Amid the rhythmic pulse of central India’s agrarian expanse, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has anointed Madhya Pradesh as the vanguard of national progress, approving nearly Rupees 1 lakh crore in highway projects. Speaking at Vidisha, he joined Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to inaugurate and break ground for eight national highway initiatives costing Rupees 4,400 crore, spanning 181 km. These arteries Bhopal Vidisha Sagar Rahatgarh Byawra expansions, Sagar Western Bypass promise to streamline logistics, curb urban congestion, and invigorate industrial and tourism corridors in Madhya heartland and Bundelkhand.
Mr. Gadkari’s largesse extends further: a Rupees 16,000 crore Sagar Vidisha Kota greenfield expressway slashing 75 km off travel; Nasrullaganj Bhairunda Budhni four laning; Rupees 4,500 crore for 50 sundry roads; a Rupees 4,000 crore Vidisha northern bypass; Rupees 40,000 crore Gwalior Bhopal Nagpur corridor linking Hyderabad; Ujjain Jhalawar highway for Simhastha; Rupees 1,600 crore CRF infusion (Rupees 400 crore for Vidisha); five driving training centres (20 more imminent); Atal Expressway synergies; and Gopalpur Bhairunda white topping. Preceding works under Central Road Fund and ongoing Rupees 2 lakh crore portfolio underscore a transformative highway lattice.
This symphony of steel and asphalt dovetails with agrarian innovation. Madhya Pradesh’s basmati and Sharbati wheat command global acclaim, as Mr. Chouhan pivots farmers from annadata to urjadata, biofuel pioneers. Ethanol from Nagpur farms, hydrogen cars on Bhopal tarmacs, and agri machinery on farmer fuel herald energy sovereignty, curbing Rupees 22 lakh crore oil imports. Mr. Gadkari invoked Prime Minister Modi’s mantra: development demands not funds which abound but honest, tireless stewards. India’s engineers and doctors earn global esteem; transmuting knowledge to wealth, as Nagpur’s toilet water yields Rupees 300 crore, exemplifies waste to wealth alchemy.
Dr. Yadav hailed Vidisha’s sanctity from Sanchi stupa under Ashoka to blessings of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Sushma Swaraj while pressing for Agra Gwalior Bhopal Nagpur greenfield and Raisen medical college. Mr. Chouhan envisioned Vidisha as development hub, ring road primed for surging land values and industry. PWD Minister Rakesh Singh spotlighted Rupees 1.8 lakh crore infra bet, including Gwalior Bhopal Nagpur (578 km), Ujjain Jabalpur Ambikapur (450 km), and Narmada Betwa linkage.
In this ‘mahaparb’ of progress a ‘mahayagya’ for Viksit Madhya Pradesh the state’s centrality mandates premium connectivity. Robust roads beget jobs, exports, and urbanisation, propelling the republic’s third largest economy ambition by 2047. A grand roadshow, floral tributes from throngs, affirmed public imprimatur. As sceptics parse intent, metrics affirm efficacy: safer drives, wildlife harmony via Obedullaganj Itarsi four laning (Rupees 477 crore), and Dehgavan Bamhori’s 27 km lifeline.
Mr. Gadkari’s vision Atmanirbhar Bharat not dream, but resolve positions Madhya Pradesh as fulcrum. Sustained, it could redefine heartland prosperity, proving infrastructure as equaliser in India’s ascent.
Author: This news is edited by: Abhishek Verma, (Editor, CANON TIMES)
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