baalu is the minister for tamil nadu christism development and for dmk-pocket lining.
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Baalu driving, home state races ahead
Tue, Mar 25 03:54 AM
Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu has sure got his politics right. His home state Tamil Nadu has turned out to be the biggest beneficiary on the highway front. While the extent of things was indicated when the DMK-ruled state got the maximum highway length at 1,455 km covered under NHDP III last year, it has now become official. Tamil Nadu was allocated the maximum amount for road projects in the country at Rs 10,000 crore in the last three years. The only state close to it is Uttar Pradesh with an allocation that is Rs 3,000 crore less than Tamil Nadu's.
Tamil Nadu has the maximum national highway length covered under various phases of the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) - now at 72 per cent. As many as 3,214 km out of the total NH length of 4,462 km is under upgradation.
The state again has the maximum major road projects undertaken in the country with 30 of them undertaken in the last three years (2004-07) at a cost of Rs 10,828 crore. Minister for State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways KH Muniyappa said in the Parliament recently that Tamil Nadu leads the state tally with its Rs 10,828 crore allocation and 30 projects undertaken in the last three years.
In contrast, northeastern states Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalya and Tripura have got a pittance - Rs 216 crore to be shared among themselves - in the last three years. Hill states Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, with just one single road project undertaken in each state from 2004-07, had some Rs 45 crore as allocation between them. Other states have fared no better with Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra getting 14 projects undertaken each, Bihar with 13, Gujarat with 10 projects, Punjab and Karnataka got six each and J&K just five projects since UPA took over at the Centre in 2004.
While Baalu has made Tamil Nadu the frontrunner in road infrastructure upgradation, states ruled by non-UPA allies lag far behind. Chattisgarh is left with a mere 9.5 per cent highway network under NHDP upgradation, Karnataka with 36per cent NHs being upgraded and Gujarat with 45per cent. UP with 5,875 km of national highways has just 40 per cent length (2,363 kms) under NHDP, BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh has only 31per cent (1,461km) being upgraded from a total length of 4,670 km. Similarly, Rajasthan with a total NH length of 5,585 km again has 40 per cent (2,246KMS) of it being upgraded under NHDP.
2 comments:
TR Baalu is a thug.The rest of india has no idea about the problem in TN.The 'leaders' of TN Congress,PMK and DMK are closet separatists.They have no sense of the ethical-ecological underpinnings of Hinduism.If and when,BJP comes to power they will have to figure out a way to handle these thugs.Until then,the rest of india has to be educated about the tamil 'academic' virus.
Your post 'I am a gujarati' is a modern masterpiece.I would say the first such landmark post in this medium.You voiced the feelings of a million indians.It was a brave post.Best Wishes!
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