THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS (SHRI OSCAR FERNANDES)
(a) to (d) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in its meeting held on 2nd
November, 2006 approved 1000 km of expressway on BOT basis under NHDP Phase VI out
of the following:
S.No. Corridors State Length (Km)
i)Delhi- Delhi, Haryana, 249 km
Chandigarh Punjab & Chandigarh (UT).
ii)Bangalore- Karnataka, Andhra 334 km
Chennai Pradesh &Tamil Nadu.
iii)Delhi- Delhi, Haryana & 261 km
Jaipur Rajasthan.
iv)Delhi- Uttar Pradesh. 66 km
Meerut
v)Kolkata- West Bengal, 277 km
Dhanbad Dhanbad Jharkhand.
vi)Delhi-Agra Delhi & Uttar Pradesh 200 km
vii)Vadodra- Gujarat &Maharashtra. 400km
Mumbai
In addition to the above the Government has approved to take up one more Expressway
namely Eastern Peripheral Expressway in a length of 135km.
The expressways aggregating to 1000 km under NHDP Phase-VI were targeted for completion
by December 2015.
The Government, depending upon availability of funds and inter-se priority has now targeted
Delhi-Meerut expressway, Vadodara-Mumbai expressway and Eastern Peripheral Expressway for
award by 31.03.2014.
The expressways are in the stage of planning. Various financing models are being examined
for their implementation.
There is already system in place in the Ministry to track and monitor the progress of
important projects.
