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New Delhi : Union Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation of nine National Highway projects with a total length of nearly 262 km worth over Rs 2,752 crore in Tripura on October 27, 2020.
The event will be presided-over by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in the presence of Union MoSs Dr Jitendra Singh and Gen (Retd) Dr V K Singh, Members of Parliaments, MLAs, and senior officers from the Centre and the State.
The Projects, on completion, will provide faster and hassle-free inter-state and international connectivity to Bangladesh, and will be a major stride towards strengthening tourism sector of the State. The new projects will provide better connectivity, fast and safe movement of traffic to various tourist places, historical places and religious places in the entire State, according to a PIB release. They are likely to generate large number of employment and self-employment opportunities to the unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled manpower of the region. he projects will reduce travel time.
Implementation of the projects would result in enhanced socio-economic conditions of the locality. They will improve transport of agricultural goods and access to greater markets thereby reducing the cost of goods and services. They will also create easy and speedy access to health care and emergency services. After completion of these projects there will be quantum jump in the development of tourism, economic and international connectivity of this region.