The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a Letter of Award (LOA) to Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd for the development of national highway sections in Rajasthan under phase IV of National Highways Development Projects (NHDP). 

The PPP project involves the two-laning with paved shoulder for Upgradation of Salasar – Nagaur section of NH-65 in the State of Rajasthan (Group A – Package 2) from km 151.141 to km 270.735.

The 120 km long Salasar-Nagaur section would be executed on Hybrid Annuity Mode and completed in 30 months from the date of commencement of the project.  The Salasar-Nagaur section traverses through Churu and Nagaur districts of Rajasthan and is a vital link to Salasar Balaji or Salasar Dham, a place of religious importance. 

The project will have 10 km long service road, 5 vehicular under passes, 4 pedestrian under passes and one railway-over-bridge at Ladnun. It will have six bypasses of 30 km length at Sujangarh, Jaswantgarh, Ladnun, Nimbi Jodha, Jhareli and Deh.  

The project will have a total investment of INR5.33 billion  (US$79 million).

Hybrid Annuity Mode is a mix of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and build operate transfer (BOT) model. The Authority and the private companies share the total project cost in the ratio of 40: 60 respectively.