Recently approved Highways Projects.

A total of 34800 kms of NH length including 10,000 kms of residual NHDP stretches have been approved for development under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I at an estimated cost of Rs. 5, 35,000 Cr. So far, total 225 nos. of projects having an aggregate length of about 9613 kms have been appraised and approved under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I.

The project  is expected to generate about 14.2 crores man–days of employment during the implementation of Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I

This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin J Gadkari in a written reply in Rajya Sabha recently.

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