The Government has approved undertaking six laning of 6500 km of National Highways comprising 5700 km of Golden Quadrilateral and 800 km of other sections having traffic more than 25000 PCU by December 2012 through Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis following Design, Build, Finance and operate (DBFO) pattern under National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase V. National Highways No. 4 from Pune to Bangalore being a part of Golden Quadrilateral is covered under the approval. Action on land acquisition and cost estimation is yet to be initiated.
The Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Shri K.H. Muniyappa gave this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.