Nitin Gadkari warns of termination of highway projects over Punjab’s ‘prevailing law and order’

Expressing concern over the “prevailing law and order situation” in Punjab, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has cautioned Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann that eight severely affected highway projects in the State, costing approximately ₹14,288 crore, would be terminated “if the situation does not improve”.

Raising safety concerns on behalf of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officers, contractors, and their staff, in a letter to the Punjab Chief Minister dated August 9, Mr. Gadkari said he had come to know of two untoward incidents that occurred recently on the Delhi-Katra expressway projects.

The NHAI is developing greenfield and brownfield national highway corridors, including the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway in Punjab.