PM Modi opens Haryana section of Dwarka Expressway, lays foundation stone for 114 NH projects worth ₹1 lakh crore
The HinduPrime Minister Narendra Modi on March 11 inaugurated and laid foundation stone for 114 National Highway projects across the country worth about ₹1 lakh crore. The Haryana section of Dwarka Expressway has been built at a cost of around ₹4,100 crore and includes two packages of 10.2-km Delhi-Haryana Border to Basai Rail-over-Bridge and 8.7-km Basai ROB to Kherki Daula. That apart, Modi inaugurated three packages of Lucknow Ring Road developed at cost of about ₹4,600 crore in Uttar Pradesh; Anandapuram - Pendurthi - Anakapalli section of NH16 developed at a cost of ₹2,950 crore in Andhra Pradesh; Kiratpur to Nerchowk section of NH-21 worth ₹3,400 crore in Himachal Pradesh; Dobaspet-Heskote section worth ₹2,750 crore in Karnataka. These include 14 packages of Bengaluru - Kadappa - Vijayawada Expressway worth ₹14,000 crore in Andhra Pradesh; six packages of Belgaum - Hungund - Raichur Section of NH-748A worth ₹8,000 crore in Karnataka; three packages of Shamli - Ambala Highway worth ₹4,900 crore in Haryana; two packages of Amritsar - Bathinda corridor worth ₹3,800 crore in Punjab; along with 39 other projects worth ₹32,700 crore in different States.