Road Transport and Highways Minister has Reviews Chambal Expressway Project

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and MSME Nitin Gadkari has reviewed the proposed Chambal Express project through video conference with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. The proposed project offers huge employment potential.

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Key-Points

The Rs. 8,200 crore Project passing through MP, UP and Rajasthan envisages connecting Bhind to Kota. The ‘Expressway’ will be 309 km long in Madhya Pradesh. It will connect the boundaries of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh via Sheopur, Morena and Bhind.

It also will provide cross connectivity with Golden Quadrilateral’s Delhi-Kolkata corridor, North-South Corridor, East-West Corridor and Delhi-Mumbai -Expressway.

This route will be connected to the Golden Quadrilateral (Agra-Kanpur) route in Bhind, North-South Corridor in Morena and Delhi Mumbai Corridor in Rajasthan.

It is expected that project may be completed in about 2 years after land acquisition.

l Development Authority can be formed for better coordination and progress of this region and called upon the states to sort out the forest, environment, and land acquisition issues in top priority.