Six-lane Tharad Ahmedabad highway to be built by NHAI

19 Oct 2022 CW Team

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued three distinct calls for bids for the building of the six-lane, controlled Tharad Ahmedabad expressway in Gujarat.

The following list includes the packages' specific scope:

Package-I: Building a six-lane, access-controlled highway from Tharad to Khimana between kilometre 0.000 and km 43.500, costing Rs 13.27 billion.

Construction of a six-lane, access-controlled highway between 43,500 km and 83,500 km from Khimana to Diodarda is included in package II and will cost Rs 15.24 billion.

Package-III includes the construction of a six-lane, access-controlled highway from 83,500 km to 127,00 km from Diodarda to Udalpur.

Under the Bharatmala Pariyojna, it is suggested that the project be carried out in hybrid annuity mode (HAM).

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