Nagpur, Dec 13 (PTI) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said road works valued at Rs 1.50 lakh crore have been approved for Maharashtra for 2026.

The works will begin in the next three months, he told reporters on the premises of the Vidhan Bhavan, where the state legislature session is underway.

The Nagpur MP visited the legislature complex to attend an event marking the centenary celebration of the Vidhan Parishad.

Gadkari told reporters that MSIDC (Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation) will construct a new Pune-Sambhajinagar expressway for Rs 16,318 crore, and an MoU has been processed.

The new expressway will reduce the travelling time from Pune to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to two hours and from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to Nagpur in two-and-a-half hours.

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