Bids for widening 838.1 km of national highway projects are likely to be invited soon, with the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) giving its final nod to the proposals of National Highways Authority of India.

The project cost, excluding land acquisition, is valued at Rs 5,610 crore, according to official estimates.

The projects would be taken up on a design, build, finance and operate pattern.

“The CCEA today gave its approval for six-laning of four sections of the existing four-lane National Highways under National Highways Development Project, Phase-V,” said Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram today.

The projects include six-laning of 225.6 km of Gurgaon-Kotputli-Jaipur section in Haryana and Rajasthan for Rs 1,517 crore; 239 km of Surat-Dahisar section in Gujarat and Maharashtra for Rs 1,355.47 crore; 82.5 km of Chilkaluripet-Vijaywada section in Andhra Pradesh for Rs 540.3 crore; and 291 km of Panipat-Jalandhar section in Haryana and Punjab for Rs 2,198 crore.