Works worth ₹34,972 crore are under way in 403 km of the national highway network in Kerala, Alka Upadhyaya, Chairperson of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), said here on Saturday.
She said this was out of 600-odd km of works sanctioned for the highway network in the State. A total of 177 km of highways had already been completed, while another six highway projects worth ₹21,271 crore for 187 km would be sanctioned this fiscal.
The projects on the anvil included the outer ring road project in Thiruvananthapuram, aimed at decongesting the city and to provide seamless connectivity to the upcoming (Vizhinjam) port, she told mediapersons.
