The state is planning to build a coastal highway in the country, such as the National Development Project highway, the minister said the road transport and CP Joshi on Saturday.

Talking to reporters here, Joshi said that in view of economic activities along the coastal regions of the country, the Minister of Roads and Transport Tushar Chaudhary suggested that sections of the road development project, the State should take the development of the coastal highway.

“After speaking with officials who are seriously considering the proposal that the coast road. Consent of the union cabinet is needed for this and, hopefully, soon,” said Dr Joshi.

About Gujarat, said Joshi, Chaudhary had suggested that the places of religious importance like Dwarka, Somnath and Porbander also included in the road network. “Where there is an existing two lanes to four lanes will be converted and there is a four-lane highway, it is converted into a six-lane one,” he said.

Joshi, who was there to provide training in the Congress of Deputies, said that across the country that it was his department decided to make the road conditions on highways. The decision on the conversion of 10 000 km road length.

“Of all the countries that have received proposals from more than 60,000 routes. There are proposals in Gujarat too. Finally, the Ministry decided to form a committee of experts who have a last call on the roads to become one way.”

Joshi said that unlike other parties seeking the mandate of the people astray, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led UPA government is trying to come to power on the basis of their development work.

Reacts with the demand that the state was to contribute to systems in their own name, Joshi says, “It is a long time. The people have understood, and 2012 elections in Gujarat, which will surely vote for this government opportunistic “.