Bhopal, Nov. 5 -- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav chaired the 49th meeting of the Board of Directors of the Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation (MPRDC) at CM House on Thursday and directed officials to expedite ongoing road construction work.

CM Yadav also announced that the proposed Highway Fund of the MPRDC would now be named 'Viksit Madhya Pradesh Sankalp Path'. The state is also working towards developing five four-lane, access-controlled greenfield corridors spanning 1,398 km at an estimated cost of Rs 63,296 crore.

The proposed corridors include Bhopal-Mandsaur (258 km), Sagar-Satna (227 km), Jabalpur-Ashapur (358 km), Bhopal-Gwalior (320 km) and Katni-Singrauli (235 km).

"Roads are the lifelines of development....