Puducherry
Mr. Gadkari, who is here to participate in a public meeting in the run-up to the polls, told reporters that the ”Sagar mala” scheme envisaged for Puducherry would help the development of a mini-port to bring to promote deep sea fishing and to ameliorate a lot of fishermen.
Puducherry would witness “double engine growth” if NDA is voted to power in Assembly polls, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
He said the center had sanctioned 20,000 crores worth of road projects in the union territory. As part of the overall infrastructure development in the country, which was already at a high level.
“There will be a tremendous change in infrastructure facilities in Puducherry as NDA is committed to promoting. The basic facilities in Union Territory”, he said. Adding these would be double engine growth, a reference to the same party-led government at the center and the state.
The Union transport minister also listed the projects for the construction of flyovers linking different segments in Puducherry, involving an outlay of around 232 crores.
Later addressing a meeting organized by the local BJP unit, Mr. Gadkari said there would be employment opportunities and economic development if NDA was voted to power.
“Our concentration and priority will be on infrastructure that would ensure a faster growth of Puducherry,” he said.
Puducherry State BJP committee president V Saminathan and leaders of different wings of the party also spoke.
The AINRC headed NDA has BJP and AIADMK as the other constituents.
While BJP has fielded candidates in nine out of the total 30 segments, the AINRC has jumped into the fray in 16 segments and the AIADMK in five.