Six road project worth Rs 9774 crore gets approval of Finance Ministry

13 Jul 2011 Evaluate

Ministry of Finance has approved 6 road projects, proposed by ministry of road and transportation in fives sates at an estimated cost of Rs 9774 crore. These road projects are spread across Utter Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

In its fourth meeting, Public-Private Partnership Approval Committee (PPPAC) under the ministry of Finance gave approvals to these projects. Among the approved projects, six laning of Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmadabad is the biggest projects at a cost of Rs 5,387 crore, other two projects each involving four laning of National Highways in state of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa will come up at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore, while the four laning project of Lucknow-Sultanpur in Utter Pradesh will cost around Rs 1,013crore.

All this approved projects are being setup in various phases of National Highway Development Programme of Road and Transportation Ministry, to meet the growing demand for road and highways government is aiming to create 20 km of road every day.

The PPPAC chaired by secretary of Department of Economic Affairs, created in 2006 has so far approved 226 public-private-partnership (PPP) projects, with an expected projects cost of Rs 2, 24,464.51 crore. These approved projects include National Highways (178 proposals), Ports (22 proposals),Airports (2 proposals), Housing (17 proposals) Tourism Infrastructure (1proposal) Railways (1 proposal) and Sports Stadia (5 proposals).


 

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