The National Highways Authority of India has floated the e-tenders for the prestigious Delhi-Ludhiana-Amritsar-Katra Expressway stretch from Balsua in Pathankot District, Punjab, up to Fourth Tawi Bridge in Jammu City. The total length of this stretch is 97 km and estimated cost is Rs. 5495 crore. Completion is targeted for 2024.

The Union government has approved a Rs. 50,000-crore expressway project for developing faster connectivity between Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai and Surat in Gujarat. The project will cut down travel time between the two cities by six hours and distance by 330 km.

NHAI has floated a tender for construction of an eight-lane access controlled highway on the Bhoj to Morbe Section of the Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway in Maharashtra on hybrid annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana (Phase-II Package-XVII).

The Centre has granted an additional Rs. 87.77 crore for widening of the National Highway NH-157 with the construction of paved shoulders, besides the road connecting Aska to Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district. The road, which will be stretched from 119 km to 159 km, is being constructed in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode.

Uttar Pradesh’s first extradosed six-lane bridge is being constructed over the Ganga river in Prayagraj district. The bridge, stretching from Malak Harhar to Stanley Road (near Beli Hospital), is being constructed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The work on this Rs. 1,948.25 crore project is expected to be completed by February 2024.

NHAI has floated expression of interest from reputed firms to build a four-lane greenfield road project, parallel to NH 80, from Munger to Mirzachowki. The new road is around 5 km south of the existing alignment of NH 80. The raiyyats of the land being acquired for the project were being paid the required compensation.

Connectivity from Bengaluru to Shivamogga is set to improve as the Union Transport Ministry has finally approved the revised cost estimate of the four-laning of the much delayed Tumakuru-Shivamogga section, which had been delayed by the land acquisition cost.

The Centre has approved the construction of a bypass for Berhampur town, which will connect Ratnapur with Narendrapur on National Highway-59 in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode, with an investment of around Rs. 197 crore. Land acquisition is in an advanced stage.

The Centre has approved a railway overbridge at Matiapada on the Puri-Konark road with an investment of around Rs. 138 crore. The project, which will enable a hassle-free movement of tourists from Puri town to Konark, will be taken up in EPC mode.