Union minister Nitin Gadkari kickstarts 11 highway projects worth Rs 20,000 cr in Haryana

Union Minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 11 national highway projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore in Haryana.

The minister further said that in the ongoing term of the BJP government, highway projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore will be developed in the State. In all, a total of 11 projects with a cumulative length of 669 km were kickstarted in a virtual meeting where Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was also present.

These projects are part of the new economic corridor in Haryana.


Four major corridors are being developed in Haryana, which include two brownfield projects of Jind-Gohana-Sonipat and UP/Haryana Border-Rohna-Jhajjar. The other two are greenfield projects – Ambala-Kotputli 304 km and Gurugram Rewari-Narnaul-Rajasthan Border 132 km, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said, sharing details of ongoing projects in Haryana.

In 2014, total NH length in Haryana was 2050 kilometre, which has now been brought up to 3237 kilometres, Sandhu said.

Gadkari also said that states like Haryana and Punjab will play a key role in fuelling the ethanol economy in the country, making it a Rs 1 lakh crore market. He said that the government was working on “revolutionary” ideas to adopt cleaner fuel in the country, and state governments must work together with the Centre on this.