10,000 km road projects awarded under Bharatmala since 2017

As per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, a total of 246 projects with an aggregate length of about 10,100kms have been awarded till February 2020 under Bharatmala Pariyojana. The total cost incurred towards these projects is Rs 2.38 lakh crore, which also includes projects on Greenfield Corridors.

The Government of India had approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in October 2017 with an aggregate length of about 34,800kms (including 10,000kms residual NHDP stretches) at an estimated outlay of Rs 5.35 lakh crore for development of about 9,000kms length of Economic corridors, about 6,000kms length of Inter-corridor and feeder roads, about 5,000kms length of National Corridors Efficiency improvements, about 2,000kms length of Border and International connectivity roads, about 2,000kms length of Coastal and port connectivity roads, and about 800kms length of Expressways.