Rawat takes up underpass project at IMA with Gadkari

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, August 24

Chief Minister Harish Rawat met Union Minister for Road Transport and National Highways Nitin Gadkari in Delhi today and apprised him about the surface transport concerns of the state. Rawat said the state government had sent a detailed project report regarding construction of an underpass at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) and sought its speedy sanction.

The Chief Minister said funds were sanctioned for surfacing works of national highways in the state that are part of the Char Dham roads but the work was still to commence. He asked the Union minister to sanction at least a two-lane tunnel at Dat Kali in Dehradun.

He also raised the issue of prompt sanctioning of 13 roads in the state that had been under consideration for long. He said the Kotdwar-Laldhang road be developed as a national highway. He expressed gratitude to Gadkari for providing all necessary infrastructural support for the construction of all-weather Char Dham roads.

Gadkari assured Harish Rawat of giving due consideration to the issues raised by him.