The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has decided to support eight projects of Haryana involving an investment of Rs 1,272 crore.
Haryana Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister Rao Narbir Singh on Friday said that these projects included one of Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) and seven of the Public Works (Building and Roads) Department. Haryana would get Rs826 crore as loan, which would help in improving transportation.
He said that for development of 52.33 kms long access controlled Manesar-Palwal Expressway at a cost of Rs458 crore, the State would get Rs343.85 crore loan from the NCRPB. He said that for improvement, a length of 38.41 kms of the Gurgaon-Pataudi-Rewari State Highway-26 would cost Rs354 crore and the State would get a loan of Rs265.50 crore. Similarly, project of 1.86 kms long elevated road from old bus stand, Rohtak to Chotu Ram Chowk (NH-10) would cost Rs153 crore at loan of Rs115 cr from NCRPB.
Besides this, four railway overbridges on crossings would be constructed. These include four lane over bridge over lakhan Majra-Meham road on Delhi-Bhatinda Railway line at a cost of Rs56 crore, a two-lane over bridge on Jind-Panipat line alongwith Delhi water carrier link channel at a cost of Rs32.58 crore and another two-lane over bridge on Jind-Panipat line over Panipat-Kabri road at a cost of Rs29 crore.
The minister said that an additional two-lane over bridge would be constructed over Hisar-Sadalpur line on Dabra Chowk in Hisar at a cost of Rs74.67 crore.
Rao Narbir Singh said that Jhajjar-Farukh Nagar-Gurgaon road, a part of which falls in Jhajjar and Gurgaon districts would be made four lanned at a cost of about Rs115 crore.