Govt approves Rs 1,660 cr highway projects across 8 states

New Delhi, Sep 30 () Government today approved Rs 1,660 crore worth of highway projects in eight states including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Assam. "The standing finance committee (

SFC

) today cleared eight projects worth Rs 1,659.96 crore for 454 km length for eight states," a road transport and highways ministry official said. Of the 8 projects 5 will be undertaken on the engineering, procurement and construction (

EPC

) mode. The other states covered by the projects cleared are in Andhra Pradesh,

Tripura

Sikkim, Meghalaya and

Nagaland

. The project for Uttar Pradesh pertains to upgradation of 37 km stretch of

Allahabad-Mirzapur

section of NH 76E at a cost of Rs 219 crore, while Rs 323 crore Maharashtra project involves upgradation of

Malewada

to

Chimur

stretch on NH-353E. The Andhra Pradesh project covers widening of

Machilipatnam

to

Avanigadda

section on NH- 214A under National Highways Development Project (NHDP). In Tripura the Rs 172 crore project pertains widening to two lane with paved shoulder on

Churaibari Agartala

section of NH-44 while Sikkim will see construction of 1000 metre length viaduct at

Rangpo

on NH-31A. There will be two-laning of

Nongstoin - Shillong

Section of NH-44 and

Nongstoin - Rongjeng - Tura

road while in Nagaland the project aims at four-laning of

Dimapur

to

Kohima

Section of NH-39. The Assam package contains shifting of Electrical line and operational cost for compensation trees for construction of Dhola - Sadiya Ghats Bridge. NAM SA
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