A total of 225 nos. road projects with an aggregate length of 9,613 km have been appraised and approved till March, 2019 under Bharatmala Pariyojana (including 53 nos. of residual NHDP works of aggregate length of 2,463 kms) with Total Capital Cost as Rs. 2,43,415 crores (including Land Acquisition & other pre-construction cost). Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has informed that The Government of India approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase–I in October, 2017 with a financial outlay of Rs. 5,35,000 crore which includes development of following corridors/ road stretches:
Corridor/Road stretches | Approximate Length (km) |
Economic corridors | 9,000 |
National Corridors Efficiency improvements | 5,000 |
Inter-corridor and feeder roads | 6,000 |
Border and International connectivity roads | 2,000 |
Coastal and port connectivity roads | 2,000 |
Expressways | 800 |
Residual NHDP | 10,000 |
Total | 34,800 |