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UPDATE
Innovative New Infra projects
Highway rime Minister Narendra and got started nine NH projects
Engineering P Modi recently laid in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh in the
foundation stone for
he National Highways and Varanasi Cantt to Godowlia presence of Chief Minister Shri
Yogi Adityanath and officers.
Infrastructure Development ropeway. The 3.75-km long With the construction of Jhansi-
TCorporation Ltd. India, ropeway system with five Khajuraho road, the traffic will
and CSIR-SERC (Structural stations would make it easier for ease in Maihar-Singrauli-Ranchi
Engineering Research Centre), visitors, pilgrims, and Varanasi industrial division and Jhansi-
Chennai, have signed an MoU for residents to move around. Orchha-Khajuraho and tourism of
sharing knowledge on innovative With the beginning of this the state will get a boost. When
ideas and technologies in the `645 crore ropeway project, completed the Kabrai section
field of highway engineering. Kashi Vishwanath Temple and on the Madhya Pradesh-Uttar
The collaboration would Dashashwamedh Ghat will be Pradesh border, the traffic in the
facilitate NHIDCL and CSIR-SERC conveniently accessible. India will Bhopal-Kanpur industrial division
to undertake various activities be the third country in the world till Lucknow will reduce travel time.
of common interest, including after Bolivia and Mexico City, and
sharing knowledge on innovative Varanasi will be the first Indian The Minister also kick started
ideas and technologies in the city to use a ropeway for public several projects in Jharkhand’s
field of highway engineering and transport. The pilot project will be Jamshedpur. A 44-km stretch
other infrastructure. It also sets a constructed by Vishwa Samudra, between Jamshedpur and
new benchmark of government- National Highways Logistics Mahulia on National Highway-33,
academia partnership that can Private Limited (NHLML) and has been among the projects
enhance the process of learning Switzerland-based firm Bartholet. unveiled. This stretch will
and open up new opportunities The ropeway will cover a provide Delhi-Kolkata and
in science and technology Mumbai-Kolkata connectivity
distance of nearly 4 km in just 16 via Jamshedpur, significantly
minutes. Moreover, reducing travel time between the
the ropeway will be destinations.
operational for 16
hours a day. As part of a Bharatmala
package, a four-lane access
Road Transport control road will be constructed
and Highways on Raipur-Dhanbad Economic
Minister Nitin Corridor of NH-320, the NHAI
Gadkari inaugurated
official said
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