Raipur: A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai will be held on Friday, July 19 at the Mantralaya located at Mahanadi Bhawan in Nava Raipur. The meeting has been organized at 3 pm.
Chhattisgarh will get direct connectivity to Ayodhya, proposal for new national highway
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai today met Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari at his residence. The meeting discussed in detail the ongoing road projects in the state and increasing direct connectivity in tribal areas and to Ayodhya. The Chief Minister proposed new national highway projects to make road transport in the state more accessible and convenient. On which Union Minister Shri Gadkari gave necessary instructions to the departmental officials.
In the meeting, Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai proposed a new national highway to connect the social and economic development of the state and remote tribal forest areas with the main roads. The Chief Minister has demanded that the total 282 km long route from Raigarh-Dharamjaygarh-Mainpat-Ambikapur-Uttar Pradesh border be declared a national highway. Mr. Sai said that this route passes through four districts of the state and is the main route connecting the religious city of Ayodhya to Chhattisgarh state.
The Chief Minister has also requested to declare the Kawardha-Rajnandgaon-Bhanupratappur-Antagarh-Narayanpur-Gidam-Dantewada-Sukma route as a national highway. The Chief Minister said that this is a very important route connecting a total of 6 national highways and 5 district headquarters of the state, totaling 482 km long. With the construction of this route, the Naxal-affected area of Bastar will be connected to the main road and Naxal activities will be reduced.
Along with this, he said that three national highways pass through Raipur city. He demanded that the route connecting NH 130B to 53 be declared a national highway. He said that with this route being declared a NH, the ring road of Raipur city will become a full-fledged national highway. Apart from this, the Chief Minister has also proposed to declare Ratanpur-Lormi-Mungeli-Nandghat-Bhatapara-Balodabazar road, Kenchi-Pendraroad-Pasan-Katghora road, Mungeli-Nawagarh-Bemetara-Dhamdha-Durg-Jhalmala road, Rajnandgaon-Mohla-Manpur road, Pandaria-Bajag-Gadasarai road as national highways.
Chief Minister Sai has pointed out the need for four-lane widening from Katghora to Ambikapur in National Highway No. 130 and construction of grade separators at Sarona Chowk, Udyog Bhawan, and Telibandha Chowk for safe traffic from Tatibandh to Telibandha on NH No. 53. Along with this, he has proposed to make NH 30 Dhamtari to Jagdalpur and Raipur-Balodabazar-Saranghad road four-lane in NH 130B in the annual plan 2024-25 of National Highway. At the same time, approval has been requested for construction of grade separators at two junctions of Raipur-Durg NH 53, Sirsa Gate and Khursipar Junction. The Chief Minister informed that proposals for 13 works worth Rs 1383 crore have been sent to the ministry under the Central Road Fund. He requested for early approval of the proposals. During the meeting, the Chief Minister also invited the Union Minister to attend the 83rd Annual Convention of the Indian Road Congress to be held in Raipur in November. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has assured to take positive initiative as early as possible on various proposals for strengthening the road infrastructure in Chhattisgarh.
