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Belgaum - Goa road to be included in Golden Quadrilateral
Sunday June 12 2005 00:00 IST
BELGAUM: The central government will convert the Belgaum - Goa road in to
Golden Quadrilateral at a cost of Rs 250 crore. At the same time the
government will take up Hubli - Dharwad Ring Road at a cost of Rs 60
crore.
Announcing this in a function which marked the dedication of newly
constructed Belgaum -Maharashtra National Golden Quadrilateral Highway-4,
at Chikalgudda , 40 kilometres from Belgaum on Saturday , Union Minister
for Shipping , Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu said that these
projects would be taken up as early as possible....
Baalu said that Karnataka was a major beneficiary under the Golden
Quadrilateral projects.
A length of 625 kilometres of Golden Quadrilateral passes through
Karnataka, which connects Bangalore and many other important cities of
Karnataka to Mumbai and Chennai.
Out of a 625 kilometres 446 kilometres have already been four laned, the
minister added. He said that a length of 457 kilometres has also been
approved for improvement under the next phase of National Highway
Development Projects.
Baalu said that a length of 92 kilometres of the North- South corridor
passes through Karnataka, which connects Bangalore to Hyderabad and Delhi
in the North and Madurai and Kanyakumari in the South.
Besides, Mangalore Port is being provided with four-lane connectivity he
added. The minister said the government is already implemented National
Highway Development projects at a cost of Rs 58 000 crore.
In addition a massive investment to the tune of Rs 1, 72 000 crore is
planned in near future Baalu said.
Newly constructed Belgaum - Maharashtra National Highway has been
constructed at a cost of Rs 332 crore. The length is 77.24 kilometres and
the responsibility of entire construction was given to M/s Punj Lloyd
Limited under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme....
