For a country of India’s size, an efficient road network is necessary both for national integration as well as for socio-economic development. The Government is also planning to increase spends on road development substantially with funding already in place based on a cess on fuel. Further, a large component of highways is to be developed through public-private partnerships (PPPs). Investment opportunities exist in a range of project being tendered by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), for implementing the National Highway Development Project (NHDP). NHDP is a major initiative towards qualitative and quantitative enhancement of National Highways (NH’s). NHDPs prime focus is on developing international standard Roads with facilities for uninterrupted flow of traffic.
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