NHAI may award 97 projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore this fiscal

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) may award 97 projects covering 6,631 km and worth Rs one lakh crore during the current financial year, its chairman Raghav Chandra said on Thursday.
 
Addressing the National Conference on Highways Construction Technology organised here by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Chandra said NHAI is keen to have private players to patrol the national highways and help in traffic management and maintaining road discipline.
 
"NHAI has around 250 projects across the country and has completed around 400 projects in the past. It is expected to spend $15-16 billion (around one lakh crore) in 2016-17.

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