New Delhi: Union minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that the construction of two flyovers of 2.5 km length at Kushinagar, place of Lord Buddha's Parinirvana in Uttar Pradesh, has been sanctioned with a budget of Rs 42.67 crore.

In a series of tweets, he said that these flyovers will be completed in 18 months. He said with their construction, the arrival of domestic and foreign tourists will be facilitated and the problem of traffic jams of local people will be solved.

Gadkari further said that the construction of Greenfield connectivity to Jewar International Airport (connecting Delhi Mumbai Expressway) from DND Faridabad – Ballabgarh Bypass KMP link in Gautam Budha Nagar district under Bharatmala project in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana with a budget of Rs 2,414.67 crore has been approved.

He said that this road will be constructed in hybrid annuity mode with a total length of 31.425 km. The construction period will be two years and it will also connect Agra, Mathura and West UP, he added. /BI/