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INFRASTRUCTURE TICKER TAPE traffic congestion at Vikram Shila Setu bridge in Bhagalpur. Also, it

will provide impetus to the creation of employment opportunities
for the local population, he said. The project is targeted for
completion by October 2024. The New India is being forged with
the vision of incredible infra everywhere, the minister added.
Meanwhile, Gadkari, in another series of tweets, informed that
the project work is progressing at a rapid pace for the six-laning of

NITIN GADKARI LAUNCHES 15 NATIONAL HIGHWAY
state of Andhra Pradesh. This highway project is being developed
PROJECTS WORTH `13,500 CRORE IN BIHAR National Highway -140 between Chittoor and Mallavaram in the
under the Bharatmala Pariyojana of the Modi government.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Gadkari also mentioned that this section of the National Highway
inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 15 National Highway connects major towns in the district of Chittoor i.e. Chittoor and
projects in Patna and Hajipur in Bihar with a total cost of `13,585 Tirupati via Kanipakam.
crore. Speaking on the occasion Gadkari said Mahatma Gandhi
Setu is the lifeline of Bihar, which connects North Bihar with South SIX-LANING OF NH-140 FROM CHITTOOR TO
Bihar. With this super structure replacement project, the time taken MALLAVARAM IN ANDHRA PRADESH PROGRESSING AT A
to cross Mahatma Gandhi Setu has been reduced from 2 to 3 RAPID PACE
hours to 5 to 10 minutes. He said Chhapra-Gopalganj section The project is being developed under the Modi government’s
being 2-lane with 4 bypasses will allow the traffic of the highway Bharatmala Pariyojana. Recently, Union Minister of Road Transport
to pass through the bypass and the city will get rid of traffic jams. and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the team of the Ministry of Road
The Minister said the route from Umagaon will directly connect Transport and Highways is working on a mission mode 24×7 to
the religious places of Uchhaith Bhagbati and Mahishi Tarapith. make ‘New India’, the ‘infrastructure hub of the world’. In a series
Aurangabad – Chordaha section 6-lane road will improve of tweets, the Union Minister said taking the mission forward, the
connectivity of Bihar with Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West project for six-laning of National Highway (NH)-140 from Chittoor
Bengal. Minister Gadkari said Munger - Bhagalpur - Mirzachowki to Mallavaram in the state of Andhra Pradesh is progressing at
section 4-lane greenfield road will facilitate the farmers of this a rapid pace. The project is being developed under the Modi
region to deliver their crop across the country, which will increase government’s Bharatmala Pariyojana. According to Gadkari,
the income of the farmers. this National Highway section connects important towns in the
He said the 2-lane road being built on NH-80 will facilitate district of Chittoor i.e. Chittoor and Tirupati via Kanipakam, a
connectivity between Bihar, Sahibganj and Assam connecting religious place. The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways
with the Inland Waterways Terminal reducing the logistics cost. further said the project length starts at Kukkalapalli and it ends
Shri Gadkari said apart from this, traffic will be facilitated from at Mallavaram. It consists of two bypasses at Kasipentla and
Begusarai elevated flyover, Jayanagar bypass ROB and long jams Kanipakam, 6 Major Bridges and around 15 minor bridges as well
of level crossings will be avoided. With the construction of Ara as 14 grade separators. The Union Minister further said the length
4-lane road from Kayamnagar, the traffic for Ara will be smooth, of the project is operational since the month of May 2021 and
he added. Construction work of New Link NH-133B in Jharkhand the balance works are likely to be completed by 30 September
including Ganga Bridge going in full swing. Once constructed, the 2022. After the completion of the project, the region would see
highway shall connect Sahibganj in Jharkhand to Manihari in Bihar. dynamic transformation with enhanced connectivity that would
The construction work of New Link National Highway (NH)-133B from further give a boost to economic activities as well as religious
0.200 km in the state of Jharkhand to 15.885 km including Ganga tourism, Gadkari added. Meanwhile, Gadkari also informed that
Bridge, development work of Manihari Bypass from 0.000 km to the project for the construction of New Link National Highway -133B
5.500 km as well as widening of National Highway -131A from 5.500 From 0.200 kilometre in the state of Jharkhand to 15.885 kilometre
km to 6.000 km in the state of Bihar to four-lane standards is going including Ganga Bridge, development of Manihari Bypass From
in full swing. This information was recently shared by the Union 0.000 kilometre to 5.500 kilometre as well as widening of National
Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari over a series Highway -131A from 5.500 kilometre to 6.000 kilometre in the state
of tweets. According to Gadkari, the new link of National Highway of Bihar to 4-lane standards is in full swing. The new link of NH-133B
-133B project spanning 21.68 km length, is a project of one of its project spanning a length of 21.68 kilometres, is a one of its kind
kind, involving the construction of a 6 kilometre long Ganga Bridge project involving the construction of a 6 kilometre long Ganga
(which is the world’s third-longest extra-dosed bridge), Manihari Bridge, Manihari bypass and also, widening of NH-131A.
bypass as well as widening of National Highway -131A.
According to Gadkari, once constructed, the highway shall
connect Sahibganj in Jharkhand to Manihari in Bihar. The highway
aims to reduce travel distance by 1/10th, the minister said. Besides,
he further said, this will serve as a strategic connecting point to
North East as well. Under construction at present, 2750 construction
workers have been engaged in total to deliver this project, which is
worth `1900 crore, Gadkari said. The project will further reduce the

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