Articles tagged under: Gadkari

Wake Up Gadkari: Perilous Highway Conditions Force Parsis to Halt Pilgrimage to Sacred Udvada Shrine

September 15, 2025

Valsad: Leaders of the Parsi community have advised devotees to suspend their pilgrimage to the holy town of Udvada, home to the revered Iranshah Atash Behram due to the deplorable and hazardous condition of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway, the primary route for thousands of pilgrims traveling from Mumbai. The Parsi Punchayet, a prominent representative body, has escalated the issue by sending a strongly-worded letter to Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways....Read More

Vadodara MP seeks widening of bridge on NH 48; Gadkari pulls up NHAI officials

July 25, 2025
Vadodara MP seeks widening of bridge on NH 48; Gadkari pulls up NHAI officials

Vadodara: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has taken serious note of the ongoing traffic congestion on National Highway 48 near Jambuva, which has been caused by potholes and the deteriorating condition of the Jambuva bridge. This comes after local MP Dr. Hemang Joshi met with the Union Minister, following traffic jams that lasted three to four consecutive days and left commuters stuck in queues stretching up to 15 km. The bottleneck was triggered by potholes forming...Read More

Por and Jhabua bridges at national highway in Vadodara to be widened

November 28, 2024

Vadodara: Lok Sabha member representing Vadodara, Dr. Hemang Joshi called on the union Road and Transport minister Nitin Gadkari in national capital and made representation regarding need to widen the narrow bridges at Por and Jambua near Vadodara on the Ahmedabad- Mumbai national highway. Currently 4-lane wide in size, the bridges of Por and Jambua will be widened, Gadkari assured in the meeting. The bridges witness traffic problem regularly as the form 4-lane narrow portions on the 6 lane ...Read More