The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) aims to award contracts for 270 km road projects to be constructed in West Bengal worth Rs 25,000 crore. It has decided to construct a 6.5-km six-lane elevated road on the existing four-lane Kona Expressway at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore to reduce congestion on the Vidyasagar Setu. The agency will also float a tender for the same in December this year, as per reports.
NHAI would also float contract for a Rs 12,000 crore worth stretch of 245-km Kharagpur-Burdwan-Morgram. The aim of constructing this highway is to eliminate vehicles coming to Kolkata from Kharagpur for their onward journey to Siliguri via NH 34.