NHAI had already awarded this project to a contractor and the latter had even started work and spent a whopping Rs 30 crore, only to be stopped all of a sudden when the state government refused to sign SSA saying it was against their ‘policy’ to allow tolled roads,” said a senior official.
The state has 33.6 km of a four-laned national highway from Ernakulam to Angamali (N-S/E-W corridor). As per Kerala PWD figures, of the total 1,523.954 km of national highways in the state, 1,076 km are single-lane and 411 km are two-lane. NHAI plans a Rs 5,000 crore highway upgradation exercise in the state.
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