Four-laning of three National Highway projects — one in Odisha and two in Uttar Pradesh were cleared by the Centre on Tuesday. All the three projects, with a combined length of 329 kilometres were approved under Public Private Partnership mode.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval for development of the four-laning of the 104-km long Singhara-Binjabahal section of National Highway-6 in Odisha at an estimated cost of Rs1,077. 11 crore.Under the National Highways Development Project Phase-IV, the project is aimed at reducing time and cost of travel on Singhara-Binjabahal sector.
The CCEA also gave its nod for development of the four-laning of the 99-km long Nagina-Kashipur section of National Highway-74 in Uttarakhand and UP. Estimated to cost Rs1,471.40 crore, the four laning will help ease traffic on the stretch. The four-laning of the 126-km stretch of lucknow-Sultanpur NH 56, estimated to cost Rs1,325.09 crore, also got a go-ahead.