New Delhi, June 3 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the widening of sections of National Highway-63 and National Highway-563 in Telangana to four lanes at a total cost of Rs 7,597.16 crore.

The approved projects cover a combined length of 190.76 km and include the Armoor-Jagtial and Jagtial-Mancherial stretches of NH-63 under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM), and the Jagtial-Karimnagar stretch of NH-563 under the Build-Operate-Transfer (Toll) model.

The highway corridors pass through the districts of Nizamabad, Jagtial, Mancherial and Karimnagar, where traffic congestion has increased due to urban expansion and built-up areas along the existing routes.

According to the government, the projects will include ...