The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given a approval for two/four laning with Paved Side Shoulders (PSS) of the Kerala Border - Kollegal section of National Highway-212 in the state of Karnataka under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase IV, on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (BOT/DBFOT) basis in Build-Operate-Transfer mode of delivery.

The cost is estimated to be Rs.588.49 crore (US$93 million).

The project will expedite improvement of infrastructure in the State of Karnataka and also reduce the time and cost of travel for traffic, particularly heavy traffic, plying between the Kerala Border - Kollegal.

NH-212 connects Kozhikode in Kerala to Kollegal in Karnataka and passes through important towns of Gundlupet, Nanjangad, Mysore and T-Narsasipur in Karnataka. Development of this stretch will also help in uplifting the socio-economic condition of this region of the state of Karnataka.

The total length of the road will be approximately 150 kms.

Source: MRTH