Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated a 3-km-long emergency landing strip on National Highway 925 for the IAF aircraft.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed a 3-km section of Satta-Gandhav stretch of NH-925A, as an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) for the Indian Air Force.
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate an emergency landing facility constructed for the Indian Airforce in Rajasthan's Barmer on Thursday, September 9.
The parts of the 12 national highways that will be used as airstrips are being identified and prepared by the IAF.
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari chaired a meeting of the 9th Group of Infrastructure Committee on August 24. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also attended the meeting. The meeting considered several issues including pending infrastructure projects for resolution.
The Ministry of National Highways and Road Transport issued approval to include the ambitious Atal Progress-Way project of Madhya Pradesh in Bharat Mala Phase-I.
Earlier, on August 13, the prime minister, while addressing the Investor Summit in Gujarat via video conference, said that "Be it ethanol, hydrogen fuel or electric mobility, with these priorities of the government, active participation of the industry is very important."
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the economic corridor will reduce the travel time between the two cities by half from current 3 hours to only 90 minutes.
Nitin Gadkari gave the call at a meeting on Tuesday with a delegation of CEOs from the Society of India Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) comprising of private, commercial and two-wheeler automobile Manufacturers.
To decongest Delhi-NCR and with the continuous increase in high-speed traffic along with problems of traffic jams and rising levels of pollution, the project of Delhi-Meerut Expressway has been constructed at a cost of Rs 8,346 crore in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
As the spectre of Nandigram and Singur protests continues to haunt West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee this time is pushing hard to bring the state on the global investors’ map by starting off with a focus on road and infrastructure projects for which she met Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Thursday.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Gadkari said, out of total length of the project, 350 km has already been constructed and works for construction of 825 km is in progress.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on July 09 addressed the 16th annual conference on 'Road Development in India', via video conferencing.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also greeted Rajnath Singh on his birthday.
In a shocking incident, an elderly woman's bag was snatched by miscreant outside her house in Delhi's CR Park.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described as "landmark" the decision to include retail and wholesale trade as MSMEs.
Minister of MSME Nitin Gadkari informed that the government will now accord MSME status to retailers and wholesale traders.
The government will take a decision over flex-fuel engines in the next 8-10 days as it is considering making these engines mandatory for the automobile industry, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday while asserting that the move will help farmers and boost the Indian economy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, along with BJP president JP Nadda. PM Modi holds meeting
, Chavan said "good words" could be spoken about Union Minister and Nagpur MP Nitin Gadkari who despite ideological differences, maintains "dialogue with other parties"
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