State-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Thursday said it has identified 17 National Highway assets with a combined length of 1,692.5 km for monetisation during the financial year 2026-27 under the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) and infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) routes.
The identified highway stretches are spread across nine states — Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra.
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In a statement, NHAI said the assets form part of key economic and logistics corridors with strong traffic potential and strategic connectivity importance.
The monetisation exercise will be carried out through structured and transparent mechanisms under the TOT and InvIT frameworks, the authority said.
NHAI added that both TOT and InvIT models have emerged as successful financing mechanisms for attracting long-term institutional investment into India’s highway infrastructure sector while supporting sustainable infrastructure development, efficient asset management and operational excellence.
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However, the authority clarified that the identified assets do not include projects proposed to be monetised through the Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) during FY27.
Among the highway stretches identified for monetisation are the Hazaribagh-Barhi-Koderma section of NH-20 in Jharkhand spanning 68.8 km, the Delhi/Haryana border-to-Rohtak stretch of NH-9 in Haryana covering 52 km, the Trichy-Thuvarankurichi-Madurai section of NH-38 in Tamil Nadu extending 124.8 km, and the Aligarh-Kanpur section of NH-34 in Uttar Pradesh spanning 283.8 km.
NHAI has increasingly relied on asset monetisation through TOT bundles and InvIT structures to unlock capital for fresh highway construction while reducing pressure on conventional budgetary funding.
