Monday.In a meeting with officials of the ministry, NHAI, NHIDCL and PWDs Gadkari mentioned that it

Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari along with other Union ministers on Tuesday discussed various issues related to infrastructure development, including ways to expedite forest clearances for highway and other infrastructure projects. Gadkari chaired a meeting of the ninth Group of Infrastructure Committee to address existing inter-ministerial issues with regard to implementation of infrastructure projects.He reiterated his commitment to infrastructure development while giving du

We will provide more infrastructure facilities within two years.... We will give the highest priority for employment to local people.... It would be a great socio-economic transformation," he said. Gadkari said apart from financial audit, the performance of any project is very important....

Due to expensive land acquisition and development of wider flyovers, tunnels, and highways, the cost of highway projects under the Bharatmala programme peaked significantly from the initial estimates, according to a report by The Economic Times( ET).... An official was quoted as saying that the Comptroller and Auditor General( CAG) report on Bharatmala had failed to observe several intricacies when it concluded that there were cost overruns in the Rs 5.35 trillion programme.... The official st