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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Finance Minister K N Balagopal said the construction of outer ring road will start soon. The outer ring road is designed to be expanded from four lanes to six lanes if required. It has been approved by the National Highway of India as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana Project. The state will bear half of the cost of land acquisition for this project which is expected to cost a total of Rs 4500 crore. An amount of Rs 1000 crore has been sanctioned for this. The construction will begin soon, he said while presenting the first ever paperless budget in the state.