India, Oct. 9 -- Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has directed officials of his ministry to examine and approve, within 10 days, the proposals submitted by Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy, PWD Minister Malladi Krishna Rao said on Thursday.

Rao, who participated in the GST Council meeting in Delhi, said he handed over the letter of the Puducherry CM to Nitin Gadkari seeking sanction of Rs 1,500 crore for the extension of the proposed flyover from Puducherry to Mullodai on the Puducherry-Cuddalore route.

Rao held a meeting with the Road Transport and National Highways Minister. In a release, he said the Centre had already approved the flyover on the Puducherry-Cuddalore route at a cost of Rs 650 crores with t...