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New Delhi : For replacing all level crossings on National Highway corridors by Road Over Bridges/ Road Under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs), the Road Transport and Highways Ministry has to construct complete ROBs/ RUBs (including railway bridge portion) on National Highways in the country based on feasibility study either as stand-alone project or as a part of major Highway development project.
The fund is not a constraint for completing any approved ROBs/RUBs project. Expenditure on any ROB project is incurred as a part of all highway development project. The construction of 838 ROBs/RUBs are in progress/ completed / in pipeline. In Bihar, 70 ROBs/RUBs are in progress/ completed/in pipeline.
This information was given by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in Lok Sabha on November 28, 2019, according to a PIB release.