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124 km for Vadodara-Kim sector and bids invited for 151 km between Kim and Talasari.
(iv) Bangalore-Chennai Expressway
DPR is under progress for this 260 km Expressway. This is a green-eld alignment. There are
two existing roads connecting Bangalore-Chennai, one is via Hoskote (Bangalore)-AP then to
Chennai & second is via Electronic City (Bangalore) Hosur (Tamil Nadu) and then to
Chennai. The alignment of the proposed expressway is running in between these two
stretches.
(v) Nagpur-Hyderabad-Bangalore (NBH) Expressway
DPR has been awarded and alignment nalization is under progress for the new green-eld
940 km Nagpur–Hyderabad–Bangalore Expressway.
(vi) Byet Dwarka – Okha Bridge
The Ministry has taken up construction of a signature 4-lane Bridge to connect the mainland
at Okha to Byet-Dwarka Island off the Gujarat Coast with this Signature Bridge spanning a
length of 2.32 kms. The Project has been awarded on 01.01.2018 at a cost of ` 689.47 crores. This
will be the longest span cable stayed bridge in India with the main span of 500 mtr. The project
is scheduled to be completed in a period of 30 months.
(vii) Bridge over Ganga in Phaphamau in Allahabad
Approval has been given for a project for construction of 9.9 km long new 6- lane bridge across
river Ganga on NH-96 at Phaphamau in Allahabad with total capital cost of ` 1948.25 crore.
The construction period for the project is three years and is likely to be completed by
December, 2021. The new bridge will resolve the trafc congestion on existing old 2-lane
Phaphamau bridge on NH-96 at Allahabad. The new bridge will also facilitate the large
congregation of people at Holy City Allahabad during Kumbh, Ardh-Kumbh and other
yearly ritual baths at SANGAM in Prayag. This will give a boost to pilgrimage tourism and
local economy of Holy city of Prayag. This new 6-lane bridge will also be benecial for the
Lucknow/ Faizabad bound trafc coming from Madhya Pradesh via National Highway-27
and National Highway-76 through Naini Bridge. In addition, this project of new bridge will
generate direct employment for about 9.20 lakh mandays during construction.
(viii) Bridge over River Kosi at Phulaut in Bihar
Approval was given to a project for construction of 6.930 km long 4-lane bridge at Phulaut in
Bihar, along with approval for rehabilitation and up-gradation of existing Birpur- Bihpur

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