The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has approved and sanctioned funds for two road projects. The first is the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur Four Laning Road Project (NH-344B), for which Rs 15.53 billion of funds have been sanctioned. It involves the four-laning of a 48.62 km-long road stretch connecting Phagwara to Hoshiarpur bypass from -0.6 km to 46.9 km on the National Highway (NH)-344B and from 7.78 km to 8.9 km on NH-344A in Punjab. The construction period for the project is two years. The second is the Balikuda-Mulakani Two Laning Road Project (NH-55), for which funds worth Rs 5.11 billion have been sanctioned. It involves two-laning with paved shoulders of a 34.48 km-long road stretch connecting Balikuda to Mulakani on the NH-55 in the Cuttack and Jagatsingpur districts of Odisha.