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| Centre okays Rs 5,388 cr road projects in 3 states |
| Friday, January 13, 2012 |
The Union government on January 12 approved three road projects in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh entailing a total investment of Rs 5,388.36 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure cleared widening of Kiratpur-Ner Chowk section in Himachal Pradesh at a cost of Rs 2,356.20 crore, six-laning of Vijayawada-Gundugolanu section in Andhra Pradesh worth Rs 2,011 crore and Rs 1,021.16 crore scheme for four-laning of Uttar Pradesh/Haryana border-Panchkula section in Haryana.
"The main objective of the project is to expedite the improvement of infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh and also in reducing the time and cost of travel for traffic, particularly heavy traffic, plying between Kiratpur and Ner Chowk," an official statment said about the Himanchal Pradesh project. The widening of 84.38 km stretch on National Highway (NH) 21 in the state will be implemented under NHDP phase III on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis in BOT toll mode of delivery, it said. The entire cost, Rs 537.37 crore will be spent on land acquisition, rehabilitation, etc.
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| Tags: Centre, Govt, Road Projects, States, Andhra Pradesah, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Cabinet, |
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