Bhopal: A 300-km-long Chambal Expressway will be constructed in Madhya Pradesh. This was informed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after his meeting with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Thursday.
Chouhan also discussed under-construction and proposed national highways in the state with Gadkari, besides the proposed 1265 km-long six-lane Narmada Expressway. Chouhan said that 300 km-long, six-lane Chambal Expressway is proposed in the State. Around 2500 hectare land will be acquired for the project.
In addition, Chouhan expressed his concern over incomplete work on several national highways and urged the Union Minister to solve the problem as soon as possible. He also discussed in detail about the problems in the construction of Rewa-Allahabad, Bhopal-Jabalpur, Satna-Bamitha, Indore-Edlabad and Rewa-Sidhi National Highways.
