SME Times News Bureau | 26 Jan, 2018
Union Surface Transport
Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stones for Rs 5,000 crore
road projects in Ghazipur of eastern Uttar Pradesh on
Thursday.
Lauding the people for giving a stable
government in the state and at the Centre, Gadkari said the fact that
these projects were being kicked off was because of the people who
made this possible through the mandate in favour of the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP).
He also forewarned the contractors who
would construct the road not to indulge in corruption and
malpractices, saying that he would not spare anyone of them if found
guilty.
Gadkari said on account of the network of roads
that was being started with these projects, Ghazipur would soon
become an industrial hub and also announced that other than the
four-laning of the National Highway 29, NH 97 will also be expanded
to four lane.
The union minister also laid the foundation
stone for a small dockyard in Ghazipur and said it would be used as a
stop-over on the Varanasi-Haldia waterways.
Gadkari said
it was the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to see the
Purvanchal (eastern Uttar Pradesh) prosper and get rid of the
backwardness as soon as possible.
He announced that next
time when he came to Ghazipur, he would do so by a sea plane. The
minister also informed that five- and seven-star cruises would also
be coming to Ghazipur through the waterways network.
He
also said that while the Centre would send funds to the state, it was
the duty of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to ensure that
the money was spent well and utilized for the purpose it was being
sent.