CCEA okays four laning, six laning of NH18, 47

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved four laning and six laning of various sections of National Highways 18 and National Highways 47 at a cost of Rs 3,084 crore.

Four laning of the Cuddapah-Mydukur-Kurnool section of  NH-18 in Andhra Pradesh under National Highways Development Project Phase III on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (BOT/DBFOT) basis, will cost Rs 1754.12 crore including the cost of land acquisition, rehabilitation & resettlement and pre-construction.

The CCEA also approved four laning of Walayar-Vadakkancherry section and six laning of Vadakkancherry-Thrissur section of NH-47 in Kerala.

The project cost for four laning between Walayar-Vadakkancherry section is estimated as Rs 686.57 crore including the cost of land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement and pre-construction.

The project cost for six laning of Vadakkancherry-Thrissur section is estimated as Rs 643.52 crore including the cost of land acquisition, rehabilitation & resettlement and pre-construction.

“The Government would provide the viability gap funding (VGF), which would not exceed 40% of the total project cost excluding the cost of land acqisition,  rehabilitation & resettlement and pre-construction,” Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after the CCEA meeting here.