Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has approved national highway projects across the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Sikkim and the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The construction work of four-laning of Neraluru-Thorapalli Agraharam section of NH-844 under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-1 has been approved in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (Package-1 of Hosur – Dharmapuri section) with a budget of Rs 1,320.73 crore. The construction work for four-laning of NH-63 from Hyderabad (ORR Appa Junction) to Mannegudda under NH (O) has been sanctioned in Telangana at an investment of Rs 928.41 crore.
Also, construction work of two-lane with paved shoulder Gangtok Bypass Road from Ranipool to Burtuk of NH-10 under Annual Plan 2021-22 has been approved in Sikkim with a budget of Rs 385.15 crore. As a part of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, the construction work has been approved of a four-/six-lane access-controlled expressway from the junction with Hiranagar Road near the village Gurha Baildaran to the junction with the Jammu Ring Road NH-244A near Jakh village section under Bharatmala Pariyojana in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir (Phase-II Package-XV) with a budget of Rs 2,714.95 crore.