Govt plans 7,500 km new highways with ₹3.1 trillion investment
The road transport and highways ministry is in the process of awarding 7,500 km of new highways projects, with an investment of ₹3.1 trillion, as a part of the second phase of the government’s ambitious highway project Bharatmala Pariyojana.
This includes six expressways of 2,250 km, with an investment of ₹1.45 trillion and 16 greenfield corridors of 5,250 km at ₹1.65 trillion investment, the ministry said on Wednesday.
Construction has been initiated on three corridors, which will include the Delhi-Mumbai expressway, Trans Rajasthan and Trans Haryana and will be completed by 2022, Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari said.
