The government has approved eleven highway projects worth 6,284 crore rupees for various states including Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. Road Transport and Highways Secretary Sanjay Mitra said the total length of the projects is about 453 kilometres. He said, of these, nine will be implemented in engineering, procurement and construction, EPC mode, one in BOT (Toll)<br/><br/>mode and one in hybrid annuity mode. Mr Mitra said, the ministry also approved four road overbridges involving a total cost of 683 crore rupees. The road overbridges are part of government's Setu Bharatam project.<br/><br/>The NHAI projects approved today include two four-laning of BRT Tiger Reserve boundary to Bengaluru section of NH-209 in Karnataka on Hybrid Annuity Mode under NHDP Phase-IV to be executed at a cost of over 1 thousand 2 hundred and 53 crore rupees. Another project pertains to four-laning of Nerchwok-Pandoh, including Pandoh bypass section of NH-21 on EPC mode in Himachal Pradesh under NHDP-IV B at a cost of over 1 thousand 2 hundred and 73 crore rupees.The other highway project is four-laning of Takoli-Kullu section of NH-21 on EPC mode in Himachal Pradesh under NHDP phase-IV B at a cost of over 742 crore rupess. Besides, projects like four-laning of Saoner bypass on<br/><br/>Saoner-Dhapewada Gondkhairi Road on NH-547 E in Maharashtra on EPC mode, among others, were also approved.