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The pace of national highway construction in the country stood at 20.78 kilometre a day during the first seven months of the current financial year, according to official data...
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has put in place plans to maintain the pace of highway development and construct 12,500 km of highways in 2023-24...
The ministry constructed 10,237 km national highway in 2019-20 financial year; 13,327 km in 2020-21; and 10,457 km in 2021-22.. lf the target for award has to be met for this year, decision on the proposal for approval of the revised Bharatmala Phase-1 or alternate programme needs to be taken expeditiously..
Shortfall in award this year will reflect in the progress of construction in 2024-25, it said.. Bharatmala Pariyojana is the largest highway infrastructure programme in India that aims to develop 34,800 km of national highway corridors at an investment of Rs 5.35 lakh crore...
Phase 1 of the programme includes development of about 24,800 km national highway network such as economic corridors, inter-corridor & feeder roads, border and international connectivity roads, coastal and port connectivity roads, and expressways, improvement of national corridors efficiency as well as 10,000 km of roads under balance National Highway Development Project..
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