Mega Highway, tunnel projects will reduce travel time from Delhi to Kashmir to 8 hrs

Srinagar, Sep 27 (UNI) Asserting that Mega Highway and tunnel projects will reduce the travel time from Delhi to Kashmir to 8 hours in coming years, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said this will open up new livelihood avenues for the local population, enhancing tourism and business activities in J&K.
Mr Gadkari made these remarks after laid the foundation stones for four National Highway projects worth Rs 3612 crore in Jammu and Kashmir, including commencement of Srinagar Ring road project.
The minister termed road connectivity as a key driver of the socio-economic growth and development of any region. “There is no dearth of funds in the ministry. I ensure you to bring in logistic support of every kind that is beneficial for the tourism and economy of J&K,” the Union Minister said.
He said the new projects will further strengthen the road connectivity in J&K, thus opening up new livelihood avenues for the local population, enhancing tourism and business activities improving the quality of life of the people.
“Our endeavour is to lessen the time travel between the cities of India tremendously. Be it Delhi-Jammu, or Jammu to Srinagar, the time to travel would get reduced to half by providing expressways and better road connectivity to the people. Mega Highway road and tunnel projects will reduce the travel time from Delhi to Kashmir to 8 hrs in coming years,” the Union Minister said.
The Union Minister said that the long-pending prestigious Srinagar Ring Road project would be completed by end of 2023. “Besides, the work on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway would be completed in next 2-3 years bringing in much respite for the people of the UT,” he added.
He also advocated introducing eco-friendly measures in transport sector.