Rs. 1,10,000-CRORE HIGHWAYS

Minister of state for road transport and highways, RPN Singh informed the Rajya Sabha that Highway projects worth about Rs 1,10,000 crore will be executed in the country over the next three years. According to him the Government has formulated work plans for National Highways sector for 2009-10 for projects aggregating to 15,911 Km. Out of this, 11,947 Kms are under various phases of National Highway Development Project (NHDP) that are being implemented through National Highways Authority of India at an approximate cost of more than Rs. 100,000 crore. The remaining 3,964 Km under NHDP Phase-VI-A and other projects are to be implemented through NHAI and the state government at an approximate cost of Rs 9,892 crore.