Won't Let Anyone Obstruct Work, Uddhav Thackeray Assures Nitin Gadkari

Uddhav Thackeray, along with Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri, inaugurated operations on a segment of Nagpur Metro.

Days after Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari wrote to him about alleged obstruction by local Shiv Sena leaders in national highway projects in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray assured him today that he would not allow anyone to stop development work. Mr Thackeray, along with Union ministers Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri, inaugurated operations on the Sitabuldi-Zero Mile Freedom Park-Kasturchand Park segment of Nagpur Metro. While Mr Gadkari was present on the spot, Mr Thackeray and Mr Puri took part in the function virtually. A letter written by Mr Gadkari to the chief minister, claiming that leaders of Shiv Sena were harassing officials and contractors with "unlawful demands" and had stopped some national highway projects in the state, especially in Washim, had gone viral a few days ago.