Overview

• The cabinet approved a 48.10 km four-lane Indore–Ujjain Greenfield access-controlled road with two-lane service roads on both sides to be built under the Hybrid Annuity Model.
• Reports differ on the road’s sanctioned cost, with figures of ₹2,035.15 crore and ₹2,935.15 crore including land acquisition, leaving the final total awaiting official clarification.
• Administrative approval of ₹371.11 crore was granted for a new 980-metre Harifatak overbridge in Ujjain to ease congestion ahead of the 2028 Simhastha.
• Costs for 8,358 revised Jal Jeevan Mission schemes rose from ₹6,213.76 crore to ₹9,026.97 crore to sustain work that targets about seven lakh rural households, with thousands of village schemes completed or underway.
• The Nal-Jal Yojana received an additional ₹8,000 crore to expand household piped-water coverage and speed implementation.