Centre Has Proposed To Construct Double-Decker Flyover In Chennai: Union Minister
The flyover would scale back visitors congestion within the town to an ideal extent, Nitin Gadkari mentioned. (Report)
Chennai,:
The Centre has proposed to construct a double-decker flyover connecting Chennai Port with different essential places in Tamil Nadu at a value of Rs 5,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari mentioned on Wednesday.
This would scale back visitors congestion within the town to an ideal extent, he mentioned.
The Union minister of street delivery and highways, who was once on a non-public seek advice from to town, mentioned paintings at the Bengaluru-Chennai Throughway would additionally begin quickly.
All through his temporary interplay with Leader Minister Okay Palaniswami, Gadkari recommended that the flyover be designed as a double-decker one through bringing in global specialists rather than 4 lanes as deliberate previous.
“As soon as the undertaking is cleared, for subsequent 20-25 years it could unravel the issue for Chennai”, he mentioned.
Noting that the undertaking value would escalate to Rs 5,000 crore from Rs 3,100 crore as deliberate previous, Mr Gadkari mentioned he recommended to the executive minister that the GST for metal and cement can be exempted for this undertaking enabling the state executive to save lots of Rs 500 crore.
“Any other Rs 1,000 crore will likely be borne through the Central executive and NHAI,” the Union minister mentioned.
Requested when the undertaking was once more likely to be finished, Mr Gadkari mentioned, “It’s as much as the executive minister to transparent the proposal.”
Concerning the Bengaluru-Chennai Throughway undertaking, he mentioned land acquisition was once finished, however the COVID-19 pandemic extend commencment of the undertaking.
Relating to his remaining seek advice from to the State, Mr Gadkari mentioned he had then requsted CM Palaniswami to spouse within the building of a multi-modal logistics park in Chennai.
“The state executive has agreed to offer land close to Chennai this is close to Port Accept as true with and (they’re) making plans to bid it out earlier than January 2021,” he mentioned.
