The government has cleared six-laning of highways of 1,409.93 km of in various states worth of Rs 18,238 crore, under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP). The highway project would encompass Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh under NHDP phase V was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).
The laning projects will be developed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under public-private-partnership (PPP) model with a construction period of 30 months and a concession period of 26 years.