File Photo: UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow:
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has written a letter to Union Minister of Shipping and Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari requesting the declaration of three state highways as national highways.
Mr Yadav has requested to declare Jhansi-Khajuraho, Lipulekh-Bhind and Dohri Ghat-Azamgarh-Jaunpur-Allahabad routes as national highways.
"The CM has written a letter to Union Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari in this regard," an official spokesman said in a statement issued in Lucknow.
He said that widening of these routes would help in development of infrastructure facilities and removing bakwardness.
The Chief Minister has referred to a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8 in which it was requested to declare four important routes as national highways and develop them as four lane.
Mr Yadav has requested to declare Jhansi-Khajuraho, Lipulekh-Bhind and Dohri Ghat-Azamgarh-Jaunpur-Allahabad routes as national highways.
"The CM has written a letter to Union Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari in this regard," an official spokesman said in a statement issued in Lucknow.
He said that widening of these routes would help in development of infrastructure facilities and removing bakwardness.
The Chief Minister has referred to a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8 in which it was requested to declare four important routes as national highways and develop them as four lane.
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