Customs officials seized smuggled foreign cigarettes worth Rs 8 crore in Vijayawada on Monday. The Paris brand froreign cigarettes were concealed and carried in two lorries.
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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday in Rajya Sabha said that Raipur –Visakhapatnam National Highway project is an economic corridor approved under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I.
The Minister was answering to an unstarred question raised by YSR Congress Party MP V. Vijaya Sai Reddy whether Raipur-Visakhapatnam road was a flagship project of the ministry and its present status.
He said that the project starts from Abhanpur near Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and ends at Sabbavaram in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
The entire stretch is a greenfield alignment passing through the States of Chhattisgarh (124 km), Odisha (240 km) and Andhra Pradesh (100 km). The stretch has been notified as National Highway no. 130CD.