New Delhi, June 3 -- The Union Cabinet has approved a new highway project in Odisha and the widening and upgrading of highway projects in Bihar, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the construction of a new coastal Highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep on the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) in Odisha under two packages with a combined total length of 160.18 km and a combined total capital cost of Rs.8300.79 crore.

A release said that the project section of the new coastal Highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep passes through Khurda, Puri, Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha, existing road network of NH-16 is part of the Golden Quadrilateral and is al...