Four Laning of National Highways

Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Shri K.H. Muniyappa has in a written reply in the Lok Sabha indicated that 4-laning has been completed on a total of 2,735 km of national highways of a total of 7,670 km planned in six states.

The Status of 4-laning being done by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra and Gujarat are as under:

4laning 

There has been delays in some contracts due to problem associated with acquisition of  land, shifting of utilities, difficulty in environment and forest clearances, poor performance of some contractors, termination of some contracts etc.

The overall expenditure on National Highways Development Project Phase-I is within approved estimated cost allowing for escalation.

NHAI has developed a tree plantation strategy for providing green belt along the National Highways.   The tree plantation strategy provides for detailed technical specification for undertaking plantation work.


By INRnews Correspondent

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