New Delhi: India is one of the countries in the world which is progressing at the fastest rate. But for the development of any country it is necessary to develop its highways. It would not be wrong to say that the development of highways is the development of the country in the real sense. On this subject, News24 organized ‘Bharatmala’ Conclave in the national capital Delhi on Tuesday. (Bharatmala conclave 2022) organised.
Let us tell you that Bharatmala is an ambitious project of the Government of India, through which the goal of connecting the whole of India through roads has been set.
In this program, News 24 Editor-in-Chief Anuradha Prasad and Sandeep Chaudhary had a special conversation with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. Here are the exclusive excerpts of this conversation-
America is rich, so the roads there are not the best. Rather, the roads there are excellent, so America is rich.
In 1995, Dhirubhai Ambani’s tender for Mumbai Puna Highway was rejected.
We made a bet with them and completed this work in two years.
first published:April 26, 2022, 6:14 p.m.