While expressing gratitude to the Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs, Nitin Gadkari, for dedicating various highway projects as part of a new economic corridor worth Rs. 20,027 crore in the state, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has also sought his intervention in resolving the longpending issue with Punjab regarding Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal so that Haryana could get its legitimate share of river water.
The CM spoke after Gadkari laid the foundation stone of 11 highway projects through a web-based function, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. He urged Gadkari to intervene and raise the SYL issue before the Centre for early resolution of this long-pending issue in the interest of Haryana.
Earlier Gadkari inaugurated three big road projects worth Rs. 2,240 crore. These included 35.45 km fourlane Rohna/Hasangarh to Jhajjar section of NH 334B costing Rs. 1,183 crore, the 70 km four-laning of Punjab-Haryana border to Jind section of NH 71 costing Rs. 857 crore, and the 85.36 km two-lane with paved shoulders Jind-Karnal Highway on NH 709 costing Rs. 200 crore.
Gadkari also laid the foundation stone of eight road projects costing Rs. 17,787 crore. These included 227 km six-lane access controlled Greenfield Expressway from Ismailpur to Narnaul on NH 152D in 8 packages costing Rs. 8,650 crore, the 46.11 km four-lane Gurugram Pataudi-Rewari section of NH 352W costing Rs. 1,524 crore, and the 14.4 km four-lane Rewari Bypass costing Rs. 928 crore.