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Centre approves four highway projects worth Rs 3,230.80 cr

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Press Trust of India

Posted: Feb 06, 2009 at 0116 hrs IST

New Delhi Stepping up the road development programme, the government today approved four projects worth Rs 3,230.80 crore for two-, four- and six-laning of sections of national highways in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Karnataka through public-private partnerships (PPP).

The approval for the projects was granted by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) which met here on Thursday.

The projects include Rs 1,203.64 crore for four/six laning of Jaipur-Tonk-Deoli section of NH 72 in Rajasthan and Rs 1,661.9 crore project for four laning of NH-6 at Surat-Hazira section in Gujarat, Home Minister P Chidambaram said.

"The project will be developed by the National Highways Authority of India through PPP and the concessionaire will be selected by the authority following two-stage bidding process," he said, adding that the second stage of bidding was in process.

The Cabinet committee also approved two laning of Beawar-Gomti section of NH 8 in Rajasthan and subsequently its four laning at a cost of Rs 200.54 crore, besides two laning of Hospet-Bellary section of NH-63 at a cost of Rs 62.56 crore, he said.

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