Government approves 16 highway projects
A government panel recently cleared for bidding 16 highway projects worth Rs 7,456 crore in 11 states: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.
These projects, totalling a length of 622 km, are fit for bidding now but the award of these contracts can only take place after 90 per cent of the land acquisition process is made available, according to Secretary, road transport and highways, Sanjay Mitra.
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