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Highway Pact to Woo Investors Likely Soon
Mint Hyderabad
|September 12, 2025
The new model envisages a plan where the investor could take up the entire risk of building a greenfield highway
The government plans to introduce a new model concession agreement (MCA) by the end of September to attract private investment in highway projects through the build-operate-transfer (BoT) mode, two people aware of the matter said.
The new model—approved post inter-ministerial consultations and awaiting legal vetting—envisages a plan where the investor could take up the entire risk of building a greenfield highway and collect toll during the concession period, one of the persons said.
This story is from the September 12, 2025 edition of Mint Hyderabad.
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