Toll Roads
Reliance Infrastructure entered the Road building industry in 2006 with two National Highway projects in Tamil Nadu. The first was Namakkal to Karur and the second Dindigul to Samynellore, both on National Highway 44 (formerly National Highway 7). In 2011, it was announced that the company was planning to buy out licences to build road projects from companies unable to do so.
Reliance Infra is constructing 1000 km of Highway and expressway projects worth 12,000 crore (US$2.18 billion) in India. The company is largest concessionaire to NHAI with 11 projects.The company is also bidding for 500 km of projects in India. There are five projects in Tamil Nadu out of which three are operational. All the projects are on Build–operate–transfer mode of funding. The other projects include:
- Hosur-Krishanagiri Road Project
- Pune-Satara Road Project
- Dindigul-Samyanellore Road Project
- Namakkal-Karur Road Project
- Trichy-Dindigul Road Project
- Gurgaon-Faridabad Road project
- Salem-Ulundurpet Road Project
- Trichy-Karur Road Project
- Kandla-Mundra Road Project
- Jaipur-Reengus Road project
- Delhi-Agra Road Project
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