Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation three National Highway projects worth over 2,000 crore rupees in Puducherry.
The Minister dedicated to the nation the 38-kilometre-long four-lane Puducherry-Poondiyankuppam section of NH-32, built at a cost of 1,588 crore rupees. He also laid the foundation stone for the construction of a 3.88-kilometre elevated corridor between Indira Gandhi Square and Rajiv Gandhi Square on NH-32 with an outlay of 436 crore rupees.
In addition, the foundation stone for the improvement works of a 13.63-kilometre stretch of the East Coast Road (NH-332A) with an investment of 25 crore rupees was also laid. Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Dr. L. Murugan, Puducherry Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, Speaker R. Selvam, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly and senior officials attended the event.
