Land acquisition on a 178-km stretch between Badadal village in Kalaburagi district and Singanodi village in Raichur district for the Surat-Chennai Economic Corridor will be completed in three months, project director of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Ajay Malik told a DISHA (District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee) meeting here on Monday.
“The Surat-Chennai Economic Corridor is a highway project being taken up by NHAI under the Union Government’s flagship Bharat Mala project. A stretch of 178 km between Badadal village in Kalaburagi district and Singanodi village in Raichur district, which is part of the project, will be built in three phases. A stretch of 71 km of this project lies in Kalaburagi district and it will be built at a cost of ₹1,500 crore. Uttar Pradesh-based PNC Infratech Limited has bagged the contract and acquisition of 550 hectares of land will be completed in two or three months,” Mr. Malik told the DISHA meeting.
The meeting was presided over by Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Lok Sabha member from Bidar Bhagawanth Khuba and attended by Umesh Jadhav, Lok Sabha member from Kalaburagi.
