The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) board today cleared eight road projects worth Rs 6,500 crore for construction and upgradation of highways in eight states, including Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
"The projects cleared by the NHAI board include six-laning of 179 km of the Delhi-Agra section on National Highway No. 2 in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh," a Road Ministry official told PTI.
"The construction of the Delhi-Agra section will entail an investment of Rs 1,928.22 crore and will be built under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) phase V on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis," the official said.
The board, comprising Road Secretary Brahm Dutt and NHAI Chairman Brijeshwar Singh, among others, agreed on a concession period of 26 years for the project.
The board also approved six-laning of a 183 km section of National Highway No. 5 in Andhra Pradesh at an expenditure of Rs 1,535 crore.
The other projects are in the states of Bihar, Orissa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
