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Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, is expected to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for national highway and Namami Gange works worth to Rs 58.94 billion at Haridwar in Uttarakhand. Foundation stones for seven national highway projects worth Rs 55.55 billion will be reportedly laid by the minister. The seven national highway projects include the balance work under Package 1 on 14.948 km-long road from Haridwar to Laltappar on Haridwar-Dehradun section of NH-58 and 72, to be built at a cost of Rs 3.5 billion, balance work under Package-II on 22.2 km-long road from Laltappar to Mohkampur on Haridwar-Dehradun section of NH-72 to be built at a cost of Rs 2.44 billion, widening of 46 km-long NH-334A from Purkazi to Laksar and Haridwar at a cost of Rs 930 million, construction of 1.05 km elevated section with main bridge over Mayapuri scrap channel on NH-58 in Haridwar at a cost of Rs 450 million, widening to four lanes of 71.614 km-long NH-74 from Haridwar to Nagina at a cost of Rs 8.27 billion, construction of 53.3 km-long NH-73 and 72A from Roorkee to Chhutmalpur and Gagalheri and from Chhutmulpur to Ganeshpur at a cost of Rs 9.42 billion, and work of preparing DPR for construction of 49.4 km-long Ring Road in Haridwar at a cost of Rs 30 billion. Besides, three projects including the strengthening of 32.3 km-long Roshanabad-Biharigarh motorway built at a cost of Rs 139.7 million, construction of three bridges of 210 m, 75 m and 90 m on Jolly Grant-Thanon-Raipur-Sahasradhara road at a cost of Rs 401 million will be reportedly inaugurated. Worth Rs 3.39 billion, the ghats will be reportedly constructed under Namami Gange programme. The construction work on the ghats include Chandi Ghat River Front Development project in Haridwar worth Rs 691.80 million. That said, other projects such as 20 ghats and 16 crematoria at various places in Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Tehri Grahwal, Pauri, Haridwar and Chamoli districts are expected to be inaugurated.