Road min to seek Cabinet nod for townships along highways

The Road Transport and Highways Ministry will seek the Cabinet's approval for allowing construction of smart cities, townships, logistic parks and industrial clusters along the national highways, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (pictured) said on Friday. Addressing a virtual event, Gadkari said his aim is to construct world-class highway networks and the road transport and highways ministry has chalked out a plan for monetising existing highways projects for infra capital generation. The minister also said that his ministry is planning to construct tunnels worth ~2.5 trillion.