National Highways Authority of India on 14 October 2005 signed three concession agreements for four-laning nearly 200 km of highways on BOT basis, costing over Rs.1,000 crore, in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

The broad details of the three projects are:

Section: Vadape-Gonde Section (NH-3)
State: Maharashtra
Project: NHDP III-A
Length: 100 km (km 539.5 to km 440)
Execution: BOT model
Concessionaire: Mumbai Nasik Expressway Ltd (a Gammon-Sadbhav-Billimoria consortium)
Cost: Rs.579 crore
Completion: 36 months
Concession period: 20 years, including construction period
Grant: Rs.80.04 crore (payable by NHAI)
Highlight: The largest contract awarded so far under NHDP-IIIA
Additional information: Currently, the Vadape-Gonde section is two-lane. On completion of this project, the 100-km highway would be four-laned with 5.5m service roads over 14km. It would have three bridges, six railway overbridges and six underpasses.

Section: Bharatpur-Mahua Section (NH-11)
State: Rajasthan
Project: NHDP-IIIA
Length: 57 km (km 63 to km 120)
Execution: BOT model
Concessionaire: Madhucon-SREI Consortium
Cost: Rs.250 crore
Completion: 30 months
Concession period: 25 years, including construction period
Grant: Rs.61.93 crore (payable by NHAI)
Additional information: On completion, the section will have 6 km of service roads, one railway overbridge, one major bridge, one flyover (Mahua Bypass at junction of NH-11 and SH-25), five underpasses and 21 bus bays.

Section: Raipur-Aurang Section (NH-6)
State: Chhattisgarh
Project: NHDP-IIIA
Length: 45 km
Execution: BOT model
Concessionaire: Raipur Expressways Ltd (a consortium of Apollo-JLI-DSC-LOR)
Cost: Rs.190 crore
Completion: 30 months
Concession period: 25 years, including construction period
Grant: Rs.7.60 crore (payable by NHAI)
Additional information: On completion, the section will have 19 km of 5.5m service roads, seven bridges (including one major bridge), two railway over bridges, one flyover, six underpasses and three lay-bys.