 "Govt to construct 1,000-km expressways")
The Union government has approved a plan for construction of around 1,000 km of expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 16.68 crore on a design-build-finance-operate-transfer (DBFOT) mode. Based on the traffic intensity and commercial potential, the project will be prioritised. The corridors approved for the development of expressways include
Delhi-Chandigarh (249 km), Bengaluru-Chennai (334 km), Delhi-Jaipur (261 km), Vadodara-Mumbai (400 km). In addition to the above, the government will also take up the 135-km Eastern Peripheral Expressway at an estimated cost of Rs 5,763 crore.
This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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