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Gandhinagar: The government has cleared the long pending proposal of widening the busy four-lane Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway to six lanes in public private partnership (PPP) mode. Chief minister Anandiben Patel, in a high-level meeting with key senior ministers and secretaries on Wednesday, put the Rs 2,500 crore project of widening the 201 km highway on fast track. Political significance is being attached as this demand was pending from Saurashtra since several years.
Roads and buildings minister Nitin Patel told TOI, "State government has to take six-laning of Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway on top priority . Design and alignment will be finalized shortly . Options in......