“Unless Somebody Screams…”: Nitin Gadkari On Highway Projects Execution

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday requested officers to take selections swiftly to hurry up the implementation of freeway tasks.

Addressing the Annual Nationwide Highways Excellence Award Ceremony, the Street Transport and Highways Minister regretted that the ministry doesn’t transfer recordsdata until someone shouts for it.

“Except someone screams, the recordsdata don’t transfer within the ministry…no less than 2 per cent of ministry workers who don’t take selections on time, must be retired,” he stated.

The minister, who is understood for his frank views, additionally identified that officers within the ministry are taking virtually a 12 months to return the financial institution assure of contractors.

Gadkari stated round 2 lakh circumstances on land acquisition are pending within the Supreme Courtroom.

Additionally, talking on the occasion, Minister of State within the Ministry of Street, Transport and Highways Harsh Malhotra acknowledged the efforts of stakeholders, engineers and staff who’re taking part in a significant position in increasing the nation’s Nationwide Freeway infrastructure utilizing fashionable practices.

Highways Secretary V Umashankar reiterated the necessity to develop a world-class Nationwide Freeway community by growing stakeholder collaboration and urged everybody to try for excellence.

NHAI chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav outlined key initiatives undertaken by the authority to leverage fashionable applied sciences to realize excellence within the growth of the Nationwide Freeway framework. 

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