Progress and development! Golden moment in the history of Madhya Pradesh

It's a big infrastructure gift for the people of Madhya Pradesh from Modi government! Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 45 road projects entailing 1361 kms of highways in Madhya Pradesh. Taking to Twitter, Nitin Gadkari said, "It's a golden moment in the history of progress and development in Madhya Pradesh."

(1) आज मध्य प्रदेश के इतिहास में प्रगति और विकास का एक स्वर्णिम क्षण है। राज्य में सड़क नेटवर्क को मजबूती देने के लिए 45 सड़क परियोजनाओं का मध्य प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री श्री @ChouhanShivraj जी, परिवहन राज्यमंत्री जी, @Gen_VKSingh pic.twitter.com/tTHl6UTzaf

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) August 25, 2020

(3) ...विडियो कॉन्फ्रेंसिंग के माध्यम से शिलान्यास एवं लोकार्पण किया। साथ ही नये परियोजनाओं की घोषणा कर सभी से साझा किया। #PragatiKaHighway pic.twitter.com/GJpqS54jOf

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) August 25, 2020

(5) आर्थिक एवं सामाजिक विकास में तेजी आएगी और राज्य संपन्न एवं समृद्ध होगा। प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी और मुख्यमंत्री श्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान जी के नेतृत्व में हम मध्य प्रदेश के विकास के लिए कटिबद्ध है। #PragatiKaHighway pic.twitter.com/hXScmNPM2E

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) August 25, 2020

FULL VIDEO: Inauguration and Foundation Stone Laying Programme of NH projects in Madhya Pradesh

Inauguration and Foundation Stone Laying Programme of NH projects in Madhya Pradesh https://t.co/8C3SdDFLsn

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) August 25, 2020

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan presided over the virtual function attended by Union ministers Thavarchand Gehlot and Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel, Faggan Singh Kulaste and V K Singh and others.

Paving the way for development of MP, these roads will enhance better connectivity, convenience and economic growth in the state, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had said in the statement.

Earlier, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday had said that there is a need to modernise the public transport fleet and promote use of green fuel like bio-CNG, ethanol, methanol as well as electricity. Most of the State Road Transport Undertakings (SRTUs) are incurring huge expenditure on conventional fuels, he said while addressing a webinar -- 4th UITP India Bus Seminar.

The minister "called for moving on to biofuels, CNG and electricity as transportation fuel", the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement. This, he said, will not only save on fuel bill but also contribute to the economy and pollution reduction.The country is spending a huge amount on import of crude oil, which needs to be reduced, Gadkari emphasised. Referring to the workability of green fuel, he said Nagpur has started to convert 450 buses to biofuel-run vehicles.
"As many as 90 buses have already been converted so far. He added that loss in bus service is about Rs 60 crore per year, which can be saved by converting buses into CNG," the statement said. He called upon SRTUs to adopt this model for reducing losses, which will help in providing better public transport. Gadkari also said efforts are being made to produce CNG from sewage water.