagar completed soon through NHAI. He said that it would be easy to develop industrial hubs and logistics hubs from these ring roads. He informed that 75 percent ring road of Bhopal city is built. It is necessary to build a ring road from Mandideep to Indore road in the remaining 25 percent length. This proposed ring road will connect NH-64 (Bhopal-Obedullaganj) with State Highway number-28 (Bhopal-Dewas).
Similarly, half part of the ring road of Indore city is present in the east. The western side of the ring road is planned by the National Highways Authority of India. This proposed ring road will connect NH-52 (Agra-Mumbai).
Proposed Ring Road for Jabalpur City will connect National Highway No.-30 (Jabalpur-Rewa), SH No. 55 (Jabalpur-Damoh), NH-45 (Jabalpur-Bhopal), NH-30 (Jabalpur-Nagpur), NH-30 (Jabalpur-Mandla), NH-45 (Jabalpur-Amarkantak).
A 42 km bypass is constructed in Gwalior city towards east/south. The remaining 28 km is the proposed ring road. The proposed ring road will start from NH-44 (Gwalior-Jhansi) and connect to NH-46 (Gwalior-Guna).
Similarly, in Sagar city, a 28 km long route has been proposed from Barkheri to Garhpahra by the National Highways Authority of India, whose tender is under process. Its construction will facilitate the Bina-Bhopal-Indore traffic. Construction of Ring Road is necessary for the ease of traffic going from Katni-Jabalpur to Bhopal-Bina. This ring road will connect NH-146 (Bhopal-Sagar) and NH-44 (Jabalpur- Lakhnadon) to NH-934 (Sagar-Kanpur). SH 21 (Sagar-Rehli) will connect South of Sagar and NH 146 (Bhopal-Sagar).