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Title : Need for four laning of Gandhidham-Mundra Road in Kutch district, Gujarat.
SHRI P.S. GADHAVI (KUTCH): In my constituency i.e. Kutch District in Gujarat, Mundra is very important port handling cargo destined to vast hinterland of North and Central India. Cargo movement has increased considerably after the development of Gujarat Adani Port. Government of India has recently approved Special Economic Zone at Mundra. Adani and NTPC are going to set up mega thermal power plants of approximately 6000 MW in this Special Economic Zone. Due to heavy movement of goods materials generated by ports and industrial development in kutch, Gandhidham-Mundra Section of NH-8 A (Km 0/6 to 60/0) is having high density of traffic, which is likely to increase tremendously in future. Keeping in view the port connectivity programme, Ministry of Surface Transport and Highways has included four laning of Gandhidham-Mundra section in NHDP Phase-III with target date of completion as December 2009.
Looking to the pace of industrial development in this area, I urge upon the Government of India to kindly get the Mundra Port connected by four-lane highway with the East-West corridor at the earliest.