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Govt Approves Upgradation of 20,000 KM Roads Under NHDP

  • The government on Thursday approved plans to upgrade of 20,000 km roads in various states under its flagship programme National Highways Development Project (NHDP), an official said."The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure on Thursday approved for upgradation of 20,000 km of National Highways NHDP Phase IV, subsuming the earlier scheme of NHDP Phase IV A for 5,000 km which was only for 2-laned highways as a unified programme," a top government official said.
  • The Cabinet had earlier approved 5,000 km of roads under NHDP phase IV A and of this, 2,000 km were approved by an Empowered Group of Ministers on highways to be 4-laned, the official said."Now it is proposed to undertake additional 2,000 km of roads for 4-laning under the scheme," he said.Besides, the CCI has also approved the proposal for tentative list of 8,525 km of roads under the build, operate and transfer (BOT) toll mode.NHDP, which falls under the Road, Transport and Highways Ministry, is a project to upgrade, rehabilitate and widen major highways.NHDP is being implemented by the National Highways Authority of India in various phases.

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