The six-laning of Vadodara-Mumbai section of National Highway No 8 will be taken up at an estimated cost of about Rs 3200 crores (Rs 32 billion), Minister of State for Road Transport K H Muniyappa said in Vadodara on Monday.
Muniyappa is to inspect the repair work being carried out on Vadodara-Bharuch section of the NH-8 following damages caused by heavy rains.
Speaking to PTI, Muniyappa said the work on 153 km stretch between Vadodara and Surat will start soon and contracts have already been awarded for the purpose.
The project of six-laning of Surat-Mumbai stretch of national highway No 8, which connects New Delhi and Mumbai, will also be undertaken soon as negotiations are going on.
The project may cost over Rs 2,000 crores (Rs 20 billion), Muniyappa said.
He said 90 per cent work on 5,846 quadriplicate project launched during previous NDA regime has been completed.
Under this project, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata are interconnected with road links, he said.
The govt is thinking on setting up of trauma centres on express way and national highways to enable road accidents victims get treatment, the minister said.
The ministry also plans to plant large number of fruit bearing trees on both sides of the roads.
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