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ON THE COVER

Improving the quality of

Highway journey

In conversation with Mangala
Chandran, Prakash Gaur, CEO,
National Highway Logistics

Management Limited
emphasizes the government’s
ambitious initiative to establish
leisure hubs along the National

highways and expressways,
aiming to enhance road safety
and ensure a hassle-free driving
experience.

You have an ambitious plan of awarding
1000 wayside amenities by March 2026?
Yes, National Highways Logistics Management
Limited (NHLML) had identified 1000 Wayside
Amenities planned to be awarded in the next 3
years. These amenities will span from Kashmir
to Kanyakumari and from Saurashtra to Silchar,
covering all the National Highways and Expressways
across the entire country. NHLML has prepared a
comprehensive road map, a geo-coordinated location
map, which will also be linked to Rajmargyatra App
for easy access to road users.
These Wayside Amenities are being developed to
match the world-class facility standards. The foremost
objective of these facilities is to provide high-quality,
well-maintained rest areas and baby care rooms
comparable to those found in airports, keeping
modern airports as benchmark. Additionally, the
initiative promotes convenience shops featuring
like ODOP (One District One Product), emblematic
of each district, such as Kanchipuram sarees from
Tamil Nadu or pickles from Andhra Pradesh or
handicrafts from Rajasthan.

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