Union Minister for Road, Transport and Shipping Nitin Gadkari will be the Chief Guest of State Foundation Day programme on November 15 in Ranchi. The Union Minister on Friday accepted Chief Minister Raghubar Das’ invitation in a courtesy meet in Delhi. The CM also met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely and requested him to be the Chief Guest in Global Investors’ Summit on February 16-17, 2017. The invitation was accepted by the Finance Minister.
After meeting Gadkari, Das met with the Ministry officials regarding the ongoing schemes in the State. The CM requested the Gadkari to sort out the pending schemes of NHAI and speed up the work. He also requested to complete NH-33 soon. Gadkari directed the officials to visit the site and sort out the problems.
On the occasion, the officials requested the CM to sort out the problems regarding land acquisition for NHAI. The CM assured them to address the problems soon. A review meeting will take place in this regard on November 10 with NHAI officers in Ranchi. Road, Transport and Shipping Secretary Sanjay Mitra and other senior officials of the ministry were present in the meeting.
later in the day, the CM met Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and requested him to rename Hatia Ernakulum Express as Bhagwan Birsa Munda Express. He said that people of South India will come to know about Bhagwan Birsa and his crusade against the British rule with the initiative. The Railway Minister consented to it. A letter in this regard was also handed over to the Railway Ministry by Government of Jharkhand.
The Chief Minister had flagged off Hatia- Ernakulum Express last week itself, which is a weekly train, from Hatia Station. He had raised the demand on the occasion.