GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4612
ANSWERED ON 21ST AUGUST, 2025
BADVEL-NELLORE NEW FOUR-LANE PROJECT
4612. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY:
Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has given its nod for new four-lane stretch of
108 kms. from Badvel to...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4612 ANSWERED ON 21ST AUGUST, 2025 BADVEL-NELLORE NEW FOUR-LANE PROJECT
4612. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY:
Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has given its nod for new four-lane stretch of 108 kms. from Badvel to Nellore on National Highway (NH)-67 to improve connectivity to Krishnapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether it would be done on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode or Government would execute on its own, if so, the details thereof;
(c) the manner in which the above stretch would connect industrial corridors of Andhra Pradesh – Kopparthy Node on Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor, Orvakal Node on Hyderabad-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor and Krishnapatnam Node on Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor;
and
(d) the details of the direct and indirect employment likely to be generated through this project? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. Government has accorded approval for the development of 4-Lane Badvel-Nellore Highway from Badvel-Gopavaram Village on National Highway NH-67 to Guruvindapudi on NH-16 in the State of Andhra Pradesh for implementation of the project on Build-Operate-Transfer (Toll) mode for a total length of 108.134 km and with a total capital cost of Rs.3653.10 crore.
(c) The project will provide inter-connectivity to three important industrial nodes under three Industrial Corridors in Andhra Pradesh i.e., Kopparthy Node on the Vishakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) through NH-40 & NH-67, Orvakal Node on Hyderabad-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor
(HBIC) through NH-40 & NH-67 and Krishnapatnam Node on Chennai- Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) through NH-67 & NH-516W.
(d) The development of project is projected to generate 20 lakh person-days of direct employment and 23 lakh-person days of indirect employment. The project will also induce additional employment opportunities due to increase in economic activity in the vicinity of the proposed road.
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