Six laning of the existing 4 lane National Highways sections of selected nine sub-projects under NHDP phase V
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved for the six laning of following nine stretches for a total length 1409.93 km costing Rs.18238.05 crore under NHDP Phase V on DBFOT basis: No. Section State NH No. Length Total Project Cost including cost of LA, R&R, pre-construction (Rs.crore) Concession Period in-cluding construction period of 30 months 1 Delhi-Agra UP/Haryana 2 179.10 2494.00 26 years 2 Kishangarh-Udaipur Rajasthan 79A, 79 & 76 315 3597.47 29 years 3 Chandikhol-Jagatpur-Bhubaneshwar Orissa 5 67.00 1104.00 27 years 4 Vijayawada-Elluru-Rajamundri Andhra Pradesh 5 198.20 2751.15 30 years 5 Varanasi-Aurangabad UP 2 192.40 2974.75 30 years 6 Nellore-Chilkaluripet Andhra Pradesh 5 183.7 2433.90 30 years 7 Krishnagiri-Walahjpet Tamil Nadu 46 148.30 1673.17 30 years 8 Belgaum-Dharwad Karnataka 4 80.18 707.61 30 years 9 Indore-Dewas MP 3 45.05 502.00 30 years             The project will be developed by the NHAI through the PPP and the Concessionaire will be selected by NHAI following two stage bidding process.  The first stage of the bidding process i.e., pre-qualification of the bidders has already been completed by NHAI.  The second stage of bidding is in process. AKT/AD/RRP