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NHAI to upgrade, widen NH-26
THE NATIONAL Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed five civil contract agreements for upgrading and widening highway stretches on NH-26 in Madhya Pradesh to be assisted by the ADB thereby paving the way for modernising around 220 km of highways costing nearly Rs 900 crore.
THE NATIONAL Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed five civil contract agreements for upgrading and widening highway stretches on NH-26 in Madhya Pradesh to be assisted by the ADB thereby paving the way for modernising around 220 km of highways costing nearly Rs 900 crore.
The projects entailed four-laning of 26 km of Sagar bypass at at a cost of Rs 116 crore , four-laning of Jhansi-Lakhnadaon section of the NH-26 totalling 44 km at an estimated cost of Rs 163.87 crore to be completed within the same period, according to a NHAI release here.
Besides the other projects envisage four-laning of two other sections of NH-26 totalling 54 km to be built within 30 months at an estimated cost of Rs 219.01 crore and Rs 203.50 crore respectively. An agreement for four-laning of Jhansi Lakhnadon section on NH-26 was signed by NHAI with Seenaiah and company to be built also within 30 months costing an estimated Rs 189.63 crore, the release added.
