Greenfield Corridor Project for Kerala Announced

6 Jan 2024

Context: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways announced a greenfield corridor project for road connectivity in Kerala.

  • The announcement was made at an event organized  by the National Highways Authority of India.

Key Project of the Greenfield Corridor in Kerala

  • There is the 121-km NH 966 Kozhikode-Palakkad project at an estimate of ₹10,371 crore. 
    • It will reduce travel time between Palakkad and Kozhikode from four to one-and-a-half hours.
  • Other major schemes in the corridor project include the NH 744 Kollam-Sengottai route and the Thiruvananthapuram Outer Ring Road 
  • Benefits of Greenfield Corridor: 

    • Boost tourism sector in the state
    • Build connectivity 
    • Reduce travel time
    • Ensure Ease of doing business

About Greenfield Corridors

  • About: Greenfield Expressways  go through new alignments to bring development to new areas and to reduce land acquisition costs and construction timelines and are designed to avoid inhabited areas. 
    • The widening/development of existing road is categorized as Brownfield, whereas construction of project on a new alignment is categorized as Greenfield project
  • They  are designed as 12-lane wide Expressways with the initial construction of 8 lanes with maximum speed set as 120 km/h for all type of vehicles.
    • Example: The Delhi- Mumbai Expressway

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News Source: The Hindu

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