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Govt chalks out plans to overcome challenges in road-monetisation projects

The road projects also have some inherent challenges, according to industry experts

National Highways Authority of India is anchoring  the project in partnership with National Payments  Corporation of India.
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National Highways Authority of India is anchoring the project in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India.

Megha Manchanda New Delhi
To keep investors interested in road-monetisation projects, the Union government has chalked out plans to overcome some of its challenges that might deter favourable bids.

A major challenge for the road ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), trying to put more stretches of highways under the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) scheme, is that some require upgrades in the next 10 years. A TOT contract is usually for 25-30 years.  A call needs to be taken on whether projects will be completed before they are tendered out. “But, if we wait for the upgrade before the projects are bid out,