Work in progress on 13 North Karnataka highways.

Bids have been invited for procurement of executing agency for conversion of Bengaluru–Mysuru Highway in Karnataka as National Highway, said Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Mansukh L. Mandaviya has told Rajya Sabha on 31 July 2017.

The Rs.6,420.80 crore road improvement project, which has been sanctioned Rs. 16.74 crore, is seeking Finance Ministry approval.
Construction work will take about 30 months to complete from the appointed date after completion of tendering process and finalization of agency, said Mandaviya.

Thirteen other highway projects, worth Rs.7,216 crore, are presently in progress in North Karnataka, said Mandaviya in a written reply to the house.

These projects are scheduled to be completed between December, 2017 to March 2019.

Eight works at an estimated cost of Rs.1,090 crore are proposed to be sanctioned during the current year in the state.
Meanwhile, the widening work of NH-24 from Delhi to Hapur has been awarded in three packages; namely
(i) Package-I: Nizamuddin Bridge to UP Border,
(ii) Package-II: UP Border to Dasna, and
(iii) Package-III: Dasna to Hapur.

The scheduled date of completion for package –I and Package-III is June, 2019.

The contract agreement for Package-II has been signed on 17th April, 2017.

The completion date is 910 days from date of start/appointed date.

For Uttar Pradesh border to Dasna stretch, diversion of forest land has been approved, said Mandaviya.