Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the national highways in Karnataka will resemble the road infrastructure in United States by the end of 2024.
Addressing the gathering at a function organised to launch a series of national highways projects in Mysuru on Sunday, Mr. Gadkari expressed “pleasure and pride” over the progress of NH projects in Karnataka and said he was confident that the national highway road infrastructure in the State will be equivalent to the road infrastructure in the United States.
Earlier, Mr. Gadkari launched a total of 22 national highway projects spanning 268 kms valued at over ₹4,036 crore in the presence of Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa, who is also the Minister in charge of Mysuru district, Mysuru MP Pratap Simha, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh, Kolar MP Muniswamy and a host of other elected representatives and officials.
