To ensure quicker connectivity, the government plans to build 1,000 km of expressways at an investment of Rs 16,680 crore under its NHDP programme, which include the Vadodara-Mumbai project.<\/p>\n
“The central government has approved a plan for constructing 1,000 km of expressways under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) phase VI at a cost of Rs 16,680 crore on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis,” Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.<\/p>\n
The main criterion for the selection of expressway corridors is traffic volume, with the government approving the high-density corridor i.e. Vadodara-Mumbai (400 km) for feasibility study, he said.<\/p>\n
It was also decided that the remaining 600 km will be selected out of the routes identified on the basis of traffic volume.<\/p>\n
The high density corridors approved under NHDP phase VI are Vadodara-Mumbai stretch (400 km) in Gujarat and Maharashtra, Delhi-Meerut (66 km) on NH 58 in Delhi\/UP and Bengaluru-Chennai (334 km) on NH 4 in Karnataka-Tamil Nadu, the minister said.<\/p>\n
The remaining projects include “Delhi-Jaipur (261 km) on NH 8 in Delhi-Rajasthan, Delhi-Chandigarh (249 km) on NH 1 and NH 22 (now changed to Delhi-Ludhiana-Amritsar-Katra expressway) in Delhi\/Punjab\/J&K, Kolkata-Dhanbad (277 km) on NH 2 in West Bengal\/Jharkhand and Delhi-Agra (200 km) on NH 2 in Delhi\/UP,” he added.<\/p>\n
Out of 66-km length of Delhi-Meerut expressway, 30.63 km length has already been awarded in two packages and contract agreement is executed on March 4, 2016.<\/p>\n
Radhakrishnan said, “In addition to the above, the government has approved taking up one more expressway, namely eastern peripheral expressway for a length of 135 km in six packages. The construction… has started effective September 14, 2015, with construction period of 30 months.”<\/p>\n
The progress of these expressways is being monitored closely by the ministry and NHAI has been asked for time-bound construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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