Union minister of state for tribal affairs Renuka Singh led a delegation of members of parliament from Chhattisgarh to call on Nitin Gadkari, union minister for road transport and highways on Monday at New Delhi.
They urged him to sanction new national highway and by-pass roads for the state and to expedite the existing incomplete projects in the state.
Handing over a representation, the MPs urged him to complete the under-construction incomplete NH roads in Sarguja, Koriya, Raigarh and Jashpur along with other districts of the state. They demanded to declare the existing roads from Ambikapur, Pratappur, Wadrafnagar to Uttar Pradesh border and further as National Highway.
The delegation demanded sanction of 6 km by-pass road at Lakhanpur, two road over bridges (ROBs) at level crossing of Belbahra and Jainagar on NH 43 between Manendragarh to Ambikapur from MP border to Gumla-Jharkhand route.
Additional to it, the NH 343 widening work, construction of bridges, widening of roads at Ambikapur, Balrampur, Ramanunjganj, an earlier projects announced seven years ago. They also wanted that official announcement be made upgrading Semariya, Wadrafnagar, Ramanujganj road as National Highway, which in principle has been already sanctioned.
Transport minister Nitin Gadkari assured all the MPs that their demands will be considered and soon decision will be taken. He also suggested that Union minister of state for tribal affairs Renuka Singh and all the MPs should hold a meeting with NHA officials of Chhattisgarh to discuss other new proposals and demands.