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Government of India
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
22-July-2019 18:18 IST
Bharatmala Project

The Government of India approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase–I in October, 2017 with a financial outlay of Rs. 5,35,000 crore which includes development of following corridors/ road stretches:

 

Corridor/Road stretches

Approximate Length (km)

Economic corridors

9,000

National Corridors Efficiency improvements

5,000

Inter-corridor and feeder roads

6,000

Border and International connectivity roads

2,000

Coastal and port connectivity roads

2,000

Expressways

800

Residual NHDP

10,000

Total

34,800

         

A total of 225 nos. road projects with an aggregate length of 9,613 km have been appraised and approved till March, 2019 under Bharatmala Pariyojana (including 53 nos. of residual NHDP works of aggregate length of 2,463 kms) with Total Capital Cost as Rs. 2,43,415 crores (including Land Acquisition & other pre-construction cost).

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

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