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Govt Constructing 10,000 Km Greenfield Expressway Projects At Rs 6 Lakh Cr Investment: Gadkari

Gadkari said that the construction of expressways and economic corridors has helped reduce the country's logistics costs by 10% from 16% earlier.

New Delhi: The government is constructing 25 greenfield expressways, totalling 10,000 km across the country, at a cost of Rs 6 lakh crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Addressing the 120th Annual Session of PHDCCI, Gadkari further said 75-80 per cent of the work on the strategic Zojila Tunnel, which will provide all-weather connectivity between the Ladakh region and the rest of the country, has been completed.

He said the highways ministry will get Rs 15 lakh crore if it monetises its road projects.

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