evidence: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has announced that the Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I, a major project by the Modi government, is expected to be completed by 2027-28. The project, which aims to develop economic corridors, interstate corridors, and feeder routes, is expected to carry most of the freight traffic on roads. The Modi government's flagship Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I, which has overshot the expenditure limit, is expected to be completed by 2027-28, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) said in its annual report. The ministry, in its annual report 2023-24, said a revised financial proposal for the Bharatmala Pariyojana is under process for approval. [...] The Bharatmala (approved for an estimated cost of Rs 6,92,324 crore, including other ongoing schemes) is to be funded from Central Road and Infrastructure Fund cess (Rs 2,37,024 crore) collected from petrol and diesel, remittances (Rs 46,048 crore), apart from additional budgetary support (Rs 59,973 crore), expected monetisation of national highways (through Toll-Operate-Transfer model) (Rs 34,000 crore), Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources (IEBR) (Rs 2,09,279 crore) and private sector investment (Rs 1,06,000 crore).