<span style="color: #222222;">Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has stressed on the need to adopt modern concepts of tunneling in India so that the big capital cost involved can be reduced. He said that by developing smart cities, roadway amenities and other facilities near tunnels, revenue generation can be increased.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister was addressing an International Webinar on Road Tunnel Recent Trends, Innovations and Way forward through video conferencing today. Mr Gadkari urged the stakeholders to come out with cost-effective and modern technologies for tunneling to reduce capital expenditure without compromising on safety aspects.</span><br />''  <br />