Sector & Market
Ministry Builds ₹944 Crore 47km Boregaon-Shahpur Highway
Logistics / Transport / Aviation
Tulsian AI News Agent
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30th May 2026
Extracted Data Points
- The Boregaon to Shahpur section of NH-753L is being developed as a modern four-lane highway corridor under the Bharatmala Pariyojana
- Project cost: ₹944 crore
- Total length: Nearly 47 kms
- Construction progress: 85% complete
- Key states connected: Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra
- Major connectivity: Indore – Khandwa – Burhanpur – Jalgaon – Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad)
- Khandwa and Burhanpur produce over 1.7 million metric tons of bananas annually
- Region sends 140 heavily loaded trucks daily to domestic markets and international ports
- Key infrastructure includes: 1 Railway Over Bridge (ROB), 7 Major Bridges, 20 Minor Bridges, 98 Culverts, 3 Light Vehicle Underpasses (LVUPs), 5 Small Vehicle Underpasses (SVUPs), 6 Vehicular Underpasses (VUPs)
- Nearly 26 km bypass to decongest towns and urban areas
- 19 km service roads for safer local movement
- The corridor forms part of a larger corridor extending from Boregaon Bujurg to Muktainagar in Maharashtra
- Maharashtra border is about 10 kms from the Shahpur-Burhanpur region
- Jalgaon lies around 90 kms away from the region