New Delhi: Describing the Mumbai-Goa national highway as "death trap", Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said it will be soon converted into a four-lane concrete road at the cost of Rs 4,500-5,000 crore.
Replying to a supplementary during Question Hour, he said though there were some problems regarding land acquisition, it would be sorted out in the next three months.
"The stretch has become a death trap. So we have decided to convert it into a four-lane concrete road," Gadkari said, adding it would require Rs 4,500-5,000 in doing that. Widening of the stretch would reduce accidents, he said.
To another question, Gadkari said around five-lakh road accidents take place each year and the casualties relating to these accidents reach up to 1.5 lakh.
