Four expressways to be built

Four expressways covering of about 1,000 km would be built in the country, Union Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, KH Muniyappa, said today.

They expressways would be built between Bangalore-Chennai, Kolkata-Dhanbad, Delhi-Meerut, and Vadodara-Mumbai, Muniyappa told reporters.

He said alignment work by consultants with the use of satellite imagery was on and this process would be completed by year-end. Thereafter, feasibility report would be prepared.

The Union Cabinet has approved the expressway projects, which would be taken up on public-private-partnership model, he said.