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These port connectivity enhancing roads will be built irrespective of a port being a minor, major port, private or state port, he added. The passing of three industrial corridors, Visakhapatnam – Chennai, Chennai – Bengaluru and Hyderabad – Bengaluru, through the state has been crucial for this decision.
All ports in Andhra Pradesh will be connected with four-lane highways at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said at the Global Investors Summit (GIS) here on Friday.
These port connectivity enhancing roads will be built irrespective of a port being a minor, major port, private or state port, he added. The passing of three industrial corridors, Visakhapatnam – Chennai, Chennai – Bengaluru and Hyderabad – Bengaluru, through the state has been crucial for this decision.
"I always tell people about the famous statement of American President John Kennedy that American roads are not good because America rich but America is rich because Americans roads are good," Gadkari said noting that road infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh is very important.