Based on the traffic intensity and commercial potential, the project will be prioritised


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	The Union government has approved a plan for construction of around 1,000 km of expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 16.68 crore on a design-build-finance-operate-transfer (DBFOT) mode. Based on the traffic intensity and commercial potential, the project will be prioritised. The corridors approved for the development of expressways include<br />
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	Delhi-Chandigarh (249 km), Bengaluru-Chennai (334 km), Delhi-Jaipur (261 km), Vadodara-Mumbai (400 km). In addition to the above, the government will also take up the 135-km Eastern Peripheral Expressway at an estimated cost of Rs 5,763 crore.<br />
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	This information was given by&nbsp; Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.</p>

The union government has approved a plan forconstruction of about 1000 km expressways at an estimated cost of Rs.16,680crores on  Design Build Finance Operateand Transfer (DBFOT) mode. Based on the traffic intensity and commercialpotential, the project shall be prioritized. The corridors approved for the developmentof expressways includes Delhi-Chandigarh (249 km),  Bangalore-Chennai (334 km), Delhi-Jaipur (261km), Vadodara-Mumbai (400 km) etc.In addition to above, Government has approved totake up one more expressway namely Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) withcement concrete pavement having a length of 135 km with estimated cost of Rs5,763.10 crores .This information was given by minister of state for roadtransport & highways, Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

Govt to construct 1,000-km expressways

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