**Executive Summary**
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has accepted the offer from Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) for asset monetization worth Rs. 9,500 crores. This involves five national highway sections spanning over 260 km across four states. This initiative, announced on February 9, 2026, aims to unlock value from infrastructure assets and enhance private sector participation. NHAI plans to provide approximately 1,500 km of assets to RIIT in the next 3 to 5 years.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Asset Monetization:**
* NHAI has accepted the offer of Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) for Rs. 9,500 crores.
* This involves monetization of five sections spanning over 260 km across four states.
* **Highway Sections Included:**
* 80.52 km long Gorhar–Barwa Adda section in Jharkhand.
* 69.4 km long Chilakaluripet-Vijayawada section in Andhra Pradesh.
* 32.6 km long Chennai Bypass.
* 33 km long Chennai–Tada section in Tamil Nadu.
* 44.6 km long Neelmangla–Tumkur section in Karnataka.
* **Strategic Alignment:**
* Monetization is aligned with the Government of India's National Monetisation Pipeline.
* Aims to enhance private sector participation in infrastructure management.
* NHAI plans to provide approximately 1,500 km of assets to RIIT in the next 3 to 5 years.
* **Investment Goals:**
* RIIT aims to unlock the monetization potential of National Highway assets.
* It will create a long-term investment instrument targeting retail and domestic investors.
**Impact Analysis**
**NHAI**
* **Impact**: Achieve asset monetization targets and broaden public participation in highway infrastructure growth.
* **Action Required**: Provide further assets of about 1,500 km to RIIT over the next 3 to 5 years.
**Retail and Domestic Investors**
* **Impact**: Gain the opportunity to earn stable returns from operational National Highway assets.
* **Action Required**: Evaluate investment opportunities presented by RIIT in the National Highway sector.
Key Entities Referenced
Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT): Public InvIT (Infrastructure Investment Trust) sponsored by NHAI for monetization of National Highway assets.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI): The agency responsible for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways in India. The press release discusses NHAI's asset monetization program through RIIT.
National Monetisation Pipeline: Government of India's initiative aimed at unlocking value from operational infrastructure assets.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
NHAI Sponsored Public InvIT ‘Raajmarg Infra
Investment Trust’ Successfully Won the
Concessions of Five National Highway Assets
Posted On: 09 FEB 2026 8:26PM by PIB Delhi
NHAI has accepted the offer of the Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) amounting to Rs. 9,500 crores
towards asset monetization of five sections spanning over 260 km across four States. The monetized assets
include the 80.52 km long Gorhar–Barwa Adda section in Jharkhand, the 69.4 km long Chilakaluripet–
Vijayawada section in Andhra Pradesh, the 32.6 km long Chennai Bypass, the 33 km long Chennai–Tada
section in Tamil Nadu, and the 44.6 km long Neelmangla–Tumkur section in Karnataka.
Commenting on the occasion, Shri Santosh Kumar Yadav, Chairman, NHAI, said, “Through this Public
InvIT, retail investors will not only gain the opportunity to earn stable and attractive returns from
operational National Highway assets but will also develop a sense of ownership and pride in contributing
to the growth of national infrastructure.”
The monetisation through Public InvIT is aligned with the Government of India’s National Monetisation
Pipeline objectives aimed at unlocking value from operational infrastructure assets and enhancing private
sector participation in infrastructure management. Over the next 3 to 5 years, NHAI plans to provide
further assets of about 1,500 km to RIIT.
NHAI-sponsored Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) aims to unlock the monetization potential of the
National Highway assets while creating a high-quality, long-term investment instrument primarily
targeting retail and domestic investors. The initiative marks an important step in broadening public
participation in the National Highway infrastructure growth story. The development marks a significant
milestone in NHAI’s asset monetisation programme and demonstrates continued investor confidence in
India’s mature road infrastructure portfolio.
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