Union Minister for Road Transport &amp; Highways, Nitin Gadkari has said Road infrastructure works are progressing very fast in Arunachal Pradesh .&nbsp; Laying&nbsp; &nbsp; foundation stones for several national highway projects at Roing in Lower Dibang Valley District yesterday ,&nbsp; road projects worth 28,000 crore are&nbsp; underway&nbsp; in&nbsp; the state.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''&nbsp;The Minister also inaugurated two bridges over the Lohit and Dibang River. Addressing&nbsp; the&nbsp; public&nbsp; &nbsp; after the inauguration of the bridges ,Mr. Gadkari said&nbsp; before the&nbsp; NDA came to power, the length of National Highway in the state was 1804 KM and now&nbsp; it is 2885 KMs.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''The Minister also said that his department has done works worth Ten Lakh Crores and every&nbsp; project is cleared and done in a very transparent, time bound and result oriented way.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Mr. Gadkari&nbsp; &nbsp;said that in Arunachal Pradesh bamboo is abundantly found and with this resource the state can become a Bio-fuel hub in the future. He said this will help reduce unemployment and increase farmers' income.<br />''<br />''Later in a separate function in Ziro, Mr.Gadkari laid the foundation for 472 km of national highways costing Rs 5583.92 Crore in Lower Subansiri District.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Gadkari is being accompanied by Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju.</span><br />
News On AIR | December 21, 2018 8:35 AM
Gadkari lays foundation for several NH projects in Arunachal