Punjab CM invites Gadkari to help revive state MSMEs

New Delhi, 28 June (KNN) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged Union Transport and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Nitin Gadkari to visit the state and sought his intervention in clearing the state's pending projects under his ministry, including early approval for ring road projects around major cities.

He invited the Union minister to visit Punjab and extend help in reviving MSMEs in the state.

Gadkari assured chief minister of full support and cooperation to the state government in pursuance of their road infrastructure development projects, besides various initiatives MSMEs.

The chief minister requested Gadkari to release the third instalment of a central grant of Rs 3.72 crore for Mohali Hitech Metal cluster and implementation of SFURTI in Wood Inlay Cluster, Hoshiarpur.

Gadkari assured Singh that all Punjab-related issues pending with his ministries would be looked into and addressed at the earliest.

According to the media reports, Singh informed Gadkari that the Punjab government had already agreed to bear 50 per cent cost of land acquisition for building of ring roads around Mohali/Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala, Sangrur and Bathinda, in line with the MORT&H guidelines of Bharatmala

Chief minister urged Gadkari to expedite granting clearance to the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway project, for which the Centre has okayed a plan of constructing 800 km of expressways under Bharatmala Scheme Phase-I.

He requested Gadkari to declare Banga-Garhshankar-Anandpur Sahib-Naina Devi Road as national highway in the current fiscal and pointed out that this demand has been raised by the Jathedar of Takhat Sri Keshgarh Sahib as the road in question was in extremely bad shape.

It may be recalled that Gadkari had earlier laid the foundation stone for upgrading the Banga-Garhshankar-Anandpur Sahib-Naina Devi Road.