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India’s new highway links are being built

Road development work continues in India, with the country planning its highway infrastructure expansion. The projects are being planned by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). A new 127km highway will connect Lucknow with Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The four lane route will also pass through Ayyubganj and Musafirkhana and is expected to cost in the region of US$425.3 million to construct. The work is being carried out by the contractor Dilip Buildon.
September 29, 2016 Read time: 1 min
Road development work continues in India, with the country planning its highway infrastructure expansion. The projects are being planned by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). A new 127km highway will connect Lucknow with Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The four lane route will also pass through Ayyubganj and Musafirkhana and is expected to cost in the region of US$425.3 million to construct. The work is being carried out by the contractor Dilip Buildon.

Meanwhile a 153km section of highway NH-42 will be upgraded in a project worth close to $188 million. The work will be carried out as a joint venture partnership between local contractor 3152 Gayatri Projects and a Russian construction company, PTPS. The route will be widened to four lanes and forms part of the fourth phase of India’s National Highway Development Programme (NHDP-4).

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