A proposal to convert seven new 2021 km long roads into National Highways will be sent to the Centre. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed the officials to complete the formalities at a high-level meeting at Mantralaya on Friday. Chouhan said that inclusion of new national highways will accelerate the pace of development. The proposed Highways include 264 km long road from Chapda to Nimdi (Dewas to Jhabua), 376 km road from Chhindwara to Khimlasa, 529 km road from Sagar to Bargawan, 289 km road from Jabalpur to Kalinjar (UP border), 249 km road from Kukshi to Jawra, 205 km road from Chabi to Jaisinghnagar, 195 km road from Dabra to Goras. The state has 4771 km highways. An amount of Rs. 1640 crore has been received for strengthening these national highways.
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 Senior Officers were present in the meeting.