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Four laning of Karatka's Hospet-Bellary section of NH63

| | Apr 06, 2016, at 09:37 pm
New Delhi, Apr 6 (IBNS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for development of the four laning of the Hospet-Bellary section of National Highway 63 along the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border .

This work will be under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-IV. The approval is on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.

The cost is estimated to be Rs.1621.96 crore, including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities.

The total length of the road will be approximately 95.37 kms.

It has been estimated that 4,076 man-days are required for construction of one kilometre of highways. As such, employment potential of 3,88,728 (approx.) man-days will be generated locally during the construction period.

The main object of the project is to expedite the improvement of infrastructure in Karnataka and also in reducing the time and cost of travel for traffic, particularly heavy traffic, plying on the Hospet-Bellary-Karnataka/Andhra Pradesh border.

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