<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has informed that the project for the construction of New Link National Highway 133B and 131A is in full swing. <br />''<br />''In a series of tweets today, Mr. Gadkari said the National Highway-133B project spanning over 21 kilometer, is a one-of-its-kind project involving the construction of a six-kilometer-long Ganga Bridge. He said that it is the world's third-longest extradosed bridge.<br />''<br />''Mr. Gadkari highlighted that the highway once constructed will connect Sahibganj in Jharkhand to Manihari in Bihar and aims to reduce travel distance. He said that this will also serve as a strategic connecting point to the North East. Currently, under construction, nearly three thousand construction workers have been engaged to deliver this project costing one thousand nine hundred crore rupees.<br />''<br />''Mr. Gadkari also informed that the project for Six-Laning of National Highway 140 from Chittoor to Mallavaram in Andhra Pradesh will be completed by 30th September this year. He said that his ministry is working in mission mode to complete this project which is being constructed under the Bharatmala Pariyojana.</span><br />