Another 780 km of highways in Bihar to be upgraded; Govt

New Delhi, Apr 12 (UNI) At a cost of Rs 6,782 crore, the Government today said 780 km of National Highways would be upgraded to four-lane in Bihar totalling the renewed roads in the state to 4,815 km.

Already 4,035 km have been approved for upgradation in the state under Phase-III of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said after the CCEA meeting.

The cost would include land acquisition, utility shifting, rehabilitation and resettlement, consultancy, etc within the the ceiling of 40 per cent viability gap funding in accordance with implementation mechanism.

The move by the Government would improve traffic safety, faster movement of vehicles and improved riding time.

The CCEA also approved for the award of three sub-projects for four laning of Khalghat-MP/Maharashtra border section of NH-3 (totalling 82.3 km), Hazaribagh-Ranchi section of NH-33 (71.16 km) and Rohtak-Hissar section of NH-10 (89.36 km).

The total project cost excluding land acquisition of the three sub-projects are amounted to Rs 549 crore, Rs 524 crore and Rs 543 crore respectively.

UNI