Puducherry, Oct. 13 -- Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 3 National Highway projects worth over Rs 2,000 crore in Puducherry on Monday.

This includes the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a four km elevated corridor between Indira Gandhi Square and Rajiv Gandhi Square on NH-32, improvements to the 14 km ECR Road on NH-332A, and the inauguration of the 38 km four-lane Puducherry-Poondiyankuppam section of NH-32, an official statement said.

These projects are designed to enhance road safety and ease traffic congestion within the urban stretch from Indira Gandhi Square to Rajiv Gandhi Square, reducing travel time from 35 minutes to just 10 minutes...