Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari is never going to contest any election from Kerala and even if he decides so he will not get back the election deposit amount. That is why he says Centre will not extend any assistance under national highways programme if the Kerala government decides to develop NH stretches in the state at 30metre width instead of 45 metres.
Gadgiri does not know about the dense population in Kerala. Any move to widen the high stretch would certainly affect innumerable dwellers near the highway side. The Kerala government’s decision for four-lane of 30metre highways is to avoid the massive land acquisition that was needed if the width is 45m. Gadgiri saying that NHAI funds would not be available for NHs less than 45 m wide, is to discard the genuine requisite of the state and thereby to divert fund to his state.
Gadgiri like ministers not seeing the country as a whole is certainly a weakness of Indian democracy.
K A Solaman
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