(News18)
Nitin Gadkari, who has also been given charge of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways again in the Modi’s new Cabinet 2.0 has said that he has set a new target of laying 40 kms of road everyday over the next one-and-a-half years. As per the previous figures, BJP led NDA government under the supervision of Gadkari was building 26 Km roads everyday.
“I got an opportunity to work on road transport…this time, I have decided to plant 125 crore trees, as much as the country’s population, along the roads in the next five years,” said Nitin Gadkari. “I am thinking to work on creating roadside amenities in a big way and 2,000 such amenities would be set up. Work has started on the Mumbai-Delhi Expressway and 12 other expressway projects will be completed in next three months,” he said.
