National Highway works in Kerala finally on track.

The nearly two-decades of stalemate in national highway (NH) development in Kerala is set to be over with a slew of projects by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) worth ₹56,910.86 crore at different stages of implementation.

The list of 21 projects covers a distance of 589 km across the State, while works under another NH package worth ₹67,310.67 crore for 880 km has been awarded or are set to be awarded by March end, thanks mainly to the State government agreeing to bear 25% of the cost of land acquisition for NH-66. The NHAI is also taking up ₹2,336.51-crore port connectivity projects. In all, 39 national highway corridors spread over 1,924 km and estimated at ₹1,34,729 crore, are being taken up by the NHAI, including 205 km already completed.

THE HINDU