National Highways Authority of India, on 6 December 2006, awarded three highway development contracts under NHDP-Phase III-A. The stretches aggregating 206 km are spread over Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Punjab.

The projects will be developed on BOT basis with a concession period of 20 years including construction time of thirty months.

The details of the contracts are as follows:

So far, under NHDP Phase III A, a total of 21 contracts spanning around 1,326 km have been awarded.

Backgrounder: In March 2005, the Centre approved upgradation and four-laning of 4,000 km of National Highways on BOT basis under NHDP Phase-IIIA at an estimated cost of Rs.22,000 crore (2004 prices). The Government also approved preparation of DPRs for another 6,000 km under another sub-phase NHDP-Phase IIIB, taking the total to 10, 000 km under this Phase.

The objective of NHDP-Phase III is to 4-lane high density traffic corridors not covered by NHDP Phase-I (mainly the Golden Quadrilateral) and NHDP Phase-II (North-South and East-West corridors), connect state capitals with Phase I and Phase II and link centers of tourism and places of economic importance.

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