Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, has announced plans to build an expressway to connect Kashmir to Kanyakumari while speaking to the media at the G20 summit.Nitin Gadkari plans to build Kashmir to Kanyakumari expresswayEarlier in April, the union minister said that the dream of having an expressway from Kashmir to Kanyakumari will start at the beginning of the next year.He said, “Kashmir to Kanyakumari road was a dream for us. From Rohtang to Ladakh, four tunnels will be constructed. From Leh, we will come to Kargil and join Zojila and Z-Morh tunnels.”His remarks came while he was attending the second meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Road Transport and Highways.Gadkari said when the BJP-led central government formed in 2014, we prepared a roadmap for road infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir.“Since then we have undertaken projects worth ₹1.25 lakh crore in Jammu and Kashmir… Once these projects are complete, the tourist footfall to Jammu and Kashmir will increase by four times. People go to Switzerland, our J&K is more beautiful,” the union minister added.
