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Progress and development! Golden moment in the history of Madhya Pradesh

It's a big infrastructure gift for the people of Madhya Pradesh from Modi government!

Progress and development! Golden moment in the history of Madhya Pradesh
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 45 road projects entailing 1361 kms of highways in Madhya Pradesh. Pic from https://twitter.com/nitin_gadkari

It's a big infrastructure gift for the people of Madhya Pradesh from Modi government! Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 45 road projects entailing 1361 kms of highways in Madhya Pradesh. Taking to Twitter, Nitin Gadkari said, "It's a golden moment in the history of progress and development in Madhya Pradesh."

FULL VIDEO: Inauguration and Foundation Stone Laying Programme of NH projects in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan presided over the virtual function attended by Union ministers Thavarchand Gehlot and Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel, Faggan Singh Kulaste and V K Singh and others.

Paving the way for development of MP, these roads will enhance better connectivity, convenience and economic growth in the state, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had said in the statement.

Earlier, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday had said that there is a need to modernise the public transport fleet and promote use of green fuel like bio-CNG, ethanol, methanol as well as electricity. Most of the State Road Transport Undertakings (SRTUs) are incurring huge expenditure on conventional fuels, he said while addressing a webinar -- 4th UITP India Bus Seminar.

The minister "called for moving on to biofuels, CNG and electricity as transportation fuel", the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement. This, he said, will not only save on fuel bill but also contribute to the economy and pollution reduction.The country is spending a huge amount on import of crude oil, which needs to be reduced, Gadkari emphasised. Referring to the workability of green fuel, he said Nagpur has started to convert 450 buses to biofuel-run vehicles.
"As many as 90 buses have already been converted so far. He added that loss in bus service is about Rs 60 crore per year, which can be saved by converting buses into CNG," the statement said. He called upon SRTUs to adopt this model for reducing losses, which will help in providing better public transport. Gadkari also said efforts are being made to produce CNG from sewage water.

Written By: Prashant V. Singh
Edited By: Harish Dugh
Updated: Tue, Aug 25, 2020
03:35 pm
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