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Abhijeet S
Highways projects costing about US$ 1120 million are in different stages of construction or in operation.
The NHDP project is one of the largest road sector projects being pursued by the government. The private sector is expected to play a significant part in this.
The National Highway Development Project (NHDP) has been initiated to upgrade and modernize the highways connecting the four corners of the country coinciding with the four metros, and also the highways that go across the length and breadth of the country.
This project will involve upgradation to four/six laning of about 13,000 km of National Highways and is to cost Rs. 54,000 crore.
NDHP comprises of the 6000 km long Golden Quadrilateral and the 7000 km long North-South and East-West corridor. Target years for completion of Golden Quadrilateral and the National Highway Development Project have been set to be 2003 and 2007 respectively.
Work on the projects has already started and is at various stages of implementation. In The Golden Quadrilateral project 1063 km has been completed and work on 4129 km is also under progress. Out of the total length of the North-South, East-West corridors a 717 km stretch has been completed and work on 706 km is in progress.
Presently, there are 133 on going contracts with NHAI, out of which 35 numbers are joint venture of foreign and domestic contractors, 12 numbers are foreign contractors and the remaining 86 are domestic contractors.
The NHDP project is one of the largest road sector projects being pursued by the government. The private sector is expected to play a significant part in this.
The National Highway Development Project (NHDP) has been initiated to upgrade and modernize the highways connecting the four corners of the country coinciding with the four metros, and also the highways that go across the length and breadth of the country.
This project will involve upgradation to four/six laning of about 13,000 km of National Highways and is to cost Rs. 54,000 crore.
NDHP comprises of the 6000 km long Golden Quadrilateral and the 7000 km long North-South and East-West corridor. Target years for completion of Golden Quadrilateral and the National Highway Development Project have been set to be 2003 and 2007 respectively.
Work on the projects has already started and is at various stages of implementation. In The Golden Quadrilateral project 1063 km has been completed and work on 4129 km is also under progress. Out of the total length of the North-South, East-West corridors a 717 km stretch has been completed and work on 706 km is in progress.
Presently, there are 133 on going contracts with NHAI, out of which 35 numbers are joint venture of foreign and domestic contractors, 12 numbers are foreign contractors and the remaining 86 are domestic contractors.