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Chhattisgarh highway projects to have dedicated infra for wildlife movement; PM Modi to lay foundation stone on July 7 | India News
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for three National Highway projects during his visit to Chhattisgarh on July 7.
A key component in the development of these National Highway projects is a 6-lane tunnel of 2.8 kilometre length with 27 animal passes and 17 monkey canopies for unrestricted wildlife movement in the Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary area.
Noting this, official sources said the development of such dedicated infrastructure for the safe passage of wildlife and their habitation while building national highways and expressways has been a frequent feature of highway development under the Modi government.
“It has been the vision of Prime Minister Modi to minimise the impact of highway development on wildlife,” an official said.
Citing an example, the sources said the Delhi-Dehradun economic corridor, the foundation stone for which was laid by Modi in December 2021, will have Asia’s largest elevated wildlife corridor (12 kilometres) for unrestricted wildlife movement.
They mentioned 51 such projects where special structures have been built for the unhindered movement of wildlife.
PM Modi will visit Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh on July 7 and Telangana and Rajasthan the following day. He will inaugurate or lay foundation stones of projects worth around Rs 50,000 crore, his office said on Wednesday.
A key component in the development of these National Highway projects is a 6-lane tunnel of 2.8 kilometre length with 27 animal passes and 17 monkey canopies for unrestricted wildlife movement in the Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary area.
Noting this, official sources said the development of such dedicated infrastructure for the safe passage of wildlife and their habitation while building national highways and expressways has been a frequent feature of highway development under the Modi government.
“It has been the vision of Prime Minister Modi to minimise the impact of highway development on wildlife,” an official said.
Citing an example, the sources said the Delhi-Dehradun economic corridor, the foundation stone for which was laid by Modi in December 2021, will have Asia’s largest elevated wildlife corridor (12 kilometres) for unrestricted wildlife movement.
They mentioned 51 such projects where special structures have been built for the unhindered movement of wildlife.
PM Modi will visit Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh on July 7 and Telangana and Rajasthan the following day. He will inaugurate or lay foundation stones of projects worth around Rs 50,000 crore, his office said on Wednesday.
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