Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee cleared eight highway projects worth Rs 6,429 crore in four states – Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
These projects, which are mostly to be built under build, operate and transfer (BOT) toll mode, include the Rs 773-crore 6.5 km long Z- Morh tunnel on Srinagar-Leh highway. The tunnel would provide all-weather connectivity to the people of the Ladakh region. The other approved projects include three highway schemes in Rajasthan including Rs 668-crore Rajsamand-Bhilwara, Rs 530-crore Rajasthan border-Salasar project and Rs 332-crore Jodhpur-Pali highways scheme. The remaining four projects, three schemes – Rs 1,282-crore Chakari-Allahabad, Rs 909-crore Hadia-Varanasi and Rs 605 crore Kashipur-Sitarganj – for widening of roads are in UP.
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