The construction work on the four-lane road between Vadodara and Ankleshwar till the under-construction Statue of Unity has begun, a Gujarat minister said today.
"The Gujarat government has issued work order of Rs 2,979 cr to Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to construct the Statue of Unity, which would be the tallest statue in the world," state Finance Minister Saurabh Patel said.
"To facilitate the road travel of tourists from all over the world who would visit the Statue of Unity after it is built in a few years, the government is focusing on building the four-lane road from Vadodara and Ankleshwar leading to the statue," Patel, who is also the Tourism Minister of the state, said.
The 182-km-long statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which would be developed as a major tourist attraction, would come up in Narmada district.
Altogether, 102 vehicles including goods-carrying
trucks entered Tripura yesterday till 7 PM but that did not ease the crisis situation, Saha said.
Apart from this, Chief Secretary Yashpal Singh yesterday visited badly-damaged Lowerpoa at Karmganj area and assured all help to the construction firm working for repair of the highway.
"Tripura government was prepared to supply bricks and stone chips needed for construction in case they faced problems of materials. The works for repair of the damaged highway was progressing at snail's pace," Singh told reporters.
Saha said petroleum products could be brought through Meghalaya's Dawki to Dharmanagar via Sylhat in Bangladesh. He said the state had only 42 days food stocks and in such situation urgent steps needed to be taken by the central government for dispatching food grains.
"Despite state's repeated request to the Centre for urgent interference in the situation, it was just playing the role of onlooker. It is nothing but a conspiracy," Saha added.
