Wherever Gadkari Ji goes, development follows: Former Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, March 23: BJP national vice president and former Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das Thursday said wherever Gadkari went, development followed. He said the Union Minister’s arrival in Jamshedpur was like a new dawn. He said the Union Ministry had constructed 440 km long highway in Jharkhand at the expense of Rs 14,400 crore despite the fact that there was no BJP government in the state. He said the double decker elevated corridor was a gift to the people of the city, courtesy MP Bidyut Baran Mahato.

Das said work on express way and flyover was on in Jharkhand. Till before 2014, roads were built at the rate of two km per day, but now 23.5 km roads are being built everyday, he said.

Das said the Union Minister fulfilled demands of all political parties. The demand of Singhbhum MP and Congress leader Geeta Koda had also been fulfilled, he pointed out.

Earlier, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone of what is being touted as the country’s longest double decker flyover in the city here on Thursday. The proposed flyover would connect Pardih to Baliguma. The project worth Rs 1,876 crore is going to be the first such facility in the country. The foundation stone was laid at a grand programme organized at Gopal Maidan in Bistupur, Jamshedpur.