Rs 1,141 cr to be spent for four-laning of Ambala-Kaithal

A sum of Rs 1,141 crore would be spent on the four-laning of Ambala-Kaithal section of the National Highway 65 connecting Haryana with Rajasthan.
This was said by Haryana Transport Minister Aftab Ahmad while replying to a question raised by MLA Ram Pal Majra during the ongoing budget session of the state assembly here today.
He said the four-laning of the Ambala-Kaithal section of NH-65 would be done as a BoT project.
The bids for the project will open on March 27, 2014 with a construction period of 30 months.
The scope of work includes three railway over bridges, three flyovers, six underpasses, five bypasses at Ambala, Matheri, Ismailabad, Pehowa and Kaithal, he added.