India, March 31 -- In a major infrastructure boost to the Nuh region, the Haryana government approved a Rs.400 crore budget to widen a 47-kilometre stretch on National Highway 248A along the Nuh to Alwar-Naugaon border from a single lane into a four-lane corridor.

The decision to widen the highway was taken in the Vidhan Sabha on Friday by public works and public health engineering minister Ranbir Gangwa. Officials said they are working on getting clearance from the forest department.

"The work will start within a month or two once all the process is completed," said Gangwa, adding that people from Nuh have been protesting for long to get the highway widened.

Nuh is home to a large number of commercial drivers, mostly young men, who pa...