Project: Four Laning of Bijapur – Hungund Section of NH50 (Old NH 13) from KM 225.800 to KM 323.012 in the State of Karnataka under NHDP Phase III on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) Toll Basis (Package No. NHDP-III//BOT/KNT/05.

Bijapur- Hungund Tollway Private Limited. (BHTPL) operates the 97.22 km stretch on the Solapur- Mangalore National Highway 13 (old) in the state of Karnataka, under NHDP phase-III on Design, Engineering, Finance, Procurement, construction, Operate and Maintenance Basis.

The Project stretch is a 20-year toll concession, awarded by National Highway Authorities of India, after competitive bidding in 2010 for construction of 4-lane road on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. The project has a well-established operational history of collecting toll since April 2012, with a remaining concession life of close to 10 years.

Project Highway carries the main through traffic from Eastern Ghat ports to Maharashtra and Gujarat. Consider under main connecting road form Maharashtrian main cities to Bangalore and lower south India.