This work will be under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-IV. The approval is on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.
The cost is estimated to be Rs.1621.96 crore, including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities.
The total length of the road will be approximately 95.37 kms.
It has been estimated that 4,076 man-days are required for construction of one kilometre of highways. As such, employment potential of 3,88,728 (approx.) man-days will be generated locally during the construction period.
The main object of the project is to expedite the improvement of infrastructure in Karnataka and also in reducing the time and cost of travel for traffic, particularly heavy traffic, plying on the Hospet-Bellary-Karnataka/Andhra Pradesh border.
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