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Govt approves Rs 5,600cr highway upgrade

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BS Reporters New Delhi
In a further thrust to adding more lanes to highways, the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) today approved the upgradation of existing
four-laned national highways to six lanes at a cost of Rs 5,610.77 crore.

The national highways selected for upgradation include - Gurgaon-Jaipur,
Surat-Dahisar, Chilkaluripet-Vijaywada and Panipat-Jalandhar. These four stretches together measure about 838 km.

The CCEA decision comes afterthe public-private-partnership appraisal committee (PPPAC) of the ministry for road transport and highways recently approved five stretches for additional lanes under phase V of the National Highway Development Project (NHDP).

 

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First Published: Aug 09 2007 | 4:41 PM IST

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