The company, based in this city, is bidding aggressively for this 145-km project connecting Hyderabad with Sangareddy, a district headquarters to the northwest, on the route to Mumbai.
According to senior officials of the National Highways Authority of India, this project is part of a larger 245-km highway development project connecting Hyderabad and Solapur.
NHAI officials say the project is toll-based and a decision to award the contract will be taken this month. A GMR Infra spokesperson wouldn't comment.
The highways division is the third main arm of GMR Infra, bringing in less than 10 per cent of the total top line of around Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion).
The company is into power generation, airports, highways and urban infrastructure.
Under the roads division, GMR Infra has nine projects covering 730 km.
Of these, six road projects covering 421 km are operational and spread equally between toll and annuity-based
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