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Minister of road transport and highways, Ni?n Gadkari, has

announced a slew of road development projects, include

rehabilita?on, widening, and development of new roads in

Bihar, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and northeast

India.

In Bihar, the ministry has approved rehabilita?on and

widening work for two lanes of exis?ng na?onal highway

between Bhagalpur-Kahalgaon-Mirzachowki on a budget

of Rs566.15 crore, and rehabilita?on and widening work

for na?onal highway between Munger-Sultanganj-

Bhagalpur-Mirzachowki for Rs477.54 crore, Gadkari

twi?ed.

A budget of Rs1,229.38 crore under the Bharatmala

Pariyojana Phase-1, a centrally sponsored and funded

scheme, has been approved for Punjab, Gadkari said.

This includes development of six-lane greenfield highway

between Amritsar and Bathinda, and six lane Jalandhar

Bypass from Kahiwan to Kang Sahbu for Rs1,754.84 crore.

The ministry has also approved a six-lane Thatchur highway

between Veera Kaveri Rajapuram to Pondavakkam on

hybrid annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana in

Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for a budget Rs1,102.63

crore.

Apart from these, the ministry has also approved several

roads widening and upgrada?on projects in the northeastern

states of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur,

and Nagaland.

"Construc?on of sec?on of Tamenglong-Tousem-Lisang

–Mahur road (NH-37) to two lane with paved shoulder in

the state of Manipur was approved with a budget of

₹483.87 crore," Gadkari said.

"Upgrada?on to 2 lane with paved shoulders of a sec?on of

Dulte- Kwalkulh road (Interna?onal corridor) of NH-6 in the

state of Mizoram under Bharatmala Pariyojana was

approved with a budget of ₹374.39 Crore," he added.