Highlights:
• During the COVID-19 pandemic, highway construction rate was 38 km per day
• India’s national highway construction slowed to 28.64 km per day in 2021-22
Nitin Gadkari, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, stated on June 6 that his goal is to build 60 kilometres of highway per day. Due to COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions and a longer-than-usual monsoon in some parts of the country, India’s national highway construction slowed to 28.64 km per day in 2021-22.
Overview
“My ministry and my team are working hard, and even during the COVID-19 pandemic, our (highway) construction rate was 38 km per day, and my ambition is to increase it to 60 km per day, which is a target,” Gadkari said at an event.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) are primarily in charge of building national highways and expressways throughout the country. The minister also stated that logistics costs are an issue in India.
Nitin Gadkari’s tweet
In order to improve last-mile connectivity, the pace of highway construction has tripled from 12 km per day in 2013 to 37 km per day in 2021.” check out Gadkari’s tweet
Effort to achieve zero emissions
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the National Highways and Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) construct highways in the country. Nitin Gadkari, the country’s Transport Minister, emphasises the use of zero-emission vehicles. During the most recent Parliament session, he arrived in a hydrogen-powered car. It was praised both in the country and around the world. Gadkari stated that the hydrogen gas used in my car is made of water. That is, there is a minor cost involved, and the emissions are insignificant.
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