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The National Highways building authority will soon approve 1,500 kilometers of highway projects in the coastal regions of the country to improve coastal connectivity.

According to a senior government official, they are now moving forward on four-laning of roads in the coastal region, around 1,500 kms of projects have been identified.

 

In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister said that the government would focus on improving infrastructure connectivity in the coastal region

He had mentioned in the speech that, along with this, our coastline has a very important significance in world trade. While moving on with Port led development, in the coming days, we will focus on working towards building a modern state-of-art infrastructure towards the construction of a four-lane road across the entire coastline.

Among other projects, connectivity between Chennai and Kanyakumari will be focussed on, with around 400 km of roads identified in the eastern state of Odisha, the official added.

PM. Modi, in his speech, had also emphasized on coastal infrastructure from the viewpoint of national security.

Some of these projects are already part of Bharatmala, the government's flagship highway development program, the official quoted above said.