(a) whether the Government proposes to include more roads under the national highway projects for development and doubling in the country including Kolar in Karnataka;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of roads under consideration for the purpose; and
(d) the time frame set for completion of these works?
THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)
(a) to (d) The Government of India had approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in October, 2017 for development of economic corridors, inter corridors, feeder routes, national corridors, border roads, international connectivity roads, coastal roads, port connectivity roads and expressways with an aggregate length of about 34,800 km (including 10,000 km residual NHDP stretches) in the entire country including state of Karnataka,at an estimated outlay of Rs. 5,35,000.00 crores. The scheduled completion period for Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I is five years. The following projects stretches have been envisaged for development in Kolar district of Karnataka under Bharatmala Pariyojana:
Sr. No. Name of project stretches Length in Kolar District (km)
(i) Bangalore – Chennai Greenfield Expressway passing through Kolar District starting Gangapura of Malur Taluk and ending at NG HulkurBangarpet Taluk 59.318
(ii) Greenfield project from Tamil Nadu/Karnataka Boarder – Hoskote section of NH-648 passing through Kolar District starting from Sampangere village and ending at Dommaluru village. 8.6
The work of detailed project report / feasibility study for aforesaid project stretches has been initiated.
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