Dandi Heritage Route
The Dandi Heritage route has been de-linked from National Highway No. 228, with a view to preserve the original ambience and heritage nature of Dandi Heritage Route and the distinct functional requirement of a National Highway.
This has been done as per the decision taken by the Committee of Secretaries in their meeting dated 28.06.2011.
The Ministry of Culture is the nodal Ministry for this project.
The work on Dandi Heritage Route project has not been started due to non finalization of the plan and cost estimates. Government of Gujrat had submitted the proposal for development of approx. 121 kms of Heritage route, but the same was not as per the recommendations of the High Level Dandi Memorial Committee (HLDMC). The revised proposal from Government of Gujrat has been received in the Ministry of Culture on 31st July, 2013.
This was stated by Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in response to a written question in Lok Sabha today.
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