New Delhi: The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) has approved nine highway projects with an investment of Rs4,439 crore under the third phase of the National Highway Development Programme(NHDP).

The committee has so far approved 10 highway projects of NHAI involving a total investment of more than Rs5,000 crore and also a port sector project.

The committee cleared the setting up of an iron ore handling facility on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis at New Mangalore port at a total cost of Rs103 crore.

The committee also cleared six and four laning of the NH-10 section from Delhi-Haryana border to Rohtak, including theconstruction of Bahadurgarh and Rohtak bypasses on BOT basis, whose project cost is estimated at Rs441 crore.

The committee also cleared four laning from the junction of NH-68 with NH-7 near Salem to the junction of NH-68 with NH-45 near Ulundrupet, at a project cost of Rs941 crore.